REPORT ON FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ON UNDERWATER WELDING

The objective of the program was to conduct fundamental research on underwater welding and cutting. The study includes the following phases: Survey of fundamental information on underwater welding and cutting; A study of heat flow during underwater welding; Mechanisms of metal transfer in underwater arc welding; Effects of water environment on metallurgical structures and properties of welds; and Development of improved underwater welding methods.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Index No. 74-329-Nfo.
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Sea Grant Program, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Sea Grant Program Office, 6010 Executive Boulevard
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852
• Authors:
  • BROWN, A J
  • Brown, R T
  • Tsai, C L
  • Masubuchi, K
• Publication Date: 1974-9-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 316 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Heat transfer; Joints; Welding; Welds
• Uncontrolled Terms: Welded joints
• Old TRIS Terms: Underwater welding; Weld properties
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084850
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MITSG-74-29 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: NOAA-2-35150, NOAA-NG-43-72
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1975 12:00AM