Tuesday 20-November      
Room 1      
13:10-17:10: Special Session 1 organized by AWS and JWS      
"Seismic Issues in Welding - Post-Kobe/Northridge Design and Construction" chaired by M. Toyoda and R.E. Shaw      
Invited Lecture: Unresolved Issues on Earthquake Resistance of Steel Building Structures M.Nakashima Kyoto University Japan
Invited Lecture: USA Practice for Steel Building Design, Welding and Inspection in Seismic Regions R.E.Shaw Steel Structures Technology Center, Inc. USA
Invited Lecture: Required Fracture Toughness of Steel to Prevent Brittle Fracture during Earthquake in Steel Bridge Piers C.Miki, E.Sasaki Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan
Invited Lecture: Selection, Properties,and Use of Welding Consumables For Seismic Applicaion in the United States M.Johnson Edison Welding Institute USA
Invited Lecture: Is Fracture Mechanics Approach Applicable to Steel Structures under Seismic Loading? M.Toyoda Osaka University Japan
Discussions      
       
Room 2      
13:10-15:05: Production with Laser and Electron beam I      
       
Invited Lecture: Laser Arc Hybrid Welding U.Dilthey, H.Keller Aachen University of Technology Germany
Research on Laser-MAG Hybrid Welding of Carbon Steel M.Kutsuna, L.Chen Nagoya University Japan
Hybrid Welding of Dissimilar Steels M.Dahmen, L.Chen Fraunhofer-Insitut fur Lasertechnik Germany
Application of Hybrid Welding Combined TIG Arc and YAG Laser to Thin Steel Plates Welding T.Kim, Y.Suga Keio University Japan
New Corrosion resistant materials and novel progresses in their welding for environmental technologies H.Herold, G.Neubert, M.Zinke, M.Karpenko Otto-von-Guericke-Universitiat Magdeburg Germany
Application of YAG laser welding for gas turbine blade Y.Uemura, M.Mega, K.Takahashi, S.Tsubota, M.Kanikawa Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,Ltd. Japan
Development of YAG laser welding robot system T.Matsumoto, T.Murata, M.Nishio, O.Satoh, H.Uehara, S.Shikoda Kawasaki Heavy Industries,Ltd. Japan
       
15:20-16:50: Production with Laser and Electron beam II      
       
Underwater Laser Repairs by 4 kW CW YAG Laser Y.Yamashita Hitachi Japan
Underwater Maintenance and Repair Technologies for Reactor Components by Laser Material Processing Y.Sano, M.Tamura, I.Chida, N.Suezono Toshiba Corporation Japan
Experiences on Laser Beam Welding of Aluminium Materials at BMW H.Hornig, J.Duran BMW Germany
EBW system for installing natural gas pipelines(Report 1) H.Morisaki, Y.Hara, H.Masuda Osaka Gas Co., Ltd Japan
Electron beam welding system for installing natural gas pipelines(Report 2) M.Nishio, S.Koga, M.Inuzuka, H.Nagatani, S.Aomi, A.Nishida Kawasaki Heavy Industries,Ltd. Japan
Application of Electron Beam Welding for Cylindrical Pressure Vessel M.Nayama, M.Toyoda, T.Toyohara, H.Otsuji, M.Kurosawa, S.Aoki, K.Ogawa Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Japan
       
Room 3      
13:10-15:05: Arc Physics I      
       
Invited Lecture: Physical Aspects of Laser-Assisted Arc Welding G.den Ouden, B.Hu Delft University Netherlands
Arc Behavior in GTAW Using Tungsten Cathode Activated with Nanoscale Oxides Z.Yang, Y.Ogawa, T.Morita, J.Matsuda, H.Zhang, B.Ding National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Japan
Nanocomposite tungsten thermionic cathode doped with high content oxide H.Zhang, Z.Yang, B.Ding Xi'an Jiaotong University China
Effect of cathode shape on electron temperature in TIG arc R.Narita, M.Tanaka, H.Terasaki, M.Ushio Osaka University Japan
Characteristics of Hollow Cathode Arc as a Welding Heat Source H.Nishikawa, T.Maruyama, K.Yoshida, T.Ohji, Y.Suita, K.Masubuchi Osaka University Japan
V-I Characteristic of Plasma in the Glow-to-arc Transition S.Watanabe, K.Takahashi, T.Onzawa Tokyo Institute of Techology Japan
Analysis of Liquid Metal Flow under Micro-Gravity Y.Ogawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Japan
       
