Frontiers in materials for fastening and joining

Joining is assembling components to an assembly for fitment into certain appliance. Joining traditionally is classified into fastening, brazing and soldering. These are many types of versatile classification of joining. Aim is to increase life, by decrease in mechanical stress raisers and corrosion, to lower complicated joints, decrease processing complications by use of justified combinations of materials. These may be either joining material or base materials. Mostly primary joining methods have been described in this context.