Explosion Engineering (MACE61054) Discussion Blog
You are always invited to join our course discussions! Topics for MACE 61054 Explosion Engineering Topic: Physics of ExplosionsPhysics of Explosions – part IPhysics of Explosions – part IISpalling and...
View ArticleFoundation Year Projects (Mechanical Engineering)
This Blog is for the foundation year projects on mechanical engineering. Students are encouraged to discuss their projects here.
View ArticleComputational Mechanics
Chair in Computational MechanicsSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering Closing date: 17/04/2009 The School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering wishes to appoint a Professor...
View ArticleImpact of cellular materials
As the title suggests, there are two focuses of this discussion theme: impact and cellular materials. Impact protection can be very practical problems in safety, fires and explosions, oil and gas...
View Articlelecture note
Lecture note for the course (28 Sept - 2 Oct, 2009) at the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy.
View ArticleSubsea Integrity
I am teaching Subsea Integrity for the MSc students majoring in Subsea Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen. This is a course that combines the fundamental principles...
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Journal Club October 2010: Mechanical behaviour of highly packed particulate...
Materials such as sedimentary rocks, pharmaceutical tablets, plastic bonded explosives, biscuits, concretes, nacre, solid propellants, seashells and asphalts can be treated as particulate composites...
View ArticleRe-assessing ageing pipeline infrastructure to ensure safety, integrity and...
DISCUSSION THEMES Assessing the potential of ageing infrastructure to provide the same level of service as newly constructed facilitiesIdentifying the key threats to the integrity of a pipeline in...
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Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012
This is the discussion blog for the MSc course "Fundamental Safety Engineering and Risk Management Concepts" lectured at the School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen. This course is a core module...
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Topic 1: severe accidents
Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012 Discussion Topic 1: Rank top ten severe accidents in energy sector Rank top ten severe accidents in energy sector, and investigates their causes and...
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Topic 2: nuclear power
Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012 Discussion Topic 2: Is nuclear power safe for humans and the environment?
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Topic 3: Fracking
Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012 Discussion Topic 3: Is fracking for shale gas safe and without damage to community environment? Should it be banned?
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Topic 4: Piper Alpha disaster
Safety Engineering and Risk Magement Debate 2012 Discussion Topic 4: If the Piper Alpha disaster occurred today, discuss the current safety legislative regime that will apply.
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Topic 5: Solar energy
Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012 Discussion Topic 5: In recent years, millions of solar panels have been placed on roofs around the world. Discuss how safe are they? Discuss the...
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Topic 6: Wind energy
Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012 Discussion Topic 6: Discuss safety in wind energy.
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Topic 7: Wave energy system
Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012 Discussion Topic 7: Discuss safety considerations in wave energy system.
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Topic 8: subsea integrity and reliability management
Safety Engineering and Risk Management Debate 2012 Discussion Topic 8: subsea integrity and reliability management
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