INCEFA-SCALE Mid-term Seminar: ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSISTED FATIGUE WORKSHOP
Santander, 19-20 September, 2023
Audience: PhD students; professional engineers and researchers working in the fields of fatigue, environmental fatigue or structural integrity; highly experienced researchers and engineers wishing to update their knowledge and share experiences.
Fee and Registration: There is no fee, but registration is mandatory.
Accommodation: Information available below.
Venue: Paraninfo de la Universidad de Cantabria, c/ Sevilla 6, Santader, Spain.
Registration closed.
Programme:
| Tuesday | |
| 9:00‐9:30 | Welcome and reception |
| 9:30‐10:00 | Fatigue of metals: An overview (S. Chapuliot, EDF, France) |
| 10:00‐10:45 | Building an international fatigue project: successes of INCEFA-PLUS (K. Mottershead, Jacobs, UK) |
| Coffee Break & Networking | |
| 11:15‐12:00 | Planning and managing an international testing programme: the INCEFA-SCALE experience (J. Beswick, Jacobs, UK) |
| 12:00‐12:45 | INCEFA-SCALE data management and data mining works (R. Cicero, Inesco Ingenieros, Spain) |
| 12:45‐13:30 | From R&D results to industry practice: past experiences and INCEFA-SCALE advances on modelling and assessment rules (S. Courtin, EDF, France) |
| Lunch | |
| 14:45-15:30 | Fractography in fatigue analyses: how micro explains macro (Z. Que, VTT, Finland) |
| 15:30-17:10 | European projects for LTO of NPPs:
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| 17:10-17:30 | Questions and seminar adjourns for the day |
| Wednesday | |
| 09:00‐09:30 | EPRI experiences on component-scale tests (T. Damiani, EPRI, USA) |
| 09:30‐10:00 | Discussion panel: Main issues in EAF of NPP components. Research needs. |
| Coffee Break and networking with CINC (Cantabrian Cluster of Nuclear Industry) | |
| Bus transfer to ENSA facilities (Maliaño, Cantabria) | |
| 11:45‐13:30 | ENSA tour |
This event is funded by the Euratom Work Programme 2019-2020 under grant agreement No 945300.
Presentations at “INCEFA-SCALE Mid-term Seminar: Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Workshop”, Santander (Cantabria, Spain), September 19-20, 2023.
Accommodation
Some hotels nearby:
Plaza Remedios, 1
Phone: +34 942 318 081
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Walking distance: 5 min
Calle Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, 2
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Walking distance: 5 min
Calle Cádiz, 22
Phone: +34 942 205 000
hotelbahia@sardinerohoteles.com
Walking distance: 7 min
Calle Castelar, 25
Phone: +34 942 225 200
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Walking distance: 15 min
Transport information
Flights to Santander:
Several daily connections from Madrid and Barcelona airports. International connections, including London, Paris, Milan or Dublin (among others) are also available. Check them all at: AENA Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport.
Santander Airport is 5 km from the city. There are taxis and a bus service to the downtown. Bus (S4) runs every 40 minutes, from 07:20 to 22:30, from the airport to the bus station. Suggested hotels are 5-10 min walking from the bus station.
Flights to Bilbao:
From Bilbao Airport, renting a car or taking a taxi to Santander (100 km). By bus, connections from the airport to Bilbao Intermodal bus station and, then, an intercity bus to Santander. Bus (A3247), every 30 minutes (5:00-22:00), from Bilbao Airport to Bilbao Intermodal bus station, in the city centre. Buses from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander bus station at different times (check: ALSA routes). Suggested hotels are 5-10 min walking from the bus station.
