Technical Literature Reviews

A Review of Electric Vehicle Battery Joining Methods and Testing

The objectives of this report are to review and compare joining techniques suitable for battery cell joining and review of ...

A Review of Post-Build Heat Treatments of IN718 PBF Material

A Review of Post-Build Heat Treatments of Ti-6Al-4V PBF Material

The objectives of this report are to describe the metallurgy of Ti64 and the necessity of post thermal treatment to ...

A Review of Weld Repairs of Mar-M247 and Similar Alloys

Gas turbine is a complex device with many components subjected to high stress at temperatures that are close to the ...

Additive Manufacture using Hybrid Laser-Arc Deposition

The purpose of this literature review is to investigate the state of the art (SoA) in relation to combining individual ...

Butt Fusion Welding Procedures and Test Methods used for PE Pipes

Current theories on welding of thermoplastics, procedures for butt fusion welding of HDPE pipes in UK, Europe and America and ...

Duplex Stainless Steel Welding – A Review of Current Practices

There is an increasing uptake of the use of duplex stainless steels (DSSs) in the oil and gas industry, particularly ...

EHLA (Extreme High-Speed Laser Application) Coatings

Elastic Follow-Up in the Context of Fracture Assessment

A technical literature review on the concept of elastic follow-up and the application of it in low/room temperature fracture assessment ...

Fibre and Disc Continuous-Wave Laser Source Micro Welding

'Micro laser welding' of monometallic and bimetallic joints is a very active field of investigation within the scientific community. A ...

Flaw Sizing Techniques Using Guided Waves

A technical literature review to understand and summarise work done on state of the art flaw sizing techniques using guided ...

Guided Wave Focusing Techniques

A technical literature review to understand and summarise work done on state of the art focussing techniques in guided wave ...

High Power, In-Vacuum and Narrow Gap Laser Welding

A number of industries require welding processes for high quality, high productivity, low distortion welding of thick (>25mm) section metals, ...

In-Bore Multi-Positional Laser Welding - Technical Literature Review

This literature review investigates how mature the technology is within the laser community for autogenous keyhole laser welding in multiple ...

In-Process Monitoring of Arc Welding for Quality and Defect Detection

State of the art literature review of monitoring systems for arc welding, incorporating vision, acoustic and electrical parameter monitoring. Considers ...

Laser Welding of Crack Susceptible Materials

A technical literature review of laser welding crack susceptible materials is presented. Two types of hot cracking are considered (solidification ...

Machine GTAW Ambient Temperature Temper Bead Repair

Repair by welding of a metallic component may be required during original fabrication, following in-service inspection or during planned maintenance ...

Mechanical Fastening of Steel to Aluminium for Automotive

Member report detailing a literature review of the most promising mechanical joining technologies that are either established or presently still ...

Novel Mechanical Fastener Coatings for Corrosion Protection in Dissimilar Material Joints

A review of fastener-coating developments that can improve the corrosion performance of dissimilar metal to composite joints is presented. Technical ...

Perforated Composite Applications, Modelling and Manufacture

A literature review report that examines several applications where perforated composites could offer improved performance over metal-based structures, and simulation ...