Stress-Free Structural Integrity
Reliable structural integrity solutions that are tailored to meet the challenges and goals of the nuclear industry, helping to ensure that the structure of a building or infrastructure remains safe, stable and fully functional.
Our Global Team
United Kingdom
Antony Hurst
Managing & Business Development Director, United KingdomOur Global Team
International
Shahrokh Zangeneh
Chief Commercial Officer, InternationalOverview
Structural integrity ensures that the structure of a building or infrastructure remains safe, stable and fully functional under normal operating conditions – and even in situations where those conditions exceed the original design. By focusing on preventing deterioration, deformation, and catastrophic failure, structural integrity plays a critical role in ensuring that a structure remains safe and fit for purpose throughout its entire predicted lifetime.
In nuclear environments, maintaining structural integrity is crucial due to the unique challenges of radiation exposure, high-stress conditions and strict safety regulations. Regular assessments and advanced engineering solutions are essential to address these challenges and protect both the safety of employees and the environment.
Kinectrics excels in delivering precise structural analysis solutions including assessment, analysis and design through a thorough understanding of client’s needs and our advanced analysis tools. Our experienced engineers ensure that each project, from high-integrity structures to complex components, is assessed with a bespoke approach tailored to client needs and real-world conditions.
Why Us?
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Expertise
Kinectrics specialises in assessing, analysing and designing complex structures, including pressure vessels, industrial pipework and nuclear reactor components. Our expertise in these critical areas ensures all safety and compliance requirements are met under demanding conditions.
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Advanced Solutions
The latest analysis tools, such as finite element analysis, combined with a thorough understanding of the underlying principles, allow us to provide bespoke solutions that address specific client’s needs.
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Extensive Experience
We have a proven track record of providing engineering consultancy services and authoritative structural integrity advice for over three decades and our highly trained engineers and scientists are well-known and respectable in the nuclear industry.
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High Quality Services
With a strong history of successfully completing projects for the UK nuclear fleet, Kinectrics has built a reputation for excellence in structural analysis, assessment and design. Our experience and consistent delivery of high-quality solutions showcase our capability to handle complex projects in timely and effective manner.
Technical Abilities
Analysis
Kinectrics can offer clarity through expert structural integrity analysis, providing reliable information that clients can use to make decisions that support life extension and remedial work to operating standards. Our key analysis services have been identified below:
- 3D CAD modelling using AutoDesk AutoCAD™ or AutoDesk Inventor™, CATIA or other similar CAD software
- Preparation of design and engineering work packs
- Provision of design, draughting and CAD drawing services
- Production of CAD drawings
- Plant layout & pipework design/analysis
- Structural design/stress analysis
- Finite element analysis (FEA)
- Fracture mechanics
- Peer review
- Seismic, blast, impact and dynamic analysis
- Linear and nonlinear finite element stress analysis using ANSYS/ABAQUS
- Steady state and transient thermal analysis
Assessment
Our structural assessment offers a bespoke package specific to each clients’ needs, outlining our findings with clarity to provide the information required to make important business decisions. Some assessment services we provide include:
- Surveys of plant, facilities and services
- Provision of data acquisition and measuring devices
- Design code compliance assessment
- Peer review
- Radiation
- Applying expert knowledge on forces that act on certain structures such as seismic assessment - seismic margin assessment
- Structural assessment
- Risk assessment
- FEA modelling and analysis of complex structure/components under complex cyclic loading conditions including pressure, temperature and system loads
- Seismic safety case definition and seismic assessment of structures, systems and components using deterministic and probabilistic methods
- Piping design code assessment
Design
Whether it's a power plant component, defence structure, tooling system or more, Kinectrics can provide tailored design solutions to challenging engineering problems with the added advantage of in-house stress analysis capabilities, including:
- Civil engineering
- Conceptual and detailed design
- Preparation of engineering specifications, including Bills of Materials (BoM's);
- Modifications, alterations and additions whereby new or different requirements or functionalities are required for Buildings, Systems or Plant items
- Any activity where CDM applies
- Computer aided design and analysis
- Project management – advising on factors that may affect the project costs
- Design code assessment
- Design support from initial concept through to construction
- Seismic, impact and blast design
- Lifecycle management
- Steady-state and transient review as part of plant life cycle management
Our Proven Experience
Key Clients
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Whether it’s about our world-renowned team, our laboratories, or our lifecycle management solutions, we’re happy to answer any questions you might have.