The development of indicators as tools for ecosystem monitoring is a key step in the management Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). This study uses previously developed sex-specific body condition indices, blubber thickness and girth, to assess temporal changes from 2000 2015 harvested Eastern Beaufort Sea (EBS) beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Specifically, goals were (1) examine seasonal int...

Abstract TIG welded marine grade AA5083-F/ER5356 and AA5083-F/ER5356+Sc joints were friction stir processed with a pin less FSP tool, to explore the impact of process parameters on mechanical metallurgical characteristics weldments enhance weld strength. The microstructure welds was observed using optical SEM subjected tests like toughness, tensile, microhardness fractography, evaluate strength...

A system is presented that allows the visualization of the whole welding process. Factors that can lead to bad welds can be monitored. Methods to optimize the welding process are outlined and a possible "on-line control" is discussed. In addition, schemes are presented for the analysis of the welding process to identify defects in the welding equipment that will cause faulty welds.

Steel structures continuously exposed to offshore marine environments are prone to corrosion. This can be of major economic and perhaps of environmental significance. The risk of these scenarios occurring can be assessed using good quality data, good quality corrosion and pitting models and structural reliability assessment. Recently, improved models for the prediction of longer term corrosion ...

As part of a programme investigating the structural integrity of welds, the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique was used to obtain the full-field strain distribution during tensile testing of cross-weld specimens cut from a multi-pass girth welded pipe. The displacement maps were analyzed using Matlab scripts to compute local stress-strain variations from which the local proof stress valu...

As part of a programme investigating the structural integrity of welds, the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique was used to obtain the full-field strain distribution during tensile testing of cross-weld specimens cut from a multi-pass girth welded pipe. The displacement maps were analyzed using Matlab scripts to compute local stress-strain variations from which the local proof stress valu...

The paper aims at presenting a framework for visual inspection and defect detection of steel pipe welds in chemical and nuclear power plants. Pipe welds are examined by means of X-ray (XR) and ultrasound (US) sensors; collected data are separately processed in order to extract features used in the fusion phase to detect and measure possible defects. Results obtained on real images are presented...

J. Cárcel-Carrasco; M. Pascual; M. Pérez-Puig; F. Segovia. ITM-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). Camino de vera s/n, 46022 Valencia (Spain). Corresponding author, Email: [email protected] This work compares the weldability of ductile iron when: (I) a root weld is applied with a tungsten inert gas (TIG) process using an Inconel 625 source rod and filler welds are subsequently applie...