Developed in the 1940s, AA7075 is an aluminum alloy that's almost as strong as steel, yet it weighs just one third as much. Unfortunately its use has been limited, due to the fact that pieces of it ...
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Led by Prof. Kwok-fai Chung, Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of CNERC, the research team has developed a welding technology for efficient applications ...
A joint in a piece of construction equipment needed to increase it’s strength without accruing additional costs of preparation, welding and machine finishing. Utilizing The Friction Welding Advantage, ...
Thermoplastic composite (TPC) welding has been a key topic for CW since the March 2006 feature, “Thermoplastic composites gain leading edge on the A380”. That article described GKN Fokker’s (Hoogeveen ...
Fatigue life is a key concern in welded-steel frames for mobile equipment that experience large and varying dynamic loads. For engineers who design welded-steel structures subject to dynamic loading, ...