A journey to discuss fillet welds, hot-cracking, football, heat and fluid flow, football, the AOD process, ....

At the University of the West, Sweden. Joel Andersson of GKN Aerospace and Tarashankar DebRoy from Pennsylvania State University. |

This is the largest Varestraint machine in the world, built by Joel Andersson of GKN Aerospace |

Such equpiment is vital in the study of hot cracking during welding. |

DebRoy and Professor Lars-Erik Svennson |

A tiny crack is visible in the sample whcih has been through the Varestraint machine |

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Leif Karlsson in the middle |

A close-up view of the sample in position |

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