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Joining technology and its impact on the performance and structural integrity of components

From time to time members of TWI staff are invited to contribute their technical knowledge and expertise to international conferences and seminars, or to industry sector magazines and journals. These published papers continue to have relevance after date of publication, and provide a valuable source of reference and industry guidance.

TitleAuthor(s)Presented at / published inDate
Assessment of Flaws in Pipe Girth WeldsHenryk PisarskiInternational Seminar on Welding of High Strength Pipeline Steels28/11/2011
Fracture Mechanics Techniques for Assessing the Effects of Hydrogen on Steel PropertiesMohamad J Cheaitani and Richard J PargeterInternational Steel and Hydrogen Conference28/09/2011
Novel Control of Weld Metal Hydrogen Cracking in the Welding of Thick SteelsJoanna Nicholas and Richard PargeterInternational Steel and Hydrogen Conference28/09/2011
Manufacturing of welded joints with realistic defectsMarcello Consonni, Chen Fun Wee and Charles SchneiderNDT 2011 - 50th annual conference of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing. Telford, UK13/09/2011
Progress Towards The Revision Of BS 7910Isabel HadleyPressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA17/07/2011
Differences In The Assessment Of Plastic Collapse In BS 7910: 2005 and R6/Fitnet FFS ProceduresŞefika Elvin Eren, Kamran Nikbin (Imperial College London) and Isabel Hadley, TWI LtdASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA17/07/2011
The History of BS 7910 Flaw Interaction CriteriaBostjan Bezensek (Hunting Energy Services), John Sharples (Serco Technical Consultancy Services), Isabel Hadley, Henryk Pisarski (TWI Ltd) ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Baltimore, Maryland USA17/07/2011
Revised Guidance on Residual Stresses in BS7910John Sharples, Steve Bate (Serco), Peter Gill (University of Manchester), Liwu Wei (TWI)ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference PVP201117/07/2011
The effects of loadings on welding residual stresses and assessment of fracture parameters in a welding residual stress fieldLiwu Wei, Weijing He, Simon SmithASME 2011 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA17/07/2011
Adaptively Controlled High Brightness Laser-Arc Hybrid WeldingChris Allen, Steve Shi and Paul HiltonILAS Supplement to AILU magazine, Issue 63, July 201101/07/2011
Fatigue performance of sour deepwater riser welds: crack growth vs. enduranceColum M. Holtam (TWI North America LLC), David P. Baxter (Atkins Oil & Gas)ASME 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 19-24, 201119/06/2011
(Member Only) Fatigue Crack Growth Performance of Sour Deepwater Riser Welds in the Near-Threshold RegimeColum M. Holtam (TWI North America LLC), David P. Baxter (Atkins Oil & Gas)Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, USA, 2-5 May 201102/05/2011
Infrared thermography as a non-destructive tool for materials characterisation and assessmentN.P. Avdelidis, T-H. Gan, C. Ibarra-Castanedo, X.P.V. MaldagueThermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXIII, Orlando, Florida, USA26/04/2011
EB welding of large components without a vacuum chamberChris Punshon and Allan Sanderson7th International Conference on Beam Technology, Halle, Germany, 17-19 April 200717/04/2011
Friction Stir Welding Of Industrial SteelsJ Perrett and J Martin (TWI Yorkshire) J Peterson and R Steel (Smith MegaStir) and S Packer (Advanced Metal Products)TMS Annual Meeting 2011. 27 Feb. - 3 March 2011, San Diego, CA., USA27/02/2011
