CONTENTS

CURRENT PROBLEMS IN WELDING AND LIFE OF STRUCTURES

• Glorious Jubilee....    2
• Paton B.E. Current trends of research and development in the field of welding and strength of structures ....    5
• Lobanov L.M., Kyrian V.I. and Shumitsky O.I. Fifty years of the E.O. Paton bridge ....   12
• Semyonov Yu.P. Space technologies on the threshold of the centuries: results and prospects ....   21
• Olson D.L., Metzbower E., Liu S. and Park Y.D. Developments in property predictions for weld metal ....   31
• lyakishev N.P. and Nikolaev A.V. Metallurgy of steel: specifics of production in the XX century, problems and prediction of future development .... ....   38
• von Hofe D. and Schambach B. The new ISO 3834 — quality requirements for fusion and resistance welding of metallic materials ....   46
• Gorynin I.V., Iliin A.V., Baranov A.V. and Leonov V.P. Problems of guaranteeing the strength and design life of sleet-proof off-shore platforms in the Arctic shelf....   50
• Kiii N., Kobayashi K., Ishii J. and Yamaoka H. Development of high efficiency arc welding methods ....   56
• Alyoshin N.P. New information systems for non-destructive testing and diagnostics of welded structures ....   61
• Pilarczyk J. and Banasik M. Technological applications of electron and laser beam ....   67
• Gao H.M., Wu L. and Dong H. Preliminary study on penetration mechanism of double-sided GTAW process ....   74
• Beloev M., Hartung F., Lolov N. and Alexandroy B. Influence of microstructure on corrosion resistance of welded joints of duplex stainless steel....   79
• Frolov K.V., Makhutov N.A. and Gadenin M.M. Determination of strength, service life and survivability of structures....   86
• Maddox S.J. Review of fatigue design rules for welded structures ....   94
• Panasyuk V.V. and Dmytrakh I.M. Evaluation of corrosion fatigue strength of welded joints as heterogeneous systems .... 100
• Makhnenko V.I. Improvement of methods for estimation of residual life of welded joints in durable structures .... 107
• Hobbacher A.F. Effective notch stress method in comparison with other methods in fatigue design of welded structures .... 117
• Miller K.J. Failure of welded aluminium tubes.... 122
• Zubchenko A.S., Vasilchenko G.S. and Ovchinnikov A.V. Prediction of fracture of welded joints in ductile steels containing defects .... 127
• Takano G. and Kamo K. Development of fully automatic welding technique for vessels and pipes .... 132
• Larionov V.P., Sleptsov O.I., Lepov V.V. and Yakovleva S.P. Study of low-temperature strength of materials and their welded joints to handle problems of the russian north   .... 140
• Dilthey U., Stein L., Woeste K. and Reich F. Latest developments and trends in high-efficient welding technologies .... 146
• Dehelean D. and Markocsan N. Rapid fabrication of refractory components by thermal spraying ....  153
• Gorbach V.D., Sokolov O.G. and Mikhajlov V.S. Problems of welding and fatigue life of welded structures in shipbuilding.... 158
• Kuchuk-Yatsenko S.I. New developments of technologies and equipment for flash-butt welding of pipelines.... 164
• Kogure H. and Fujita Yu. Review of qualification and certification system for welding personnel in japan .... 172
• Herold H., Zinke M. and Karpenko M. Application of modern hybrid technology for welding of high corrosion resistant Ni-based alloys in environmental technology ....  178
• Bruckner J. Arc joining of steel with aluminium ....  180
• Paton B.E. and Medovar L.B. New electroslag technologies and materials ....  183
• Sheleg V.L., Ragunovich S.P. and Torpachyov S.P. Towards the use of acoustic field of the process of welding as a factor of control and diagnostics of welded joint quality .... 189
• Okamoto K., Hirano S., Inagaki M., Park S.H.C., Sato Yu.S. and Kokawa H. Feasibility study of metallurgical and mechanical properties of friction stir welded stainless steels .... 192
• Ushio M. and Sugitani Yu. Recent development of high efficiency arc welding systems in Japan ....  199