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The following factors must be taken into consideration in order to reduce production cost while maintaining high quality standards in construction and production of ships, offshore structures, marine engineering equipment, bridges and general large welded steel structures . Applying industrial eng
ineering methodology to process management. Selecting fabrication techniques which minimize the deformation generated during the welding and machining processes. Establishing an efficient fabrication systems incorporating the above points. Material design and evaluation, i.e. selecting the materials, is one of the most considerations in the production processes. Also imperative to achieving cost-efficiency and high quality are investigation of material deterioration during thermal heating processes such as welding, and the cause of damage to structures due to defects generation, and developing countermeasures for such occurrances. Elucidating the mechanism of fatigue and fracture in welded structures is also a very important issue, as ships and offshore structures, if exposed to heavy and cyclic sea-loads, can develop crackings which can ultimately lead to destruction of the entire structure. From the perspective of reliability engineering, establishing a methodology for fracture assessment and control is also imperative - for these structures, when in service, can suffer damages quite unpredictable during the design process. Our laboratory undertakes teaching and research of:
Developing construction systems of ships, offshore structures and marine engineering products based on industrial engineering. Materials design and evaluation based on strength and fracture of solids. Analyses of material deterioration originating in the fabrication processes, i.e. welding, flame heat cutting, plastic deformation, etc. Defect evaluation based on reliability engineering. Investigating the mechanism of fatigue and fracture.
