How do we identify the key long-term challenges and threats to the current ageing asset base?
Background
Overall aim: To develop our understanding of initial and ongoing integrity considerations with respect to how the performance of materials and structures change over time, and the role key stakeholders (e.g. designers, manufacturers, operators, etc.) play in managing risk and maintaining safe operations. Our work in this area supports all industrial sectors across Great Britain, including the many highly specialised industries which are strategically important to the country’s economy and social infrastructure. These include oil and gas, chemicals, explosives, mining and the bioeconomy, and all operating assets within the major hazards sector.
Next steps
Contact Simon Armitage - Head of Science and Engineering Profession (HoSEP) Business Partner
simon.armitage@hse.gov.uk
Source
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Related UKRI funded projects
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National Centre for Infrastructure Materials (Leeds)
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Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on investigating the degradation of infrastructure materials, which is directly related to identifying long-term challenges and threats to the ageing asset base.
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UK RESEARCH CENTRE IN NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (RCNDE) 2014-2020
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Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project is focused on non-destructive evaluation (NDE) technology, which can be used to assess the condition of ageing assets, but it does not directly address the identification of long-term challenges and threats.
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Risk Assuring Future Structure Critical Systems: Combining 21st Century Science with Engineering Intuition - Renewal
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Funded by: UKRI FLF
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the identification of long-term challenges and threats to ageing asset base through the lens of materials science and engineering.