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Fitness-For-Service (FFS) assessment is a multi-disciplinary quantitative engineering approach to determine whether equipment is suitable for continued operation.

The pressurised structure or component of interest may contain flaws or other damage, or may be subjected to more severe operating conditions than anticipated by the original design.

The outcome of a FFS assessment is a decision to run the component as-is, alter it, repair it, or replace it.

A remaining life assessment may be performed as part of a FFS evaluation in order to determine how long the asset can be operated safely or to define appropriate inspection intervals.

This course provides training on the application of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, a standard jointly published by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Example problems will be worked through to provide participants with a detailed understanding of the various FFS calculations.

For more information please contact us on 02 9080 4028 or email us at [email protected]

Outline

This course examines step by step and in detail the contents of the API/ASME standard. The sessions are not necessarily equal in length. The main focus will be on some of the more commonly used sections in API579.

The level of detail examined will be dependent of the requirements and experience of the participants.

Most case studies examined throughout the course will be pre-worked to improve productivity and maximise learning transfer through group discussion. However, there will be opportunities for participants to work through a number of limited problems individually and in group work.

Participants are encouraged to bring specific problems of interest to them to discuss during the course, to assist with problem solving and benchmarking against best practices and lessons learnt.

Assessment of brittle fracture

  • Levels 1 and 2
  • Case study examination
  • Participant questions/problems/discussion

Assessment of general metal loss

  • Level 1, 2, and 3 assessment
  • Case study examination
  • Participant questions/problems/discussion

Assessment of local metal loss

  • Level 1, 2, and 3 assessment
  • Case study examination
  • Participant questions/problems/discussion

Assessment of pitting corrosion

  • Level 1, 2, and 3 assessment
  • Case study examination
  • Participant questions/problems/discussion

Assessment of crack-like flaws

  • Level 1, 2, and 3 assessment
  • Case study examination
  • Participant questions/problems/discussion

Assessment of creep damage

  • Level 1, 2, and 3 assessment
  • Case study examination
  • Participant questions/problems/discussion

Speaker/s

Annette Karstensen

Annette is a Chartered Engineer and a fracture mechanics expert with more than 20 years’ experience in structural integrity assessments and the application of API579-1/ASME FFS-1 2007 to assess Fitness-For-Service in industrial plants. These assessments cover engineering components related to power, petrochemical and other engineering plants.

Her main line of work involves the application of assessment procedures to calculate maximum tolerable flaw sizes and/or time-to-failure under cyclic load or high temperature exposure. Assessments are also typically carried out in connection with fitness for service investigations involving corrosion, fracture, creep and/or fatigue.

Annette has an in-depth knowledge of assessments, particularly related to welds, using BS7910 “Guide on methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures”. Annette is also familiar with other assessment procedures such as API579, R5/R6 and with pressure vessel design codes (PD5500 and ASME). Annette is extensively involved in making recommendations for mechanical testing programmes such as fracture toughness testing and measurement of welding residual stresses.

Annette has extensive experience in finite element stress analysis (FEA) and has analysed a large range of both linear and non-linear components (plasticity, thermal and contact). FEA in structural integrity is typically carried out to determine stress intensity factor solutions and/or applied stresses for input into the engineering critical assessment. She has also extensive experience in performing corrosion assessments using FEA and has published several papers on the subject.

A recent selection of major projects Annette has been involved in includes:

• Life assessments considering creep and fatigue crack growth in power plant components
• Fitness-For-Service assessments of pressure vessels in petrochemical plants
• Structural integrity assessments of cyclic loaded components in low cycle fatigue
• Integrity assessments of penstock in a hydro power plant
• Examination of cracking in a generator rotor from hydro-electrical power plants

Special Offer

Brisbane

  • Super Early Bird rate $2,495 (SAVE $300). Register on or before 4 Aug 2017. Use code P17GE07EB at checkout.
  • Early Bird rate $2,695, expires 25 Aug 2017.
  • Special rate $2,156 (per person) when you book for four or more participants, please call us today on 02 9080 4307 or email [email protected] to take advantage of this offer.

Perth

  • Super Early Bird rate $2,495 (SAVE $300). Register on or before 15 Sep 2017. Use code P17GE07SEB at checkout.
  • Early Bird rate $2695, expires 6 Oct 2017.
  • Special rate $2,156 (per person) when you book for four or more participants, please call us today on 02 9080 4307 or email [email protected] to take advantage of this offer.
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Informa Australia is the nation’s leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.

Our professional training courses are stimulating, comprehensive and well structured, allowing attendees to enhance their professional development and build capability that is unique to their chosen fields. Informa training courses are delivered by renowned industry experts and thought leaders with extensive practical experience.

Whether you have one person, handful of people, or an entire division needing skills development, our learning programmes will help meet the development needs of your work force.

We are based in Sydney’s CBD and employ around fifty staff. We are part of the global Informa Group PLC, listed on the London Stock Exchange (INF).

Informa Australia Pty Ltd.
Level 18, 347 Kent St
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
[email protected]
www.informa.com.au
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