Novel Techniques for Corner Joints Using Friction Stir WeldingJ P Martin and C Stanhope (TWI Technology Centre, Yorkshire) and S Gascoyne (Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Metallic Systems) TMS 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. San Diego, CA., USA. 27 Feb. - 3 Mar. 201127/02/2011
Solid state joining of metals by linear friction welding: A literature reviewImran Bhamji and Michael Preuss (Manchester Materials Science Centre), Philip L. Threadgill (formerly with TWI, now retired), Adrian C. Addison (TWI)Materials Science & Technology 2010. Vol.27. No.1. Jan 2011. pp.2-1201/01/2011
Low Power Laser Surfi-SculptJ.E. Blackburn and P.A. HiltonInternational conference on power beam processing technologies (ICPBPT2010) Oct. 25-29, 2010 Beijing, China25/10/2010
Adaptively controlled hybrid welding using a high brightness laserC M Allen, G Shi and P A HiltonInternational conference on power beam processing technologies (ICPBPT2010) Oct. 25-29, 2010 Beijing, China25/10/2010
Development and Qualification of Welding Procedures and Inspection Methodology for In-service WeldingJoanna NicholasEvaluation, Rehabilitation and Repair of Pipelines Conference, Berlin, Germany20/10/2010
Assessment of Dissimilar Metal Interfaces for Sub-Sea Application under Cathodic ProtectionM. Milititsky, M. F. Gittos, S. E. Smith and V. MarquesMaterials Science & Technology 2010. Houston, Texas, USA, 17-21 October 201017/10/2010
Effect of hydrogen and strain rate on superduplex stainless steel weld metal fracture toughness and fracture morphologyA. Bourgeon, M. Ali and P. Woollin Duplex Stainless Steel International Conference. Beaune, France13/10/2010
The special importance of personnel competence in welding fabricationEur Ing T. J. Jessop and Eur Ing C. J. EadyEuropean Symposium on Pressure Equipment, ESOPE 2010. Paris, 28 - 30 Sept. 201028/09/2010
Fibre lasers for surface removal of contaimated concrete in the nuclear sectorPaul Hilton2010 ICALEO Proceedings Anaheim, CA, USA, 26 - 30 Sept. 2010, Paper 130526/09/2010
Yb-Fibre laser single sided tube cutting for nuclear decommissioning applicationsAli Khan, Paul Hilton2010 ICALEO Proceedings Anaheim, CA, USA26/09/2010
The Generation Of Autogeneous Surface Features Using A Low Power Laser BeamJonathan Blackburn (Laser Processing Research Centre, University of Manchester), Paul Hilton (TWI) 2010 ICALEO Proceedings Anaheim, CA, USA, 26 - 30 Sept. 2010, Paper 170426/09/2010
Finite Element Residual Stress Prediction After Pwht Of Branch-Pipe ConnectionPhilippe BastidNAFEMS 2010, Oxford, UK. 8-9 June 201006/08/2010
Fatigue Life Prediction in Welded StructuresDr. Rajil Saraswat and Dr. Daowu Zhou (TWI), Robert Uings (ESI UK Ltd), Roger O' Brien (ThyssenKrupp Tallent Ltd)NAFEMS 2010, Oxford, UK. 8-9 June 201006/08/2010
The potential of high power lasers in nuclear decommissioningPaul Hilton and Colin WaltersWM 2010 Conference, Phoenix, AZ. 7-11 March 2010. Paper 1009203/07/2010
Material selection for supercritical CO2 transportShiladitya Paul, Richard Shepherd, Amir Bahrami, and Paul WoollinThe First International Forum on the transportation of CO2 by Pipeline01/07/2010
The laser alternative....to nuclear decommissioningPaul Hilton, Ali Khan and Colin WaltersNuclear Engineering International, vol. 55. no. 672. July 201001/07/2010
Performance Improvement through an Asset Maintenance Optimisation SystemDr Brian J Cane CEng FIMMM2nd International Conference on plant equipment and reliability (ICPER), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15 - 17 June 201015/06/2010
Risk based optimisation of inspection planning in shipsUjjwal Bharadwaj and John Wintle5th International ASRANet Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 14-16 June 201014/06/2010
Review of the effect of hydrogen gas on fatigue performance of steelsYan Hui Zhang29th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2010), Shanghai, China, 6-11 June 201006/06/2010