15:15-17:10: Arc Physics II      
       
Invited Lecture: Flux application in GTA welding to improve process performance stainless steels and titanium alloys S.Marya, S.Sire Eole Centrale Nantes France
New perspectives in GTA welding of aluminium throgth flux application S.Sire, S.Marya Ecole Centrale Nantes France
Study on A-TIG Welding of Mild Steels D.Fan, R.Zhang, Y.Gu, M.Ushio Gansu University of Technology China
Investigations on variable weld penetrations in GTA welding of austenitic and martensitic stainless steels.Search for elemental effect. S.Puybouffat, A.Chabenat, C.Boudot Framatome Technical Center France
Liquid Flow inside Molten Pool during TIG welding and Formation Mechanism of bubble and Porosity S.Katayama, M.Mizutani, A.Matsunawa Osaka University Japan
Effects of surface tension and gravity on the convection in molten pool during electron beam welding H.Fujii, N.Sogabe, M.Kamai, K.Nogi Osaka University Japan
Surface tension of molten metals under plasma conditions H.Fujii, K.Ueda, M.Tanaka, T.Matsumoto, K.Nogi Osaka University Japan
       
Room 4      
13:10-15:10: Welding of Stainless Steels and Heat Resistant Steels I      
       
Prevention of weld decay of austenitic stainless steel by twin-induced grain boundary engineering M.Shimada, H.Kokawa, Z.J.Wang, Y.S Sato Tohoku University Japan
Prediction of Thermal Embrittlement in Cast Duplex Stainless Steels by Computer Simulation K.Nishimoto, K.Saida Osaka University Japan
Impact Toughness in Heat Affected Zone of High Nitrogen Containing Ni-free Austenitic Stainless Steel I.Woo, T.Horinouchi, Y.Kikuchi Osaka University Japan
High Toughness GMA Welding for 12Cr Martensitic Stainless Steel Line Pipes H.Ishii, K.Yasuda, Y.Miyata, M.Kimira Kawasaki Steel Corporation Japan
Weldable 13% Chromium Martensitic Stainless Line Pipe Manufactured by High Power Laser Welding S.Kusaka, M.Suzuki, K.Iwazaki, K.Uwai, J.Ohwaki NKK Corporation Japan
Fractography by 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Hydrogen Embrittlement for Duplex Stainless Steel Weld Metal T.Kuroda, K.Ikeuchi, K.Nakade, Y.Kitagawa Osaka University Japan
Failure Analaysis of Duplex Stainless Steel Weldment by Means of Three-dimesional Reconstruction Technique T.Kuroda, K.Ikeuchi, Y.Kitagawa Osaka University Japan
Study on improvement of weld defect detectability in austenitic SUS weld joint by ultrasonic pulse wave Y.Horii, T.Hurukawa, H.Yoneyama, S.Nishikawa, N.Uesugi Japan power engineerin and inspection corporation Japan
       
15:20-17:15: Welding of Stainless Steels and Heat Resistant Steels II      
       
Invited Lecture: The Basic Effects of Welding on Advanced 9-12% Cr Creep Resistant Steels H.Cerjak, E.Letofsky Graz University of Technology Austria
Effects of B and N on Creep Rupture Strength of Weld Memetals by GTAW for 9-12%Cr Ferritic Heat Resisting Steels K.Yamashita, H.Hatano, T.Sugino, A.Gotoh, N.Hara KOBE STEEL Ltd Japan
Experimental Analysis of Deterioration of Creep Strength at Welded Joint of 11% Cr Heat Resisting Steel K.Shinozaki, L.D.Jun, H.Kuroki, K.Ohishi Hiroshima University Japan
Stress Analysis around Precipitates in HAZ of 11% Cr Heat Resisting Steel during Creep Process L.D.Jun, K.Shinozaki, H.Kuroki, K.Ohishi Hiroshima University Japan
Common Metallurgical Causes of Reheat Cracking and Low Ductility Creep Fracture in HAZ of Cr-Mo Steel K.Tamaki, H.Kawakami, J.Suzuki Mie University Japan
Effect of SR Treatment on Temper embrittlement in HAZ of Cr-Mo Steel H.Kawakami, K.Tamaki, J.Suzuki Mie University Japan
Improvement of Long-term Creep Strength of 2.25Cr-1Mo Steel Welded Joint by A New Post Weld Heat treatment K.Kimura, T.Watanabe, H.Hongo, M.Yamazaki, J.Kinugasa, H.Irie National Institute for Materials Science Japan