NML Jamshedpur hosts symposium on ‘Fatigue, Fracture and Integrity Assessment’

Jamshedpur, Nov 9: National symposium on “Fatigue, Fracture and Integrity Assessment”, began today at the CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur. The event being held virtually is jointly organised by the Indian Structural Integrity Society (InSIS), Indian Institute Metals – Jamshedpur Chapter and the CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur.

This three-day event, November 9-11, 2021 is the 8^th in a series of symposiums which was initiated in the year 2000 by CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur.

The virtual program was attended by more than 50 professionals from various research organisations, academia and industries.

Dr. Indranil Chattoraj, Director, CSIR-NML thanked Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President, Tata Steel and the Chief Guest of the inaugural program for giving his valuable time to grace the occasion.

In his address he appreciated Dr. Bhattacharjee for his keen interest in the subject of fatigue and fracture and his contribution in the past to make this symposium a huge success. He emphasized on the importance of fatigue and fracture data of materials to assess the life of important engineering structures and components and talked about the contribution of CSIR-NML and the pioneering work of Dr. Soumitra Tarafder who has been actively involved in the research and study of fatigue, fracture and creep failure of engineering materials in the past as the Chief Scientist and Advisor, Management of CSIR-NML.

The welcome address was followed by a speech delivered by Dr. S. Sivaprasad, Chief Scientist and Head HRG at CSIR-NML. He talked about the symposium and the support provided by various groups including Tata Steel who are engaged in working in the area of fatigue and fracture.

Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President – New Materials Business at Tata Steel was invited as the Chief Guest of the function.

The objective was to create a community of technologists, researchers and students who are continuously engaged in the research and study of fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and components. Leading specialists from across the country and abroad are invited to deliver talks on various aspects of fatigue and fracture behaviour of materials.

The aim of the symposium is to provide a common forum for interaction and exchange of knowledge among professionals representing various industrial sectors like power, defence, aerospace, automotive, oil & natural gas and process industry as well. It is expected that the deliberations of this three-day event will provide an opportunity for further interactions between academia, research laboratories and industries who are engaged in development of engineering materials and components.