The Hyblas project has developed the techniques of laser hybrid welding to the level that single pass welds can be made up to 25 mm plate thickness using 20 kW of laser power at speeds of about 1 m/min. Multi-pass and dual-sided welding techniques have also been developed up to 30 mm plate...

Thin sheet material for the automotive industry, produced with an excellent balance between strength level and formability and an additional bake hardening behaviour, is still gaining importance. One possible approach to meet this goal - particularly for the production via a hot-dip galvanising...

The Commission services have taken the initiative to ask a panel of external experts to carry out an analysis of the implementation of genomic research funded as part of FP5, thematic programme 'Quality of life and management of living resources' (QoL). The aim of the panel was: - to analyse the...

The study aims to give an overview of commitments of science organisations that promote awareness of researchers. The study describes different types of codes and the arguments why ethical standards should be issued. Some criteria on how to measure excellence are proposed and two examples of...

The 25 recommendations try, where possible, to address the relevant actors. Sometimes they also take the tone of a "code of conduct". Hence these recommendations should function partly as a "code of conduct" for any actor in the field of genetic testing and partly as an "action plan for genetic...

In welded structures, fracture initiation is usually prevented by ensuring that the fracture toughness in the weld and heat affected zone is sufficiently high for the stress levels experienced. In some cases, initiation cannot be excluded in an absolute sense and a second line of defence is...

The principles of sustainability must inform every stage in the creation of the urban environment in which 80% of EU citizens live - planning and design, construction, operation and maintenance, renewal and reuse. This publication explains the practical contribution made by EU-funded research...

Sinter plans are important to the economics of integrated steelmaking and offer a route for recycling revert materials. They also account for a substantial proportion of the airborne pollutants from an iron and steel works, and are under increasing pressure for improved abatement of emissions....

The objective of the research, through both an experimental and a modelling approach, was to determine the parameters controlling the nitrogen level in a weld. A second objective was to study the relationship between the weld microstructure and the corrosion properties. More particularly, the...

Most repository concepts for high-Ievel wastes and spent fuel in both crystalline and clay host rocks call for the use of significant amounts of bentonite barriers as a buffer between the waste packages and the host rock. The behaviour of bentonite barriers in the repository environment is...