Geoff Booth, Specialist Consultant, will talk about weld failures.

M V Kurdistan stern section in dry dock after a catastrophic weld failure (link).  Image courtesy of RINA.

Welding is an enabling technology that is fundamental to many economically vital and visually exciting structures such as bridges, ships and offshore structures. Society expects these structures to perform safely for many years. However, not all of them do.

The consequences of these structural failures can be devastating. The presentation will review catastrophic failures in bridges, boilers, ships and offshore structures. The main engineering reasons for each failure will be described. Lessons will be drawn from each case study and it will be shown how these lessons have been used to develop current engineering design practice.

Geoff Booth has been closely involved with many aspects of welding for more than 30 years and has provided consultancy services for industry and has also managed research projects through his work at TWI. He teaches International Welding Engineer courses and at the Open University and his leisure activities are all concerned with avoiding gardening.

Date: Wednesday 16 March 2016

Time: Buffet at 18:00, talk starts at 18:30.

Venue: Granta Room, TWI Ltd, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6AL. Note that following the recent opening of the new Granta Centre, visitor parking arrangements at TWI have changed (directions).

PLEASE PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS MEETING - see the organiser's webpage.

RSVP (and for more information and directions) to: Alan Shand (Lloyds Register) Tel: 0207 423 2833 Email: alan.shand@lr.org

A poster for this event can be downloaded here.

This event is organised by the Eastern Counties Branch of The Welding Institute.