The Paton Welding Journal, 2002, №04

The Paton Welding Journal 2002 №04

CONTENTS

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL

• Podola N.V., Gavrish V.S. and Rudenko P.M. Selection of input variables and structure of neural network to evaluate the quality of resistance spot welding ... 2
• Ponomarev V., da Costa A.V. and Scotti A. Effect of an electrode metal droplet on arc voltage in gas-shielded welding... 5
• Cherepivskaya E.V. and Ryabov V.R. Fusion welding of dispersion-strengthened aulminium-based composite materials, containing silicon carbide particles (Review) ... 10
• Kalin N.A. and Efimenko N.G. Peculiarities of carbon oxidation in welding with ilmenite-covered electrodes ... 17
• Radkevich A.I. Effect of deformation on electrochemical heterogeneity of pipeline welded joints ... 21
• Kovalchuk V.S. Allowance for effect of cycle asymmetry on fatigue resistance of welded joints... 24
• Pentegov I.V. and Petrienko O.I. Method of calculation of voltage drop in electrode stickout length with allowance for non-linearity of thermophysical parameters ... 27
• Lukina G.N., Bolshakov M.V. and Pidgajchuk S.Ya. Properties of magnetron coatings on the Fe-Cr-Ni base with amorphous structure... 31

INDUSTRIAL

• Bernadsky V.N., Maksimov S.Yu. and Netrebsky M.A. Floating welded megastructures (Review) ... 35
• Panchenko V.Ya. and Golubev V.S. Development of laser technologies for materials treatment at the Institute for Problems of Laser and Information Technologies ... 39
• Ryabtsev I.A., Kondratiev I.A., Vasiliev V.G. and Doroshenko L.K. Wear resistance of deposited metal of Fe-C-Cr-Ti-Mo alloying system... 45

BRIEF INFORMATION

• Tararychkin I.A. and Tkachenko A.N. Repairing defects in thick metal using the technology of narrow-gap arc welding ... 49
• Dragobetsky V.V. Technology for explosion hardening of support surfaces of axle boxes... 51

NEWS

• Welding in surgery — a new direction in welding technology ... 54
• U.S. Congressman visits the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ...56