Welding science: "rail to ship", Professor Kazutoshi Ichikawa, Lecture 20 of 25
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Date: 2021-12-15

Lecture 20, by Professor Kazutoshi Ichikawa of Tohoku University,   in the series "Steel Research: A global journey",  organised by Adreil Wong, Dominik Dziedzic and Steve Ooi to mark the retirement of Harry Bhadeshia. 

Ichikawa begins by describing how he could design welding alloys using mathematical models, so rapidly that his fire-resistant weld metal is already in service in a variety of buildings in Japan. One of the most exciting developments that he has been involved in, is the creation of a new ship-construction steel that can enable a ship to resist a side-on collision with another vessel travelling at 14 knots. He demonstrates that the better use of steels can lead to much safer vessels.

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