Lingyu Sun

Sep 10, 2024 | mdpi.com | Shilong Jiao |Xiaojun Zhang |Lingyu Sun |Yusheng Shi

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Mar 31, 2024 | mdpi.com | Xuan Zhang |Minglu Zhang |Shilong Jiao |Lingyu Sun

1. IntroductionThe rapid development of the maritime shipping trade has led to a surge in the demand for ships, which has greatly stimulated the upgradation of the shipbuilding industry [1,2,3]. Many welds are used in segmental construction and hull closing, and rapid, ac-curate weld detection directly affects construction quality and maritime safety.