1. Upcoming Events

   Announcements 16 January 2013 Pages: 3 - 4

2. New Friction Surfacing Application for Stainless Steel Pipe

   • Yoshinori Katayama
   • Masashi Takahashi
   • Keishi Nanbu

   Peer-Reviewed Section 16 January 2013 Pages: R272 - R280

3. Ultrasonic Evaluation of Spot Welding Nugget Diameter with a Line-Focused Probe

   • Masayuki Fujita
   • Masafumi Ueno
   • Shinobu Satonaka

   Peer-Reviewed Section 16 January 2013 Pages: R281 - R289

4. Analysis of the Solidification Process of Austenitic Stainless Steel Weld Metal using Synchrotron Radiation

   • Takahiro Osuki
   • Mitsuharu Yonemura
   • Hidenori Terasaki

   Peer-Reviewed Section 16 January 2013 Pages: R290 - R303

5. Fracture Toughness Evaluation of Laser Beam-Welded Joints of 780 MPa-Strength Class Steel

   • Yasuhito Takashima
   • Mitsuru Ohata
   • Fumiyoshi Minami

   Peer-Reviewed Section 16 January 2013 Pages: R304 - R311

6. Prediction of Hot Cracks of T-Joints in Full-Penetration Welding Process

   • Masakazu Shibahara
   • Hayato Nagaki
   • Hidekazu Murakawa

   Peer-Reviewed Section 16 January 2013 Pages: R312 - R321

7. Fatigue Behaviour of Welded High-Strength Steels after High Frequency Mechanical Post-Weld Treatments

   • Imke Weich
   • Thomas Ummenhofer
   • Hamdollah Eslami Chalandar

   Peer-Reviewed Section 16 January 2013 Pages: R322 - R332

8. Numerical Simulation of MIG Weld Pool in Switchback Welding

   • Yasuyoshi Kaneko
   • Satoshi Yamane
   • Kenji Oshima

   Peer-Reviewed Section 16 January 2013 Pages: R333 - R341