The Origin and Evolution of Welding Principles: A Guide for the Understanding of Welding Engineering for Mechanical Engineers

Edwin James France

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The Origin and Evolution of Welding Principles: A Guide for the Understanding of Welding Engineering for Mechanical Engineers

Edwin James France

Published in International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 10, Issue 4)

Received: 20 July 2022 Accepted: 16 August 2022 Published: 24 August 2022

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Mechanical engineers require a good, accurate and comprehensive understanding of what welding and welding engineering actually is because many of them are very much involved with the manufacture of welded fabrications. The article provides the mechanical engineer with the subtleties from required thinking, in order to understand, as a whole, the philosophy of welding engineering. In this article/paper, welding, welding engineering and welding principles are explained derived from the origin of welding action, how and why this action came about and further, how it has evolved into the empirical science and technology it is today. There will be an explanation of the role of welding rituals that became the backbone of the methodology. Certain facts regarding welding will be proven in front of the reader, e.g. what is the subtle difference between “welding and welding engineering”, and how do we bring about the welding action? Further, it will be brought home to the mechanical engineer that there must be a “Common Objective”, what is it? The paper will go on to establish some definitions, facts and aspects of welding? Proceeding along as the thought process develops, the article analyses for the mechanical engineer in the various instants of argument, how a particular welding principle came about and should be observed. Further, it will be shown how the welding facts and principles, affect and influence welded fabrication behavior in industry. All of this information and facts are to aid the mechanical engineer to understand welding engineering principles, the article / paper is a guide and is written in that style to teach what is an Empirical Science, already established by the author.

Published in	International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmea.20221004.13
Page(s)	59-67
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Welding the Atom Bonding Phenomenon, Welding Engineering Principles, Weld Material and Physical Condition, Weld Procedures and Welder Qualification, Welding Codes, Specifications and Standards

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Edwin James France. (2022). The Origin and Evolution of Welding Principles: A Guide for the Understanding of Welding Engineering for Mechanical Engineers. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications, 10(4), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijmea.20221004.13

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Edwin James France. The Origin and Evolution of Welding Principles: A Guide for the Understanding of Welding Engineering for Mechanical Engineers. Int. J. Mech. Eng. Appl. 2022, 10(4), 59-67. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmea.20221004.13

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Edwin James France. The Origin and Evolution of Welding Principles: A Guide for the Understanding of Welding Engineering for Mechanical Engineers. Int J Mech Eng Appl. 2022;10(4):59-67. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmea.20221004.13

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