CONTENTS

International Conference «Welded Structures»
Papers of Plenary Sessions

• Paton B.E. Modern trends toward increase in strength and life of welded structures ... 2
• Alyoshin N.P. and Gornaya S.P. New approach to the technology of ultrasonic testing of coarse-grained materials ... 8
• Garf E.F. and Netrebsky M.A. Assessment of the strength and residual life of pipelines with erosion-corrosion damage ... 13
• Herold H. and Woywode N. Elimination of cracks in steel structures using design-technological measures ... 19
• Gorynin I.V., Iliin A.V., Leonov V.P. and Malyshevsky V.A. Design-technological strength of welded joints of off-shore structures ... 26
• Dvoretsky V.I. Evaluation of residual life of load-carrying welded structures and extension of their service life ... 34
• Zubchenko A.S., Vasilchenko G.S. and Dragunov Yu.G. Application of leak-before-break concept for provision of the safety of WWER-1000 type reactors ... 39
• Zubchenko A.S., Kharina I.L., Runov A.E and Makhanev V.O. Corrosion-mechanical strength of welded piping of austenitic steels of RBMK reactors ... 45
• Krasovsky A.Ya. and Orynyak I.V. Assessment of residual life of welds in pipings of the first loop of nuclear power stations damaged by intercrystalline corrosion ... 54
• Krivosheev P.I. Problems regarding welded structures of the «Shelter» object at the Chornobyl nuclear power station ... 62
• Knysh V.V. Determination of cyclic life of structure elements in arresting fatigue cracks ... 69
• Lobanov L.M., Pivtorak V.A. and Kuvshinsky N.G. Diagnostics of structures of metallic and composite materials using holography, electron speckle-interferometry and shearography ... 72
• Makhnenko V.I. and Makhnenko O.V. Development of calculation procedures for assessment of allowable defects in welded joints of critical structures ... 79
• Panasyuk V.V. and andreykiv O.Ye. New approaches to assessing the welded joints life ... 87
• Paton B.E. and Nedoseka A.Ya. New approach to evaluation of the condition of welded structures... 92
• Paton B.E. and Troitsky V.A. Development of nondestructive testing of critical metal structures ... 95
• Perelmuter A.V. Wear and reliability of steel structures ... 102
• Ragunovich S.P., Tsyganov V.A. and Sheleg V.K. Electric-arc welding under forced conditions... 108
• Cerjak H. and Letofsky E. Structure and properties of E911 steel welded joints ... 112
• Smirnov V.V. and Tsukurov O.A. Problems of certification of welding fabrication in machine-building branches of Russia ... 117
• Steklov O.I. Mechanical-corrosion strength of welded structures ... 125
• Frolov K.V. and Makhutov N.A. Strength and life of welded joints in nuclear power reactor structures ... 132
• Fujita Yu. and Yurioka N. Recent developments of steel and welding materials capable of improving structural integrity ... 139
• Fujita Yu., Man Abe Yu., Zenitani S. and Urakawa S. Development of two wiref. TIG welding with electrorrragnetically controlled molten pool process ... 145
• Von Hofe D., Middeldorf K. Innovations in joining technology — processes and products for the future ... 149
• Czworno G.B. Effect of shielding gas composition on characteristics of high-efficiency consumable-electrode ahielded-gas welding (MAG) ... 157
• Chernyaev K.V. and Vasin E.S. Ensuring of safe operation and extension of service life of main pipelines ... 161
• Shan Ji Guo, Wua Iping, Zhang O and Ren Jialie. Heat treatment and cladding using a light beam heating ... 164