Structural Integrity 2018
1st International Conference on Structural Integrity of Offshore Energy Industry, Aberdeen, September 6-7, 2018,
http://asranet.co.uk/Conferences/SI
Structural Integrity 2018 will be a 'boutique' conferences with some 50 papers and 100 participants, and strongly cantered around its topic. It will bring together a 50/50 mix of international academics and industry, facilitating interactions between the two sectors.
The marine, offshore and subsea energy industry continues to evolve creating new challenges and risks for the safety, integrity and reliability of its structures and systems. For example, wells are being drilled at greater depths, pressures and temperatures, requiring enhanced assessment of the integrity of structures and systems in such extreme conditions. There is a push to expand operations into new locations such as the Arctic, where environmental and operational conditions are considerably harsher. Many assets in the North Sea are rapidly reaching or have already exceeded their original design life and safe but affordable life extension and decommissioning are becoming major objectives. The recent rapid developments in renewable energy technologies have introduced new challenges of maintaining at minimum cost the reliability and integrity of structures and equipment in remote locations and subjected to extreme loads and environmental conditions. There are also exciting new opportunities, but also significant challenges and uncertainties, in applying structural health and condition monitoring and the novel concepts of additive manufacturing and big data to safety and structural integrity. These and many additional themes will be covered during the conference through survey, focused and/or case studies presentations from the practitioners and researchers in the art and science of structural integrity. Keynote and invited lectures from eminent members of the structural integrity community will also be part of the program.
The list of confirmed keynote and invited speakers includes:
- Prof. John Sorensen (Aalborg University, Denmark),
- Prof. Isabel Hadley (TWI, UK),
- Ulf Tyge Tygesen (Ramboll, Denmark),
- Dr Ramsay Fraser (BP, UK),
- Dr Yuri Tkach (Wood, UK),
- Einar Landet, DNVGL, and
Special issues of two major-publisher, per-reviewed, international journals will be prepared comprising extended versions of selected papers presented at the conference, as follows:
- Elsevier’s International Journal of Fatigue for papers focusing on fatigue. See call for papers at
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-fatigue/call-for-papers/call-for-papersspecial-issue-on-fatigue-in-structural-integr.
- Taylor & Francis’ Journal of Structural Integrity and Management for all other conference themes
http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/est/jsim/2018-si1?utm_source=CPB&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JMQ04365
Conference Themes:
· Fatigue, fracture and corrosion
· Deterministic deterioration models and analysis
· Probabilistic deterioration models and analysis
· Dealing with uncertainty in structural integrity assessment
· Structural integrity under extreme loads and in extreme environments
· Structural integrity of fixed, floating and submerged structures
· Structural integrity of pipes and risers
· Structural integrity of wind and tidal turbines and wave energy extractors
· Life-cycle assessment, asset integrity management decisions and optimization
· Safe and efficient asset life extension
· Structural integrity in decommissioning
· Reusable structures and repowering
· Design for extended safe lifespan
· Component and system reliability
· Probabilistic computational mechanics
· Multi-scale material, defect and damage modelling
· Structural health and condition monitoring
· Intelligent use of monitored data
· ‘Digital twins’ for structural integrity
· Structural integrity of additively manufactured materials
· Case studies in structural integrity, safety and reliability
We would also like to encourage you and your collaborators and students to submit abstracts, and later papers, and attend the conference. Group discounts may be discussed for larger groups of attendees with shared affiliation.
We hope to welcome you to Aberdeen in September.
Kind regards,
Organizers:
Prof. Purnendu Das (ASRANET
https://www.asranet.co.uk/)
Dr Piotr Omenzetter (University of Aberdeen, UK,
piotr.omenzetter@abdn.ac.uk,
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/engineering/people/profiles/piotr.omenzetter)