WELDING & JOINING

Monday, October 16, 2023: 3:00 PM-4:40 PM
321 (Huntington Convention Center)
Failures related to welding & joining processes. Dr. Brett A. Pond, PhD, PE, CWI1, Dr. Elizabeth A. Burns, Ph.D., P.E.2, Mr. John H. Macha, P.E.3, Mr. Brett Miller, P.E., FASM4 and Dr. Mirella Vargas, P.E.3, (1)Pond Industries LLC(2)The Boeing Company(3)Southwest Research Institute(4)IMR Test Labs
3:00 PM
Tie Girder Fracture on the I-40 Hernando de Soto Bridge
Mr. Robert W. Warke, P.E., Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
3:20 PM
Failure Analysis of a Welded Hydrocarbon Off-Shore Transmission Line Joint
Mr. John H. Macha, P.E., Southwest Research Institute
3:40 PM
Metallurgical Failure Analysis of an Elbow Weld
Dr. Mirella Vargas, P.E., Southwest Research Institute
4:00 PM
Wind turbine tower collapse - what went wrong.
Mr. Martin Lazarek, Pario Engineering and Environmental Sciences
4:20 PM
Failure Analysis and Fractography of a Failed Repair Weld on a Trailer Axle
Dr. Jeff Stewart, Ph. D., Exponent; Dr. Joseph Lemberg, Ph.D., P.E., Exponent, Inc.; Dr. Nikolay Semenikhin, Ph. D., P.E., Exponent
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