An experienced metallurgist & materials engineer with over 35 years' experience in most areas of structural integrity & provision of engineering solutions • Specialist in: • Fracture & failure mechanisms • Inspection performance & reliability • Probability of detection (POD) • Non-destructive testing & evaluation (NDT, NDE) • Cost-benefit assessment • Inspection value & temper embrittlement • Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) • Environmentally assisted & hydrogen cracking • Corrosion & high & low temperature ...

Causation studies • Corrosion failure investigations (metals, non-metals) • Assessment of corrosion risk • Corrosion control • Corrosion testing & material selection • On-site inspection, investigation & audits • Investigations related to oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical process, manufacturing, engineering & civil & construction industries • Engineering metallurgy • Failure investigation • Material selection

Experience covers failure investigations on: • Metals: ferrous & non-ferrous • Non-metals: plastics & glass • Welding & fabrication • Lifting equipment, cranes, hoists, chains, nylon slings & hooks • Fire damage • Plant & machinery component failures • Construction materials & components: bolts, rebar, glazing units, etc. • Surface coatings: metallic, organic or thermally sprayed • Non-destructive testing • Historic structures & materials: bronze, cast iron & wrought iron • Corrosion problems: inland & marine • ...

Failure: fracture, fatigue, creep, impact, crack, stress • Manufacturing: casting, HIP, rolling, drawing, forging, welding, joining • Structures: engine, turbine, pressure vessel, power, gears, wheels, oil & gas • Civil: cement, concrete, mineral, rock • Materials: alloys, nickel, steel, titanium, aluminium, shape memory • Ceramics: alumina, zirconia, glass • Polymer: composite, fibre, NDT • Dental: dentine, enamel, cement, bonding, porcelain, resin • Coatings: ...

Accident investigation: • Industry & industrial premises • Construction & building • Docks • Agriculture • Transport & road traffic; highway • Offices & shops • Hospitals & nursing homes • Education • Sport & leisure • Domestic • Mechanical engineering: • Machinery defects & disputes • Cranes & lifting equipment • Papermaking machinery • Boiler plant & steam ancillaries • Mechanical handling equipment, including fork-lifts • Consumer product defects • Safety design • Machine tools • Manufacturing engineering & processes • Hydraulic ...