ESIA13: Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment

PEJ Flewitt, JK Sharples, and B Tomkins (eds)
2016

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Papers presented at the UK Forum for Engineering Structural Integrity’s Thirteenth International Conference on Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment (ESIA13) held at the Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, UK, on May 19–20, 2015.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Fifty Years of structural Integrity in the UK: Lessons Learned and Directions for the Future — J. Knott
Fracture and Fatigue of New Multi-Element Metallic Alloys — R. O. Ritchie
Improving Infrastructure Durability by Self-Healing Mechanisms: Recent Advances in Self-Healing Concrete and Asphalt — S.-T. Tu and G.-Z. Wang

INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT
Fracture Assessments of Large-Scale Straight Pipes Allowing for constraints — M. Gintalas and R. A. Ainsworth
Analysis of the Catastrophic Failure of a 57 Metre Span Structural Steelwork Truss — W. Geary and C. Rudall
Overview of the Ongoing R&D Activities Supporting the Integration of Residual Stress Consideration Within the RSE-M/RCC-Mrx Appendices Devoted to Fracture Mechanics Assessment — S. Chapuliot and others
An Overview of Efforts to Address Key Current structural Integrity Challenges in the UK Nuclear Industry — D. W. J. Tanner and others
Risk Analysis of Subsea Christmas Tree (XT) Leakage — J.-M. Luo and others
Analysis of Limit Load for Embedded Flaws in Pipeline Girth Welds. Part I: Review and Validation of Current Procedures — I. Hadley and others
Analysis of Limit Load for Embedded Flaws in Pipeline Girth Welds. Part II: Development and Validation of New FEA Models

MATERIALS
Deformation and Fracture of Polygranular Gilsocarbon Graphite Under Biaxial Loading — D. Liu and others
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of TIG Welded GH625 — Y. L. Gu
Development of a Classification System for the Microstructural Evolution of Austenitic Stainless Steels — S. L. Bagnall and others
Surface Condition of 304L Stainless Steel and its Effect on Fatigue Life in PWR Environments — A. McLennan and others
Study of Fatigue Initiation of Autostenitic Stainless Steel in a High Temperature Water Environment and in Air Using Blunt Notch CT Specimens — N. Platts and others
3D Experimental Observation of Notch Behaviour in Nuclear Graphite — M. S. L. Jordan and others
White Etching Crack Initiation at Manganese Sulphide (MnS) Inclusions in a WindTurbine Gearbox Bearing — T. Bruce and others
Structural Design Criteria for a Demonstration Fusion Reactor — M. Kalsey and M. Porton

MODELLING
Development of a Procedure to Determine Kmat Using Charpy Impact Energy and a Plasticity Analysis for Ferritic Steels — R. J. Smith and others
Neutron Diffraction Experiments to Identify Internal State Created by Forward Creep in Autostenitic Steel at 550°C — B. Chen and others
Deformation Modelling and Lifetime Prediction for a Gas Turbine Blade Alloy Under TMF Conditions — S. Grützner and others
An Experimental Investigation on Cyclic Hardening Behaviour of a Low-Strength Steel in a Very High Cycle Fatigue Regime — M.-L. Zhu and others
Limit Load Analysis of Pressure Cylindrical Shells with Pitting Defect Subjected to Creep Damage — N. Wang and others
Understanding the Mechanical Behaviour of Gilsocarbon Graphite Over Multiple Length-Scales — B. Liu and others
Risk-Based Inspection, an Opportunity for Improvement — P. Jackson
Neutrons for Structure Integrity Applications — A. Paradowska and others
Through-Life Management of NDT Data — N. Swindells

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Developments in UK Defect Assessment Methods — P. J. Budden
Materials Issues Relating to Structural Integrity for the Aerospace Industry — S. J. Wu
Is Fatigue a Problem in the 21st Century: and If So, Why? — P. E. Irving
Permanently Installed Monitoring Technology to Improve Structural Integrity Assessments — P. Cawley
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation and its Activities in Structural Integrity — J. Przydatek

FRACTURE CRITERIA
J’s Disability to Characterize the Crack-Tip Stress Fields Accurately Could Explain the Test Specimen Size Effects Observed for the Fracture Toughness (Jc) of a Material in the Ductile-to-Brittle Transition Temperature Region — T. Meshii and others
Thoughts on ECAs, FE and Bi-Axial Loading — A. Cosham and K. A. Macdonald
Determination of Tensile and Fatigue Material Parameters for Durability Assessments — B. Daniels and S. K. Bate
Microstructure Stress State Evaluation of Contact Fatigue in Gears — F. Farhad and A. Oila
Fatigue Assessment of Welded Armour Aluminium Structure with Computational and Test Techniques — C. Büyükbayram and others