The joining of dissimilar materials poses a greater challenge due to large variation in material properties making coalescence difficult. More research is required to address emerging new material development challenges and their joining issues. The application and scope of dissimilar material joints is pervasive and serve major focus areas such as energy, transport, communication and health. This book addresses the lack of scientific literature in the field of development and structural integrity assessment of dissimilar material joints.

Author Biography

Dr. Rahul Chhibber graduated in Production Engineering from Punjab Technical University Jalandhar in 2001. He obtained M.Tech degree in Industrial Metallurgy from Department of metallurgical and materials engineering in 2003 and Ph.D degree from Department of Mechanical and Industrial engineering at IIT Roorkee in 2008. His area of specialization is welding and joining of materials. He has worked as an Assistant Professor at Thapar University Patiala from June 2007 to December 2011. In January 2012 he joined IIT Jodhpur and is presently working there as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering. He has co-authored one book and supervised over 15 Master student dissertations and has guided one Ph.D Student in the field of welding. His current research interests lie in the field of Mechanical Behaviour of Dissimilar Material Joints, Welding consumable development and Arc Welding. Dr. Navneet Arora did his Graduation in Mechanical Engineering from N.I.T., Kurukshetra in 1988, Post Graduation in Welding Engineering from I.I.T., Roorkee (Goldmedalist) in 1990 and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Kurukshetra University in 1997. He started his career in 1990 from Panjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and served there for One & Half Years. In 1991, he joined N.I.T., Kurukshetra and served there for seven years. Then in 1998, he joined I.I.T., Roorkee, India. He has published more than 100 research papers in reputed International and National Journals and Conferences. He has guided three Ph.D. theses and 64 M.Tech. Dissertations. Presently, three scholars are perusing their Ph.D. under his supervision. His area of specialization is welding and joining of materials. His current research interests lie in the field of Dissimilar Material Joining and development of wear resistant coatings. Bijon K. Dutta obtained an M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in mechanical engineering. Presently, in the grade of Distinguished Scientist, he is also Head, Computational Mechanics Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and a senior professor in Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI). His research interests includes constraint dependent fracture mechanics, micro-mechanical modelling, probabilistic fracture mechanics, multi-scale material modelling, on-line creep-fatigue monitoring system, high-performance computing, nuclear fuel pin modelling at high burn-up and modelling of irradiated materials using MD and DD simulations. He is also coordinator of a multimillion dollar safety-related research program for his department. He has authored more than 250 research papers which includes 71 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. He has received the Technical Excellence Award and Homi Bhabha Award for Science and Technology in the Department of Atomic Energy (India), and is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.