* Foreword** Preface* Explosion welded clad, use and manufacturing* Microstructure driven thermomechanical process design for optimum product properties* Hot deformation characteristics of 0.3C-CrMoV (ESR) steel* Process modelling for near-net-shape manufacturing of petals for large size vessels of fast breeder reactor and experimental validation* Investigation of defect in rolled ring of aluminum alloy AA2014* Challenges in piping engineering for fast reactor spent fuel reprocessing* Specification requirements for pressure vessel steel plates under sour service conditions* Orbital welding for process plant piping - experiences at site* Qualification, repair, refurbishment and replacement of nuclear piping/components at Tarapur atomic power station* Establishment of welding procedure for butt joint of P91 pipes using submerged arc welding process* Use of pipe-work dampers to reduce piping vibrations* Feasibility of using laser beam heating to desensitise austenitic stainless steel pipe materials* Joining of dissimilar steels for high temperature service* Development of shielded metal arc welding consumables for grade 91 steel with specified toughness and RTNDT requirements* Evaluation of dissimilar joint between 304L(N) austenitic and 403 martensitic stainless steels* Residual stresses measurement by neutron diffraction and theoretical estimation in a single weld bead* Development of consumables dedicated to the welding of new 2.25%Cr materials, T/P23 and T/P24* T/P 23 and P 92: New boiler grades and matching filler metals for advanced coal-fired power plants - properties and experiences* Characterisation of 2.25Cr-1MoV weld metal at different steps during manufacturing process of a pressure vessel* Universal gas metal arc cladding-a preheated filler MIG surfacing concept* Laser repair welding of heat exchanger tubes of nuclear power plant* Meeting the challenges of high pressure nozzle welding* Use of flux-cored arc welding for joining modified 9Cr-1Mo steel* Modelling of a deformation resistance weld of a tube to solid* Analysis of weld quality through experimentation and artificial neural network model* Analytical model of heat input from friction stir welding and its finite element thermal distribution analysis* Materials related solutions for ultra-supercritical boilers* Enhanced weld creep strength modelling based on parent material master curves case: 9Cr steels* Microstructures and creep properties of weld joints of high Cr heat resisting steels* Creep behaviour of austenitic stainless steels and their weld metals* Evaluation of local fluctuation of creep properties in welded joint for 18Cr-12Ni-Mo-medium N-low C steel* Cross-weld creep behaviour of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel* Influence of heat input on reference temperature-nil ductility transition (RTNDT) of 9Cr-1Mo steel welds* Effect of centre line segregation on sulphide stress cracking of line pipe steel* Reuse of an obsolete equipment in rerated condition - a case study* Behaviour of steam generator top and bottom flanged connections at elevated temperatures* Advanced testing and evaluation of pipe line welds* Design guidelines for assessing initiation and growth of thermal shock cracking* Design validation of pressure vessels by instrumented proof testing* Studies on blockage detection in tubes and pipes* The investigation of ligament cracking in a reheater outlet header from a large thermal power station* The safety systems of acetylene cylinders and the study of a major incident* Failure analysis of high pressure heaters in thermal power station* Failure analysis of steel pressure pipes* Analysis of a few fatigue failures in the conventional side of nuclear power plants in Kalpakkam* Failure analysis of welded reformer tubes of a fertilizer unit* Failure analysis of 304L austenitic stainless steel rupture DISCS in sodium-water reaction testing facility* Basis of material selection to mitigate failures in heavy water plants* Authors Index* Subject Index* About the Editors.