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.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
As you read this you are probably sitting down. When you sat down, were you concerned that the chair would fail? You likely did not even consider it as you may have sat in this same chair hundreds, if not thousands of ti...
Funded by: FLF
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
The project directly addresses the question by discussing the importance of trust in the quality system and the application of materials science to ensure the safe performance of critical systems.
Engineering structures have three distinct phases of life: design/commission, operation and decommission; each with associated costs. Advances in structural dynamics hold the key to hugely reducing the costs of the first...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
The project focuses on structural health monitoring and the role of key stakeholders in managing risk and maintaining safe operations, which is directly relevant to understanding how the original design life remains valid in the face of changing use and creeping change.
Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) employs sensor and imaging technology to assess the condition of components, plant and engineering structures of all kinds during manufacture and in-service. The UK Research Centre in NDE...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Imperial College London