IIW History 1990-2015

from the Nickel Development Association, Canada. The project to produce secondary standard specimens went ahead. The eventual sale of these specimens more than recouped the costs of manufacturing and the promise to pay the loans was honoured. Kotecki was the first to give credit where it was due. ‘The whole world of welding owes a debt of gratitude to those who put their funds at risk in this effort.’ 34 In 1996 IIW published another treatise on The Fatigue Design o f Welded Joints a nd Components by Prof. Dr-Ing. Adolf Hobbacher (Germany), which was a joint exercise between Commission XIII Fatigue of Welded Components and Structures (C-XIII) and Commission XV Design, Analysis and Fabrication of Welded Structures (C-XV). This book was immediately successful and was republished as a slightly larger second edition in 2015.

It was a forerunner to several other books on fatigue of welded structures, including in 2013 IIW Recommendations on Methods for Improving the Fatigue Strength of Welded Joints by Prof. P.J. Haagensen (Norway) and Dr Stephen Maddox (UK). In 2010 Commission X Structural Performances of Welded Joints – Fracture Avoidance (C-X) chaired by Dr Mustafa Koçak (Germany) also produced an impressive document, IIW Guidance on Fitness-for-Service Assessment of Weld Flaws , which became a draft of a Best Practice Document in 2008, later to be forwarded for standardisation. 35 In keeping with the increased focus of fatigue of welded structures during this period C-XIII was also to produce a Best Practice Guide on Statistical Analysis of Fatigue Data . 36 All of these documents were judged to be of exceptional importance to industry. The means of communicating ideas on research, and collaboration between Working Units, was well developed and became more commonplace through the overarching influence of the TMB. A typical example of this was the initiative of C-XII to hold a joint workshop with C-IV and SG-212 at the 2008 Annual Assembly in Graz, Austria, which resulted in an overall attendance of 96 people at the workshop entitled Effect of Flux and Shielding Gas in Arc, Laser and Hybrid Welding Processes. 37 Continuation of good relationships between Working Units was an important part of the development of IIWGuidelines andBest Practice documents. In this respect, Commission VIII Health, Safety and Environment (C-VIII), collaborated with Select Committee

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