(Katsiveli, Ukraine, Sept. 13-17, 2004). Ed. by Prof. V.I. Makhnenko. - Kiev: PWI, 2005. - 256 pp. - Format 200x290 mm. Softback. ISBN 966-95847-8-7 (in Russian), $38. CONTENTS Introduction 10 Makhnenko V. I. Advances in mathematical modelling and information technologies for welding and related technologies 11 Asnis A. E., Demchenko V. F., Lesnoj A. B., Zabolotin S. P. Computer modeling of hydrodynamics and heat transfer in growing of silicon single crystal by the floating-zone electron beam melting method 24 Belyavin K. E., Petrushina M. V., Pogudo E. L., Chivel Yu. A. Modelling of laser welding of charges of spherical metal powders 28 Bokota A., Piekarska W. Stressed state in joints made by laser welding with preheating 32 Bolshakov M. V., Lukina G. N. Mathematical model of diffusion bonding of porous metals 38 Borisov Yu. S., Zatserkovny A. S., Krivtsun I. V. Numerical analysis of processes of heat exchange between arc plasma and finely dispersed metal particles 43 Velikoivanenko E. A., Rozynka G. F., Pivtorak N. I. Calculation algorithm for estimation of permissible sizes of lack of penetration in welded joints operating under complex range of cyclic loads 50 Velikoivanenko E. A., Rozynka G. F., Pivtorak N. I., Shekera V. M. Numerical study of kinetics of stresses in butt welding of rails made from dissimilar materials 56 Goloborodko Zh. G., Kvasnitsky V. V., Matvienko M. V., Solonichenko Yu. V., Serbin S. I., Kvasnitsky V. F. Modelling of composition of gas atmosphere in plasma cutting of ship hull steels and its effect on the welding quality 66 Demchenko V. F., Lesnoj A. B. Numerical modelling of heat and mass transfer and hydrodynamics in electron beam remelting of titanium alloys 71 Dzyuba V. L., Korsunov K. A. Mathematical modelling of non-stationary arc in plasmatron channel 77 Dilthey U., Mokrov O., Pavlyk V. Modelling and simulation of multi-pass GMA welding of carbon steel with preheating 83 Diachenko V. I., Medvedev S. V., Chizh O. P. Supercomputer-aided structural-technological design of welded structures 89 Zankovets P. V., Sheleg V. K. Mathematical modelling of the effect of production factors on formation of defects in welded j oints 95 Zdor G. N., Ivanov G. A., Zankovets P. V. Computer systems for technological preparation of fabrication of welded structures 99 Semmler U., Alaluss K., Matthes K.-J. FE-modelling of the thermometallurgy and stress-distortion behaviour during PTA hardfacing 103 Kashirsky Yu. V., Zubchenko A. S. Information bank on structural materials and welding consumables 109 Kvasnitsky V. V., Buryakov A. V. Mathematical modelling of chemical composition of weld metal in submerged-arc welding 115 Kvasnitsky V. F., Ermolaev G. V., Labartkava A. V. Investigation of the effect of shape of a brazed joint in dissimilar materials on natural stress fields by the computer modelling method 119 Kvasnitsky V. V., Matvienko M. V., Kvasnitskaya Yu. G. Effect of selective evaporation on chemical composition of metal in electron beam technologies 123 Korolyova T. V. Development of the ArcWeldSys system in terms of mathematical modelling and information filling 127 Kostin V. A. Analytical description of the process of formation of acicular ferrite in the low-carbon low-alloy steel weld metal 134 Kostina L. V. Computer-aided system for design of technological processes and regulation of blanking operations used in welding fabrication 137 Kunkevich D. P., Medvedev S. V. Computer technologies for design of assembly-welding fixture: current status, problems and prospects 140 Lebedev Yu. M. Algorithms of calculation of weldability conditions for low-alloy hard enable steels depending upon their composition and initial structure 145 Lebedev Yu. M., Martynenko V. A. Peculiarities of surface hardening of cylindrical carbon and low-alloy steel parts using non-consumable electrode arc 151 Lesnoj A. B., Kasatkin O. G., Zamkov V. N. Information system on welding of titanium and titanium alloys 157 Maksimov S. Yu., Gurzhy A. A. Effect of underwater welding conditions on initiation pores in weld metal 161 Margolin B. Z., Varovin A. Ya., Kostylyov V. I. Determination of residual welding stresses in water-moderated reactor bodies after multi-pass welding, surfacing and high-temperature tempering 167 Markashova L. I., Arsenyuk V. V., Grigorenko G. M., Berdnikova E. N., Alekseenko T. A. Structural approach to evaluation of mechanical properties of HAZ of joints in steels and alloys 174 Makhnenko V. I., Velikoivanenko E. A., Kravtsov V. T. Numerical method for evaluation of residual stresses and microstructural components in welding of propeller shafts of medium-tonnage sea ships 180 Makhnenko V. I., Saprykina G. Yu. Discontinuous solidification of weld metal 185 Makhnenko O. V. Increasing efficiency of thermal straightening of thin-sheet welded structures on the basis of mathematical modelling 189 Nezhivlyak A. E., Grechneva M. V., Balanovsky A. E., Aksyonov Yu. N. Development of a rational design of span bolsters based on the finite elements analysis results 195 Nesterenko N. P., Senchenkov I. K. Modelling of vibration heating of reinforced polymeric films in ultrasonic welding with normal feed of vibrations 200 Ohji T., Miyasaka F., Yamamoto T., Tsuji Y. Mathematical model for MAG welding in a manufacturing environment 205 Palamarchuk B. I., Pashchin N. A., Malakhov A. T., Cherkashin A. V., Manchenko A. N., Chajka A. A. Modelling of parameters of the shock-wave process in local pulsed treatment of plane samples using ring charges 210 Palotas B. Mathematical modelling of welding phenomena 215 Piekarska W. Phase transformations in HAZ metal of welded joints made by laser welding with preheating 220 Petrushina M. V., Nikolajchuk V. V. Modelling of shrinkage forces and moving heat sources for prediction of residual welding strains 225 Pokhodnya I. K., \ Shvachko V. I. , Bernatsky S. V. Effect of polymorphic Y -> en transformation on distribution of hydrogen in weld 230 Prokopenko G., Kudryavtsev Y., Knysh V. Ultrasonic peening of welded elements and software for its optimum application 233 Senchenkov I. K., Tabieva G. A., Ryabtsev I. A., Turyk E. Numerical modeling of residual stresses and strains in multi-layer cladding of cylindrical parts 237 Skosnyagin Yu. A., Lesnoj A. B. Information storage and retrieval system "Electrodes for manual arc welding" 242 Shably O. N., Pulka Ch. V., Pismenny A. S. Mathematical modelling of cooling of a disk after induction cladding in a heating system 245 Shvachko V. I., Ignatenko A. V. Numerical estimation of the amount of hydrogen transferred by edge dislocation 248 Index 255