Lucas FM da Silva is Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He leads the Advanced Joining Processes Unit (AJPU) of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI). Paulo A.F. Martins is Professor of Manufacturing at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is Doctor Technices Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Denmark and Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering. His research is focused on forming and joining by forming, and he is co‐author of 6 books and over 400 papers in international journals and conferences. Uwe Reisgen obtained his doctoral degree at the RWTH Aachen University (Germany) in 1995. Since 2007, he is University Professor, Holder of Chair and Head of the ISF—Welding and Joining Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

• Chapter 1. Evaluation of the load-bearing behaviour of bolts and lockbolt systems under combined tension and shear loading (A Holch).- Chapter 2. Influence of the test velocity on the friction coefficient in high-strength bolted connections under cyclic load (J Mantik).- Chapter 3. Self-Piercing Riveting (SPR) of magnesium high pressure die castings (Yousef Tabatabaei).- Chapter 4. Volumetric Defect Detection in Friction Stir Welding through Convolutional Neural Networks Generalized across Multiple Aluminum-alloys and Sheet Thicknesses (Pascal Rabe).- Chapter 5. Increasing the robustness of laser beam submerged arc hybrid welding in the presence of joint gaps and offsets (Michael Clemens).- Chapter 6. On mesoscale numerical modelling of Fused Deposition Modelling of wood fibre-reinforced PLA biocomposite (Alexandra Morvayová).- Chapter 7. Optimization of Ti-GFRP laser joining process to achieve superior mechanical performance for the overlap configuration (Mahdi Amne Elahi).- Chapter 8. On the influence of process control on temperature uniformity and bondline characteristics in electrical resistance welding of carbonfiber-reinforced polyphenylene sulfide (M. Endrass).- Chapter 9. Comparison of the mechanical properties of Ni 99.2 thin sheets welded by different arc and laser welding processes (M. Olesch).

Lucas FM da Silva is Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He leads the Advanced Joining Processes Unit (AJPU) of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI). Paulo A.F. Martins is Professor of Manufacturing at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is Doctor Technices Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Denmark and Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering. His research is focused on forming and joining by forming, and he is co‐author of 6 books and over 400 papers in international journals and conferences. Uwe Reisgen obtained his doctoral degree at the RWTH Aachen University (Germany) in 1995. Since 2007, he is University Professor, Holder of Chair and Head of the ISF—Welding and Joining Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

• Chapter 1. Evaluation of the load-bearing behaviour of bolts and lockbolt systems under combined tension and shear loading (A Holch).- Chapter 2. Influence of the test velocity on the friction coefficient in high-strength bolted connections under cyclic load (J Mantik).- Chapter 3. Self-Piercing Riveting (SPR) of magnesium high pressure die castings (Yousef Tabatabaei).- Chapter 4. Volumetric Defect Detection in Friction Stir Welding through Convolutional Neural Networks Generalized across Multiple Aluminum-alloys and Sheet Thicknesses (Pascal Rabe).- Chapter 5. Increasing the robustness of laser beam submerged arc hybrid welding in the presence of joint gaps and offsets (Michael Clemens).- Chapter 6. On mesoscale numerical modelling of Fused Deposition Modelling of wood fibre-reinforced PLA biocomposite (Alexandra Morvayová).- Chapter 7. Optimization of Ti-GFRP laser joining process to achieve superior mechanical performance for the overlap configuration (Mahdi Amne Elahi).- Chapter 8. On the influence of process control on temperature uniformity and bondline characteristics in electrical resistance welding of carbonfiber-reinforced polyphenylene sulfide (M. Endrass).- Chapter 9. Comparison of the mechanical properties of Ni 99.2 thin sheets welded by different arc and laser welding processes (M. Olesch).

Lucas FM da Silva is Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He leads the Advanced Joining Processes Unit (AJPU) of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (INEGI). Paulo A.F. Martins is Professor of Manufacturing at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is Doctor Technices Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Denmark and Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering. His research is focused on forming and joining by forming, and he is co‐author of 6 books and over 400 papers in international journals and conferences. Uwe Reisgen obtained his doctoral degree at the RWTH Aachen University (Germany) in 1995. Since 2007, he is University Professor, Holder of Chair and Head of the ISF—Welding and Joining Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

• Chapter 1. Evaluation of the load-bearing behaviour of bolts and lockbolt systems under combined tension and shear loading (A Holch).- Chapter 2. Influence of the test velocity on the friction coefficient in high-strength bolted connections under cyclic load (J Mantik).- Chapter 3. Self-Piercing Riveting (SPR) of magnesium high pressure die castings (Yousef Tabatabaei).- Chapter 4. Volumetric Defect Detection in Friction Stir Welding through Convolutional Neural Networks Generalized across Multiple Aluminum-alloys and Sheet Thicknesses (Pascal Rabe).- Chapter 5. Increasing the robustness of laser beam submerged arc hybrid welding in the presence of joint gaps and offsets (Michael Clemens).- Chapter 6. On mesoscale numerical modelling of Fused Deposition Modelling of wood fibre-reinforced PLA biocomposite (Alexandra Morvayová).- Chapter 7. Optimization of Ti-GFRP laser joining process to achieve superior mechanical performance for the overlap configuration (Mahdi Amne Elahi).- Chapter 8. On the influence of process control on temperature uniformity and bondline characteristics in electrical resistance welding of carbonfiber-reinforced polyphenylene sulfide (M. Endrass).- Chapter 9. Comparison of the mechanical properties of Ni 99.2 thin sheets welded by different arc and laser welding processes (M. Olesch).