Jez's publications

Yes, laser welding joins bits of aluminium together very well. But how does it work? I mean, really?

These papers address the correlation between the laser welding process and the performance of the resulting welds. The main question dealt with is what makes one laser weld (in a particular alloy using a particular laser) stronger than another.

List of papers

1. Weston, J., Yoon, J.W., Wallach, E.R., "Laser welding of aluminium alloys using different laser sources" PDF (671 kb)
2. Weston, J., Wallach, E.R., "Coupling for laser welds in aluminium alloys" PDF (234 kb)

List of conference proceedings

The first two proceedings were written almost as works in progress during my Ph.D. and the ideas within them have been improved in the thesis itself. These improvements are presented in the two papers above.

1. Weston, J.P., Wallach, E.R., “Mechanical properties of laser welds in aluminium alloys”, Proceedings of INALCO ’98, TWI, Cambridge, U.K., 15th-17th April 1998, volume 3, pp325-334
2. Weston, J.P., Jones, I.A., Wallach, E.R., “Laser welding of aluminium alloys using different laser sources”, Proceedings of CISFFEL 6 - International Conference on Laser and Power Beam Welding, Toulon, France, 15-20 June, 1998
3. Weston, J.P., “Surface related features of laser welding of aluminium alloys”, Invited international speaker, Current Advances in Materials and Processing, Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, Kanazawa, Japan, November 1999

And if you want the motherlode, here is the thesis abstract.