Recent Trends and Development of Underwater Welding

Abstract

Interest in underwater welding (UW) is increasing day by day with developments in marine transport, oil and natural gas. Today, many oil rigs are used in the sea. These structures are damaged by collision sand storms over time, and various types of under water welding techniques are used to eliminate these damages. Under water welding presents serious difficulties compared to normal welding techniques. Therefore, researchers are conducting various experiments and applications to overcome these difficulties. The present paper describes the new trends and future welding techniques of under water welding.

Keywords

• Underwater welding,, Underwater dry welding,, Underwater wet welding,, Underwater Robot Welding,, Recent development.

Supporting Institution

Gaziantep University, Engineering faculty

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