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Heat treatment of welded steel structures

D Croft

Woodhead Publishing Series in Welding and Other Joining Technologies No. 23

An updated, revised and expanded version of Professor Burdekin's earlier work of the same title, this book explains this branch of thermal engineering in clear, practical terms. It concentrates on steels - the most predominant engineering media - and is essential reading for all those involved in the study or practice of welding high performance steel structures.

ISBN 1 85573 016 2
ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 016 8
October 1996
128 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
£130.00 / US$220.00 / €155.00

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Contents

The welding process and its effects

Types of heat treatment
 - Outgassing or hydrogen bake-out
 - Preheat
 - Post-heat
 - Post-weld heat treatment
 - Normalising

Effects of heat treatment
 - Preheat
 - Post-heat and post-weld heat treatment
 - Other heat treatments
 - An alternative solution

Non-compliance in heat treatment practice and potential sources of failure
 - Results of non-compliance
 - Effects in service

Methods of heat treatment
 - Preheating
 - Hydrogen bake-out and hydrogen release (post-heat)
 - Post-weld heat treatment

Guidelines for inspection of heat treatment
 - Essentials of good working practice

Manufacturing codes and standards

References