CONTENTS

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL

• Karkhin V.A., Iliin A.S., Ploshikhin V.V. and Prikhodovsky A.A. Effect of heat of aluminium alloy melting on shape and sizes of weld pool ... 2
• Shejko P.P., Zhernosekov A.M. and Shimanovsky Yu.O. Consumable-electrode pulsed-arc welding with automatic stabilization of mode parameters ... 7
• Makhnenko V.I., Maksimov S.Yu. and Korolyova T.V. Investigation of peculiarities of transport of hydrogen in underwater fusion welding of structural steels ... 11
• Borisov Yu.S., Zatserkovny A.S. and Krivtsun I.V. Mathematical modelling of the process of plasma spraying of composite powders allowing for the exothermic reaction of synthesis of coating material ... 22
• Kireev L.S., Shurupov V.V., Peshkov V.V. and Besplokhotny G.P. Effect of the process fixture material on strength characteristics of titanium and its diffusion bonds ... 25

INDUSTRIAL

• Paton B.E., Chepurnoj A.D., Saenko V.Ya. and Medovar L.B. Prospects in production of welded thick-walled bimetal bodies of high-pressure vessels ... 28
• Lebedev V.K. Tendencies in development of power sources and control systems (based on materials of US patents) ... 37
• Kuchuk-Yatsenko V.S., Sakhatsky A.G. and Nakonechny A.A. Resistance welding of silver-copper current-carrying busbars ... 46
• Khorunov V.F., Shvets V.I., Taranova T.G. and Kobzenko G.F. Fusibility curves for alloys of the Sn-Zn-Bi system ... 49

BRIEF INFORMATION

• Zagornikov V.I. EBW of a flame tube case of a stationary gas turbine ... 52
• Orlov L.N., Golyakevich A.A., Novikova D.P., Peleshko V.N. and Simonenko V.V. Flux-cored wires for welding and repair of defects in 110G13L steel castings ... 55
• European program NOMAD on development of a robotic cell for highly-efficient welding of specialized structures ... 58