CrackGuard, Methodology for monitoring crack growth in steel structures
Themes: Water & Maritime
Early prototype
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Why?
My research will improve safety and lower inspection costs of offshore and maritime steel structures by offering a solution to monitor detected fatigue cracks.
How?
Prototype design, numerical simulations and experimental research will be done to make the CrackGuard system as reliable, robust and affordable as possible.
When?
By the end of my PhD research in 2018, the CrackGuard system should be a product that is market ready and classified by several class societies in the maritime industry.
Ir. Menno van der Horst