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Burst steel pipe, and spiral staircase


Burst pipe photographs by Stoyan Smoukov.






TWI, the welding institute, burst test, gas transmission pipeline, Harry Bhadeshia, Stoyan Smoukov, spiral staircase

Burst steel pipe at TWI
TWI, the welding institute, burst test, gas transmission pipeline, Harry Bhadeshia, Stoyan Smoukov, spiral staircase

Gas transmission pipelines have to resist the propagation of such cracks
TWI, the welding institute, burst test, gas transmission pipeline, Harry Bhadeshia, Stoyan Smoukov, spiral staircase

… otherwise, the cracks can propagate for kilometres
TWI, the welding institute, burst test, gas transmission pipeline, Harry Bhadeshia, Stoyan Smoukov, spiral staircase

The spiral staircase at TWI’s new structural integrity building where Wendy works some of the time.
TWI, the welding institute, burst test, gas transmission pipeline, Harry Bhadeshia, Stoyan Smoukov, spiral staircase

Intersting suspension by steel rods, TWI



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