Center for Weldability Evaluation

The Center for Weldability Evaluation addresses:

  • failures and loss of properties in welds of advanced alloys
  • facilitates implementation of advanced alloys in critical welded structures
  • supports invention and development of metallic alloys with improved weldability
  • develops innovative tools and methods for weldability evaluation
  • contributes to improvement of energy efficiency, safety, service performance and reliability in power generation and power conversion systems
  • involves graduate, undergraduate, and post-doctoral students in cutting-edge research on weldability

Micrograph examples

Hydrogen assisted interfacial disbonding at dissimilar interface Ohio State welding engineering
Hydrogen assisted inerfacial disbonding at dissimilar interface between Low Alloy Steel butter and Alloy 625 closure weld
Ryan Buntain
micrograph Liquation and DDC cracking in induction bent Alloy 825 weld overlay on X65 steel pipe Ohio State welding engineering
Liquation and DDC cracking in induction bent Alloy 825 weld overlay on X65 steel pipe
Rex Alexandre
micrograph DDC in alloy 52M FDTC test Ohio State Center for Weldability Evaluation
DDC in alloy 52M FDTC
micrograph of precipitation in Inconel 706 Ohio State Center for Weldability Evaluation
Precipitation in Inconel 706
Category: Research

Collaboration

Research performed at the Center for Weldability Evaluation is a blended effort among engineering teams within Ohio State.

The extensive, state-of-the-art resources available at Ohio State allow cohesive, thorough and complex evaluations of welds and joints.

The extended team of engineering experts on Ohio State's Columbus campus

Contact

Boian Alexandrov

Research Professor
alexandrov.1@osu.edu
614-292-1735

The Ohio State University
EJTC
1248 Arthur Adams Drive
Columbus, OH 43221
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