ESIA2008
Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment – Its Contribution to the Sustainable Economy

 

21-22 October 2008, Manchester UK

This is one of a series of FESI national and international conferences on the topic of Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment. The Conferences are now established as a major forum for dissemination and discussion amongst industrial, academic and regulatory bodies in this field. It addresses all aspects of this multi-disciplinary subject including the status of assessment technologies and methodologies in relation to operating plant, structures and components.

Theme

As the demand for products and services continues apace, there will be an increasing stress on the world’ limited resources. Thus engineers both today and in the future are, and will be asked to use the declining resources more efficiently and produce less waste. To prepare for these challenges, engineers will need to understand the impact of their decisions on built and natural systems. They must become adept at working closely with planners and decision makers. They must also bear in mind how aware the general public is to this societal challenge. Sustainable Engineering requires us to take the long term view rather than adopting short term fixes. Structural Integrity Assessment is in the position to be able to lead this approach through its influence on safe, reliable and cost effective design, manufacture and operation of plant, businesses and services.

This FESI Conference will be based around the theme of “Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment: Its Contribution to the Sustainable Economy” and will show how outputs from recent research and development can lead to improved integrity of structures and components with associated enhancement in economic sustainability and safety benefits. It will:

• examine current needs in terms of sustainable management concepts; strategies and methodologies; regulatory requirements; economic benefits and societal impact.
• address provision through development and deployment of condition evaluation and assessment tools; integration into methodologies and their application to a sustainable economy, both deterministically and probabilistically based; operational challenges of life cycle management for newly designed plant
• consider case histories demonstrating the applicability to specific plant problems to the improved life management of existing and new structures and components, will be particularly welcome
• consider all major industry and business sectors, including energy, transport, process and civil engineering.

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