GSS Topics

PIPELINES & TUBULAR
PRODUCTS

Manufacturing of pipeline and tubular products with enhanced mechanical properties.
Innovative material solutions for challenging environments such as sour services, corrosive services and high / low temperature conditions.
Advanced welding and inspection solutions for tubular products.
Industry standards outlook on manufacturing and product integrity.
Steel market recovery and import dumping.
Hydrostatic test level for pipes.
Material Selection criteria (Mechanical Properties, Corrosion resistance and excellent weldability)
Finite element analysis of In Situ Behavior - Material Model & Material Non-linearity.

Design for Fatigue, Seismic Design of Steel Buildings, Design of Web-Tapered Members, Cold Form Steel Design, Welding design, Blast Resistant Design in Petrochemical facilities, Design of Mobile Buildings, Building Information Modeling (BIM) Techniques, Sustainability and Green Buildings etc.
Material Traceability, Positive Material Identification techniques, Handling of Large Structures (Onshore / Oshore) during Fabrication and Shipping, Material defects, infrastructure defects etc.
Industry Welding Processes, Welding metallurgy and defects, Inspection techniques and Repair methodologies etc.
Steel Making Processes - Mills & Re-rolling mills, Advances in Steel manufacturing technology, Sheet Steel Manufacturing, Wire Rope Manufacturing etc.
Corrosion Wastage in aged Structures.
Material selection for Offshore Application.

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.
Smart Factory.
The Internet of Things (IoT)
Robotics.
Use of drone technology for inspection of areas that are difficult to reach.
Advanced fully-automated BOF from charging to tapping.
Dynamic real-time analysis and control of blast furnace process parameters using sonic, laser and radar visualization.
Computer Aided Quality Control (CAQC) with 100% testing, inspection and storage of data.
Operational research (Big Data analytics) of process data Real-time dynamic line scheduling and adjustment of process parameters with Artificial Intelligence (BIOMIMIC + Parallel Computing) in rolling and finishing.

Application of Nondestructive Testing technologies to ensure pipe and process equipment integrity.
Development and Improvement in steel inspection programs.
Role of Risk Based Inspection (RBI) in assuring integrity of pipes and steel structures.
In service corrosion detection and fitness for service assessment.
Steel market recovery and import dumping.
Structural health monitoring of steel structures.
New developments in codes, standards and best practices in steel integrity assurance.
Design for inspect ability of steel pipes and structures.