European fitness for service network

Objective

FITNET will promote the development of a European Fitness-for Purpose procedure for assessing the structural integrity of metallic structures transmitting loads. In particular it will cover techniques for dealing with know or postulated defects and will consider the failure mods of fatigue, fracture, creep and environmental assisted cracking. The network will harness recent technological advances from EC-funded projects, national programmes and in-kind contributions. Working groups will be established to review existing standards, to create a database of validation tests and to produce consensus recommendations for a European structural integrity assessment procedure. It involves 30 organisations all with recognised expertise in this area, drawn from 13 European countries.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-1. - Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

THN - Thematic network contracts

Coordinator

GKSS - FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH

Address

Max Planck-strasse 1
21502 Geesthacht
Germany

 

Participants (33)

ALSTOM POWER UK LTD.

United Kingdom

Address

Willans Works, Newbold Road
CV21 2NH Gawston Rugby

 

BAY ZOLTAN FOUNDATION FOR APPLIED RESEARCH

Hungary

Address

2,Igloi U. 2
3519 Miskolc

 

BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE

Belgium

Address

200,Boeretang 200
2400 Mol

 

BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LTD

United Kingdom

Address

Barnett Way, Barnwood
GL4 3RS Gloucester

 

BUREAU VERITAS S.A.

France

Address

Place Des Reflets 17 Bis, Paris La Defense 2
92400 Courbevoie

 

CATERPILLAR - FRANCE SA

France

Address

Avenue Leon Blum 40
38041 Grenoble

 

CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES

France

Address

52,Avenue Felix Louat 52
60304 Senlis

 

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS E INVESTIGACIONES TECNICAS DE GUIPUZKOA

Spain

Address

15,Paseo De Manuel De Lardizabal 15
20009 San Sebastian

 

CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.P.A.

Italy

Address

Strada Torino 50
10043 Orbassano

 

CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA

Italy

Address

Via Di Castel Romano 100/102
00128 Roma

 

CESI - CENTRO ELETTROTECNICO SPERIMENTALE ITALIANO GIACINTO MOTTA SPA

Italy

Address

Via Reggio Emilia 39
20090 Segrate

 

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Netherlands

Address

Westerduinweg 3
1755 ZG Petten

 

CORUS UK LIMITED*

United Kingdom

Address

Millbank 30
SW1P 4WY London

 

DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Germany

Address

2,Grafenstrasse 2
64283 Darmstadt

 

DET NORSKE VERITAS AB

Sweden

Address

Warfvinges Vag 19B
10425 Stockholm

 

FORCE INSTITUTE

Denmark

Address

345,Park Alle 345
2605 Brondby

 

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.*

Germany

Address

Woehlerstrasse 11
79108 Freiburg (In Breisgau)

 

GENT UNIVERSITY

Belgium

Address

Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 41
9000 Gent

 

GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTRE

Germany

Address

Linder Hoehe
51147 Koeln

 

HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE

United Kingdom

Address

Southwark Bridge Road 2
SE1 9HS London

 

INGENIEURBUERO FUER WERKSTOFFTECHNIK

Germany

Address

Technologiezentrum Am Europaplatz, Dennewart Str.
52068 Aachen

 

INNOSPEXION APS

Denmark

Address

Raunsbjergvej 10-12, Kisserup
4330 Hvalsoe

 

INSTITUT DE SOUDURE

France

Address

4,Boulevard Henri Becquerel 4 - Espace Cormontaigne
57970 Yutz

 

ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF WELDING

Italy

Address

Lungobisagno Istria 15
16141 Genova

 

NPL MANAGEMENT LTD.

United Kingdom

Address

Queens Road
TW11 0LW Teddington

 

SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B.V.

Netherlands

Address

Badhuisweg 3
Amsterdam

 

SKODA VYZKUM S.R.O.

Czechia

Address

Tylova 57
316 00 Plzen

 

Staatliche Materialpruefungsanstalt

Germany

Address

Pfaffenwaldring 32
70569 Stuttgart

 

TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND

Finland

Address

3,Kemistintie 3
02044 Espoo

 

TWI LTD (WORLD CENTRE FOR MATERIALS JOINING TECHNOLOGIES)

United Kingdom

Address

Granta Park, Great Abington
CB1 6AL Cambridge

 

UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA

Spain

Address

S/n,avenida De Los Castros S/n
39005 Santander

 

UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO

Portugal

Address

Campo Universitario De Santiago, Edificio Da Saem
3810-193 Aveiro/eixo

 

UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR

Slovenia

Address

Smetanova Ul. 17
2000 Maribor