Advance Welding Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Advance Welding Engineering (subject code 4385508) as prescribed for FT · Semester 8 divides the course into 5 units, covering 91 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4385508)Unit 1 Advance welding processes
- 1.1. Pulsed GTAW
- 1.2. High Frequency pulsed GTAW
- 1.3. Square wave AC GTAW
- 1.4. Active TIG welding
- 1.5. Hot wire TIG welding Advance Welding Engineering Course Code: 4385508 Unit Unit Outcomes (UOs) Topics and Sub-topics TIG
- 1.6. Electro Slag Strip Cladding (ESSC)
- 1.7. Submerged Arc Strip Cladding (SASC)
- 1.8. Advances in gas metal arc welding - Pulsed GMAW
- 1.9. Advances in gas metal arc welding - Controlled dip short circuiting processes
- 1.10. Safety in arc welding processes
Unit 2 Solid state welding processes
- 2.1. Cold pressure welding
- 2.1.3. Material welded
- 2.1.4. Base metal surface cleaning
- 2.1.5. Joint design
- 2.2. Diffusion (bonding) welding
- 2.2.1. Definition and concept
- 2.2.4. Materials welded
- 2.3. Ultrasonic welding
- 2.3.2. Principle of operation
- 2.3.3. Metallurgy of ultrasonic welds
- 2.4. Explosive welding
- 2.4.3. Arrangement of explosive welding
- 2.4.4. Explosive used
- 2.4.5. Metallurgy of explosive welds
- 2.4.6. Testing of explosive welds
- 2.5. Friction welding
- 2.5.1. Definition Advance Welding Engineering Course Code: 4385508 Unit Unit Outcomes (UOs) Topics and Sub-topics
- 2.5.2. Steps in friction welding
- 2.5.5. Joint preparation
- 2.6. safety in solid state welding processes
Unit 3 Miscellaneous Advance welding processes
- 3.1. Thermit welding
- 3.1.2. Principle operation
- 3.1.3. Thermit welding mixtures
- 3.1.4. Procedure of Thermit welding
- 3.1.5. Advantages, limitation & application
- 3.1.6. Safety in Thermit welding process
- 3.2. Atomic Hydrogen Welding
- 3.3. Under water welding
- 3.3.2. Characteristics of good under water welding
- 3.3.3. SMAW underwater welding
- 3.3.4. TIG under water welding
- 3.3.5. MIG Under water welding
- 3.3.6. Application of underwater welding
- 3.3.7. Safety in under water welding process
- 3.4. Narrow Gap Welding Techniques
- 3.4.1. Principles and features of narrow gap welding
- 3.4.2. Narrow gap welding processes
- 3.4.2.1. Narrow gap GTAW
- 3.4.2.2. Narrow gap GMAW
- 3.4.2.3. Narrow gap SAW Advance Welding Engineering Course Code: 4385508 Unit Unit Outcomes (UOs) Topics and Sub-topics
Unit 4 Radiant Energy welding processes
- 4.1. Electron Beam Welding
- 4.1.3. Principle of operation
- 4.1.4. Welding atmosphere
- 4.1.5. Comparison of vacuum and atmospheric welding systems
- 4.2. Laser Beam Welding
- 4.2.3. Forms of laser
- 4.2.4. Joint design
- 4.3. Safety in radiant welding processes
Unit 5 Weldability testing
- 5.1. Weldability test
- 5.1.1. Theoretical test
- 5.1.2. Simulated test
- 5.1.3. Visual examination
- 5.1.4. Component sampling test
- 5.1.5. Actual welding test
- 5.2. Fabrication weldability test
- 5.2.1. Hot cracking test
- 5.2.1.5. Murex test
- 5.2.1.6. Houldcroft test
- 5.2.1.7. Varestraint test
- 5.2.1.8. Ring weldability test
- 5.2.1.9. Hot ductility test
- 5.2.2. Cold cracking test
- 5.2.2.1. Controlled thermal severity test
- 5.2.2.2. Tekken test
- 5.2.2.3. Lehigh restraint test
- 5.2.2.4. Longitudinal bead weld test
- 5.2.2.5. Implant test
- 5.3. Weldability test related to specific types of cracking
- 5.3.1. Lamellar tearing
- 5.3.2. Reheat cracking Advance Welding Engineering Course Code: 4385508 Unit Unit Outcomes (UOs) Topics and Sub-topics
- 5.4. Service weldability test
- 5.4.1. Tensile test
- 5.4.2. Nick break test
- 5.4.3. Pillow test
- 5.4.4. Bend test
- 5.4.5. Impact test
- 5.4.6. Hardness test
- 5.4.7. Fracture toughness test
- 5.4.8. Fatigue test
- 5.4.9. Corrosion test
- 5.4.10. Creep test