GHENT UNIVERSITY
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Central Office
Soete Laboratory
1st Floor Technologiepark 46 9052 Zwijnaarde-Gent BELGIUM T+32 9 331 04 89 (secr.)T+32 9 331 04 73 (direct) Iwww.UGent.be/soete show on map
Prof. dr. ir. Patrick De Baets
Head of Soete Laboratory Tribology and machine elements
patrick.debaets@ugent.be
Dr. Koen Van Minnebruggen
Manager - Industrial projects
koen.vanminnebruggen@ugent.be
Types or Fields of Activity
The Laboratory Soete has built up its reputation in large-scale testing of welds (curved wide plate). Numerous studies have been undertaken on the weldability and fracture resistance of the new generation pipeline steels, mainly on the basis of private sponsoring. The Laboratory is one of the driving forces in developing defect acceptance criteria for pipeline girth welds.