
Structural Integrity: Materials Testing
Structural Integrity: Materials Testing
A short introduction to this album.
11 Feb 2010
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1min

Photoelasticity
Photoelasticity
A technique that allows us to visualise the magnitude of stress occurring inside a material.
12 May 2009
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3mins

Testing Materials: Beam & Column
Testing Materials: Beam & Column
Measuring the response of the material to an applied load.
12 May 2009
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7mins

Drilling holes
Drilling holes
The method for measuring the residual stress profile near the surface of a sample when drilling a hole.
12 May 2009
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6mins

Plane Strain
Plane Strain
Examining the characteristics of plane strain, and the methods used to measure plane strain fracture toughness.
12 May 2009
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8mins

Corus: Specialised Tests
Corus: Specialised Tests
A company working on toughness testing to improve fabrication methods and develop new uses for materials.
12 May 2009
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2mins

Toughness Testing
Toughness Testing
Creating and fracturing a fatigue crack in order to record load and displacement.
12 May 2009
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3mins

Interpreting Results
Interpreting Results
Finding out the toughness result of different materials, such as the steel used in pipelines.
12 May 2009
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2mins

Damage Analysis
Damage Analysis
How to calculate whether damage has compromised the structural integrity of a pipeline.
12 May 2009
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5mins