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(updated
12 September 2009)
Download
a copy of the IOM3 Scottish Programme
here
Below you will find copies
of some of the interesting presentations delivered to SAM in
recent times.
The transition from
Iron to Steel - a Scottish perspective
Prof
Hugh McQueen is Emeritus Professor of Metallurgy at Concordia
University, Montreal, Canada and his career spans over 40 years.
He has a special interest in the history of technology. In his
talk, given on 10th September 2009, Hugh made special reference
to the work of David Kirkaldy whose precise tensile testing,
fractography and metallography gives him the honour of being the
father of thermo-mechanical processing.
You
can download a copy of Hugh's paper here.
Testing times for the
Forth Road Bridge
There
has been much speculation in the press about the state of the
Forth Road Bridge, but what is the true picture? Cliff
McGuire of Bodycote Testing Edinburgh presented the results of a
programme of work which sampled the suspension cables, checked
the mechanical properties of the wires and examined the extend of
corrosion and wire breakage. His talk was given on
Thursday 17th January 2008 at 7pm in the University of
Strathclyde James Weir Building, Montrose Street, Glasgow and is
available for download here.
Materials for New Nuclear Power
If
and when Britain replaces its ageing nuclear power stations, what
technologies will be available for selection. Joe Mcguigan
of British Energy gave us an insight on 17th April 2007. Here
is his presentation.
Optimising Stainless Steel Piping
Fabrication Practise
Stainless
steels are selected for service in oil and gas systems because of
their high level of corrosion resistance. On 19th January 2006,
Dr Liane Smith of Intetech gave guidance on the optimum
practise to give the best confidence in the quality of
fabrications. Her paper is available for download here.
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