Welcome to Structural Integrity Centre at Imperial College
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EVENT: June 6-8 2012 - at Imperial College, South Kensington Campus
Structural Integrity and Component Life Assessment Course (SILCA12)
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Scope of Structural Integrity, Predicitive Modelling and Root Cause Analysis R&D
Structural Integrity (SI) assessment involves a number of disciplines that exist mainly in Aeronautics, Materials, Mechanical Engineering departments and the Composites Centre at Imperial College London. It is concerned with determining the performance, durability and safety of equipment that is subjected to a range of operating conditions during use. The principal disciplines involved are materials computational modelling, stress analysis, inspection techniques, advanced metallurgical investigations and experimental validation. Structural integrity assessment therefore requires several disciplines to obtain reliable predictions. Figure below gives an overall link between, materials, testing, modelling, failure mechanisms, loading history and correlating parameters that are needed to develop a sound base for SI and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of componet and strcutural failures. The schematic below (download for clrity) outlines the methodologies that need to be considered in lifing components.
Imperial College London has been at the forefront of structural integrity assessment for many years. The Department of Mechanical Engineering, in particular, was instrumental in developing elastic, plastic and creep fracture mechanics concepts for predicting failure in components under a wide range of operating conditions. Many of the procedures developed have been incorporated into national and international standards and industrial codes of practice. SI Centre is now expanded to bring together groups of expert within Imperial College who have common interest in the field. It allows optimization of human resources and equipment at Imperial. The Centre is a virtual collaborative grouping with good links to industry and research bodies. An interdisciplinary approach able to respond to a wide range of research opportunities is taken within the SI group
For further information contact Kamran Nikbin, Tel: 00 44 20 7594 7133
Download Structural Integrity Poster
Software to download: TRCRACK, ZRATE
Relevant LINKS :RAEng, VAMAS, EDF Energy, ASTM, BSI, ISO ,IHI , Alphastar Corp.
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Events
Structural Integrity and Component Life Assessment Course, 06-08 June 2012,
This well established course incorporates the most recent advances in the subject of fracture and damage based structural integrity for high temperature component lifetime assessment under static and cyclic loading conditions. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the latest procedures for assessing the load carrying capacities of cracked and uncracked components, so that criteria for their safe use and replacement can be specified using damage and fracture mechanics concepts. Developments in testing methods, analysis of data, failure criteria, finite element modelling, residual stresses and geometry/material constraint will be examined. The methodologies described have been established from EU and International studies. Reference will be made to codes dealing with crack growth test procedures and life assessment.
Programme of event and registration form-SICLA-12 Brochure
Course Registration, Booking and Payments should be made online
Please complete and submit the registration form online which will proceed to the payments page (Note that on the ‘Event Fees’ page the Organiser option selected should be ‘Mechanics of Materials’).
Should you require alternative methods of payment or have difficulty registering/paying on line please complete and return the registration form overleaf to Ms Valerie Crawford by email (preferable), FAX or post to the address shown below quoting “ref: SICLA12, c/o K. Nikbin”
Ms Valerie Crawford (SICLA12-Course)
(v.crawford@imperial.ac.uk) or Tel: or Tel: +44 (0)207 594 7083 for registration details
