lrf lecture 2016
Date: Thu Oct 27
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: King's College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX
Cost: Free
The subject of the lecture is optimal integrity management for offshore structures and facilities.
Safe and efficient operation of offshore structures and facilities are generally challenged by harsh environmental conditions and difficult access. In addition, damage to structures and facilities caused by fatigue crack growth and corrosion processes accumulate over time and impose risk to personnel, environment and operations. These risks may be managed efficiently through a combination of measures and strategies - including inspections, monitoring, assessments and repairs.
To support the choice of strategy, approaches to risk-informed integrity management have been developed and implemented over the last 2-3 decades. In this lecture, Professor Michael Havbro Faber will first provide an outline of the theoretical and methodical bases for risk-informed integrity management. Thereafter, supported by experiences from industrial projects predominantly from the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, he will highlight how these approaches have been applied and point to their strong points and to potential for improvements.
Finally, a brief introduction and overview will be provided on the objectives and activities of two ongoing research and development projects related to the topic, namely the Structural Integrity and Risk (SIR) activity within the Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Development Centre (DHRTC) and the COST Action TU-1402 Quantifying the Value of Structural Health Monitoring.
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception in the James MacKay Hall.