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 addresses the role of materials science in ensuring the integrity of critical systems, aligning with the question's focus on human factors in asset operation.
The global construction sector is estimated to account for 100,000 fatalities annually and about 30-40% of all fatal occupational injuries. In the UK, although the construction sector accounts for only approximately 5% o...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
The project focuses on improving health and safety in the construction sector, which is related to managing risk and maintaining safe operations of assets.
To develop a data library and service tool for physical asset reliability optimisation in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry....
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN