This valuable book offers a practical approach to the application of welding theories. Two expert authors with nearly 60 years of hardgained experience in heavy engineering offer solid advice in realworld application of welding metallurgy, materials behavior, fracture mechanics, and much more. Key topics include contracts and specifications, selection of welding processes, welding procedure qualification, production welding control, estimating and reducing welding costs, common weld defects, and practical problemsolving. By J. Crawford Lochhead and Ken Rodgers.