Intensive validation of computer prediction of welding residual stresses in a multi-pass butt weldWeijing He, Liwu Wei and Simon Smith29th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2010), Shanghai, China, 6-11 June 201006/06/2010
Hydrogen induced stress cracking of duplex stainless steel subsea componentsAmir Bahrami and Paul Woollin29th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2010), Shanghai, China06/06/2010
The potential of high power lasers for tube cutting and concrete scabbling in nuclear decommissioningP A Hilton and A H KhanENC 2010 European Nuclear Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 30 May - 2 June 201030/05/2010
(Member Only) Assessing the integrity of subsea dissimilar joints to ensure safe operationsAmir Bahrami, Mike Gittos, Henryk Pisarski & Paul WoollinOffshore Technology Conference, OTC 2010, Houston, TX, USA03/05/2010
Sour service limits of dual-certified 316/316L austenitic stainless steel and weldmentsBriony K Holmes and Stuart BondCorrosion 2010. San Antonio, Texas, USA, 14-18 March 201014/03/2010
Nd:YAG laser welding of titanium alloys using a directed gas jetJonathan Blackburn and Lin Li (Laser Processing Centre, University of Manchester), Chris Allen and Paul Hilton (TWI)Journal of Laser Applications, Volume 22, Number 2, pages 71-7801/03/2010
Operational Excellence through an asset management optimisation systemDr Brian J Cane CEng FIMMMNACE 13th Middle East Corrosion Conference, Kingdom of Bahrain, 14 - 17 February 201014/02/2010
Welding Of Hydrogen Charged Steel For Modification Or RepairR J Pargeter and M D WrightWelding Journal Vol.89 No.201/02/2010
Microstructural quantification, modeling and array ultrasonics to improve the inspection of austenitic weldsChanna Nageswaran and Capucine Carpentier (TWI) and Yau Yau Tse (University of Birmingham)Insight vol.51. no.12. Dec. 2009, pp. 600-66001/12/2009
Fatigue performance of riser girth welds for deep-water applicationsAmir BahramiDeep Water Technology Conference, Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Asia26/10/2009
Comparison of API 1104 Appendix A and BS 7910 Procedures for the Assessment of Girth Weld FlawsSarah E Smith and Henryk G Pisarski5th International Pipeline Technology Conference, Ostend, Belgium, 12 - 14 October 200912/10/2009
Modelling guided waves in complex structures - Part 1: RailYousef Gharaibeh (TWI/School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University), Chiraz Ennaceur and Peter Mudge (TWI), Wamadeva Balachandran (School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University)NDT 2009, Blackpool, UK, 15-17 Sept. 200915/09/2009
Modelling guided waves in complex structures - Part 2: Wire bundles - with and without insulationYousef Gharaibeh (TWI/School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University), Slim Soua, Graham Edwards and Peter Mudge (TWI), Wamadeva Balachandran (School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University)NDT 2009, Blackpool, UK, 15-17 Sept. 200915/09/2009
Detection of fouling in food pipelines using Long Range Ultrasonic TestingPhil Catton, Septimonette Chan, Vichaar Dimlaye and Peter Mudge (TWI), Anke Fendler, James Turner and Gary Tucker (Campden BRI) NDT 2009, Blackpool, UK, 15-17 September 200915/09/2009
Corrosion mitigation in biomass combustion plant using thermal spray coatingsM A Riley and M D F HarveyCOAL-GEN Europe, Katowice, Poland, 1-4 Sept. 200901/09/2009
The use of bobbin tools for friction stir welding of aluminium alloysP L Threadgill (TWI), M M Z Ahmed (IMMPETUS), J P Martin (TWI Yorkshire), J G Perrett (TWI Yorkshire) and B P Wynne (IMMPETUS)Thermec 2009. Berlin, Germany, 25 - 29 August 200925/08/2009