Mechanical and Metallurgical Aspects of Dissimilar Metal Welds a Review

A literature review of studies and researches has been attempted in the field of dissimilar metal welding. Dissimilar metal welds have numerous industrial applications in area of thermal power generation, chemical, petrochemical, automobile, aerospace industries and nuclear plants etc. The purpose of this paper is to review: (a) Dissimilar metal welds, their Metallurgical and Mechanical aspects using both GTAW and SMAW techniques, (b) Dissimilar metal welds, their Metallurgical and Mechanical aspects using GTAW technique, (c) Dissimilar metal welds, their Metallurgical and Mechanical aspects using SMAW technique.