ROBERT YOUNG

Robert is a chartered nuclear engineer, and a Microsoft Certified Systems engineer.

He graduated from the University of Bath with a first class Honours degree in building engineering during 1988 and worked briefly in structural design before starting work with EQE carrying out seismic design and analysis.

Since 1993 Robert has specialised in the analysis and effects of soil dynamics and wave propagation.  This has principally utilised the CLASSI (Continuum Linear Analysis of Soil Structure Interaction) technique developed by Wong and Luco.

During the last few years Robert has developed a number of interfaces for programs like CLASSI and has also carried out numerous CLASSI analyses for Nuclear Electric (now British Energy), Scottish Nuclear and BNFL.  These include nuclear reactors such as Hinkley A and Hunterston A, nuclear processing facilities such as SIXEP and decommissioning of old plant such as Chernobyl and B38.

Robert is also interested in rail vibrations and is working closely with academics studying seismic performance, vibrations and soil response.  He has worked with these to use the CLASSI technique to improve predictions of rail vibration effects on structures near to railways.  Interests includes rail vibrations at standard and high speeds, above and below ground.

CHRIS ROGERS

Chris is a Chartered Engineer being a member of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the British Computer Society. He graduated with an Honours Degree from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979.

Since 1982 he has worked as an engineering analyst and designer in support of various industries where safety related design is essential. These include civil nuclear, offshore oil and gas, petrochemical and defence. In all cases the work has involved the necessity to demonstrate that structures can withstand extreme hazard, accidental and environmental loads. Such work being necessary to support the Safety Case and in many instances to demonstrate that critical consideration within the Safety Case are satisfactorily met.

Seismic resistant engineering has formed a large part of this work. He has made extensive use of Soil Structure Interaction codes to provide the modified seismic input to structures, which have then been analysed using large-scale FE solvers such as ANSYS. In addition to seismic loading, Chris has experience with fire, explosion, wind, wave and temperature loading.

Chris has written several computer programs to support the analytical tasks in which he has been involved, using FORTRAN, ‘C’ and C++. He has also been responsible for translating programs between operating systems and hardware platforms.

Chris is the author of many papers and is an active member of the UK based NAFEMS organisation, which is concerned with the quality of FE analysis.