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(updated 10
September 2010)
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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