Ramulu, Perumalla Janaki2015-09-162023-10-262015-09-162023-10-262012ROLL NO. 08610306https://gyan.iitg.ac.in/handle/123456789/342Supervisor: G. NarayananThe Difficulty of making welds of aluminum alloys by conventional(Fusion) welding process is due to poor solidification microstructure, porosity in the fusion zone, the loss in mechanical properties, more expensive surface preparation techniques and also formation of surface oxides...enMECHANICAL ENGINEERINGThesis