25 Years of The Contour Method for Residual Stress Mapping
27 February 2025, The Open University, Milton Keynes
The Measurement of Residual Stress using Laboratory Based X-Ray Diffraction Instruments; the Positives, the Pitfalls and a Round Robin- Follow up
7 May 2025, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK
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Training & Certification 2025
Dates for 2025 available for Training & Certification including Stress Analysis and Load Measurement Courses and Strain Analysis using Resistance Strain Gauges Courses
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ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is based at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire and is a world-leading centre for research in the physical and life sciences. It is owned and operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, one of the councils that forms UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
The BSSM Certification scheme now includes a Pre-Wired Strain Gauge Installation Certificate
By popular demand, BSSM have extended their current world recognized certification scheme with the addition of a new Level 1 qualification for engineers and technicians involved in the installation of pre-wired strain gauges.
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