NEWSLETTER

NEWS AND EVENTS

SIMoNET presentations at two recent conferences.

British Institute of NDT (BINDT) Annual Conference, Buxton, September 2000

A paper was presented at this annual conference, by Prof. John Sharp describing the background to structural integrity monitoring, with examples from both offshore and bridge monitoring. The setting up of the SIMoNET web site, the inaugural meeting in March this year, and current plans were also presented.

The paper " Structural Monitoring - its Development and Promotion by a dedicated web site (SIMoNET)", by J.V.Sharp, M.W.B.Lock and W.D.Dover, , is published in the proceedings of the conference.

Fifth International Conference on Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment "Structural Integrity in the 21st Century", Cambridge, September 2000

A poster presentation was made on SIMoNET at this international conference, in the session on applications. . This included copies of several of the web site pages, a brief review of the inaugural seminar, and plans for the future.

SIMoNET in the news

Offshore Research Focus

The August 2000 issue of Offshore Research Focus, the research newsletter of the Offshore Division of HSE, included an article on "Structural Integrity Monitoring", giving details of SIMoNET, its background, and future plans, with contact names for follow-up. These have already led to several new contacts.

INSIGHT (Vol. 42, No.6, June 2000)

This journal associated with the BINDT carried an article on the inaugural seminar of SIMoNET, held at the NDE Centre, on 30 March 2000. Short accounts of each of the speakers presentations are included, as well as a brief account of the development of the project and its future plans.

Forthcoming Event

SIMoNET Meeting on Monitoring of Bridges

Several speakers will present papers at a special meeting to discuss monitoring of bridges, to be held on Dec. 6th at University College London. Please see the SIMoNET website for further details and booking information.