Steel selection for fracture avoidance in steel ships

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-KA-824

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1996

End date 31 December 1999

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Total cost € 1 189 000,00

EU contribution € 713 400,00

Coordinated by

British Steel plc
United Kingdom

Objective

The purpose of this project is to provide a modern fracture control methodology for welded steel ships, which will be applicable to both new vessel construction and the extension of service life of existing vessels. A five-part programme incorporating status surveys, fracture performance quantification using small scale testing, confirmation by large scale testing, procedure derivation and final practical implementation will be followed. The aim is to provide a method, which will ensure satisfactory levels of safety without penalising modern steels or the continued use of existing vessels.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Topic(s)

• F5 - Mechanical characteristics

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

British Steel plc

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Moorgate ; S60 3AR Rotherham ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (3)

DET DANSKE STÅLVALSEVÆRK

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 3300 FREDERIKSVÆRK
• Total cost: No data

LABEIN

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Cuesta de Olabeaga 16 ; 48013 BILBAO
• Total cost: No data

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH)

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kopernikusstraße 16 ; 52056 Aachen
• Total cost: No data