Applied Welding Engineering – Processes, Codes, and Standards

There have been discussions and sometimes arguments when describing if welding is an art or a science. Mundane as it might appear, the question is pertinent. And in experience, some well-meaning experts often miss the point as to which part about the term “welding” they are referring to support their arguments. Welding as the physical and practical part of joining two materials in most part is an art; however, the study of the heal and melt flow solidifications prediction, and prediction of a material’s behavior under heating and cooling cycles associated with the term welding is a science. Hence it is both an art and science of joining metals by use of adhesive and cohesive forces between metals by welding. brazing, and soldering, and some of these joining processes produce metallurgical bonds.