CONTENTS

Plenary Papers of the International Conference
«Welding and Related Technologies. Present and Future»
25–26 November, 2013, Kiev, Ukraine

• 95th Birthday Anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Paton Boris Evgenievich, its President ... 2
• Paton B.E. Research and developments of the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute for nowadays power engineering ... 14
• Kablov E.N., Ospennikova O.G. and Lomberg B.S. Strategic trends of development of structural materials and technologies of their processing for modern and future aircraft engines ... 23
• Guan Qiao. Generalized additive manufacturing based on welding/joining technologies ... 33
• Reisgen U. and Schleser M. Welding or adhesive bonding — is this a question for the future? ... 39
• De A. and DebRoy T. Recent advances in the quantitative understanding of friction stir welding ... 44
• Gorynin I.V. Innovative technologies in the field of structural steels and their welding ... 49
• Ueyama T. Trends in developments in gas shielded arc welding equipment in Japan ... 53
• Pilarczyk J. and Zeman W. Welding today and tomorrow ... 61
• Alyoshin N.P. Advanced informative automated systems of acoustic control of welding ... 69
• Pleskachevsky Yu.M. and Kovtun V.A. Fundamentals of technology of electric contact sintering of nanostructured metal-polymeric coatings of tribotechnical purpose ... 75
• Dimlaye V., Mudge P., Jackson P., Tat-Hean Gan and Slim Soua. Non-invasive structural health monitoring of storage tank floors ... 83
• Jardy A. Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of remelting processes ... 86
• Enzinger N. and Sommitsch C. Research in joining technologies in Austria ... 92
• Vilarinho Louriel O. and Vilarinho Laura O. Ongoing activities and prospects related to welding technology at Laprosolda–Brazil ... 96
• Okamoto Y., Nakashiba S., Sakagawa T. and Okad A. Micro-welding of aluminum alloy by superposition of pulsed Nd:YAG laser and continuous diode laser ... 105
• Gdoutos E.E. Mechanical behavior and failure of sandwich structures ... 112
• Tsvetkov Yu.V., Nikolaev A.V. and Samokhin A.V. Plasma processes in metallurgy and technology of inorganic materials ... 117
• Dub A.V. Challenging technologies of manufacture of highly-reliable products of structural steels for basic branches of industry ... 124
• Beloev M., Khomenko V.I. and Kuchuk-Yatsenko S.I. Selection of welding technologies in construction of large-diameter main pipelines ... 131
• Kudryavtsev Yu. and Kleiman Ja. Residual stress management in welding: measurement, fatigue analysis and improvement treatments ... 135
• Paton B.E., Krivtsun I.V., Marinsky G.S., Khudetsky I.Yu., Lankin Yu.N. and Chernets A.V. Welding, cutting and heat treatment of live tissues ... 142
• Cole N.C., Weber J.D., Pfarr M.P. and Hernandez D. Recruiting and preparing skilled personnel for leadership roles in welding and brazing ... 154