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Seismic Design and Retrofit API 579-1/ASME FFS-1
of Equipment and Piping Fitness-for-Service
PD394 PD395
Several National Standards and regulations (such as the National Hazard Fitness-for-service assessment is a multi-disciplinary engineering BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS � PUBLIC COURSES
Reduction Program NEHRP by FEMA, the ASME and UBC Codes) have approach that is used to determine if equipment is fit to continue
recently introduced explicit requirements for the seismic design or operation for some desired future period. The equipment may contain
retrofit of critical plant and facility systems and equipment. flaws, may have sustained damage or may have aged so that it cannot
be evaluated by use of the original construction codes.
This course provides plant owners in earthquake-prone areas who
are concerned about reducing public risk and financial loss caused by API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 is a comprehensive consensus industry-
earthquakes, with ways to implement cost-effective preventive upgrades recommended practice that can be used to analyze, evaluate and
to essential equipment. It covers the explicit requirements of the latest monitor equipment for continued operation. The main types of
national standards and regulations, including FEMA’s National Hazard equipment covered by this standard are pressure vessels, piping and
Reduction Program (NEHRP), as well as ASME and UBC Codes, for tanks. This course is timely, emphasizing the practical application of a
the seismic design or retrofit of critical plant and facility systems and recently updated standard.
equipment.
This course will help participants understand and apply the API/ASME
Each participant will receive a copy of the B31E - 2008 Standard for the fitness-for-service standard in their daily work. The material presented
Seismic Design and Retrofit of Above-Ground Piping Systems codebook. in the course shows how the disciplines of stress analysis, materials
engineering and nondestructive inspection interact and apply to fitness-
You Will Learn To for-service assessment. The assessment methods apply to
• Identify requirements for the seismic design or retrofit of critical plant in-service pressure vessels, piping and tanks.
and facility systems and equipment to comply with the latest national The course includes an extensive set of notes to supplement the
codes contents of the recommended practice, with numerous example
• Explain how to evaluate plant piping and equipment to ensure those problems that illustrate fitness-for-service assessment.
requirements are met, and practical methods to resolve items which
do not meet requirements You Will Learn To
• Demonstrate a theoretical and practical understanding of seismic • Analyze, evaluate, and monitor pressure vessels, piping, and tanks for
design and analysis and the applicable codes, standards and
practices continued operation
• Explain how to apply the engineering methods necessary to assess • Explain how to apply background information on fitness-for-service
the seismic ruggedness of structure
assessment, especially as it applies to the refining and chemical
Who Should Attend process industries, which are the primary focus of API 579
Senior engineers, structural managers and engineers as well as design • Identify the main parts of the API/ASME standard, as well as the
piping and stress engineers annexes
• Explain the practical application of the techniques incorporated in API
Special Requirements 579-1/ASME FFS-1
Participants should have at minimum a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical
or civil-structural engineering or the equivalent. Who Should Attend
This course is intended for engineers and engineering management
Instructors Michael W. Salmon engaged in the operation, design, analysis and maintenance of plant
4 Days, 3 CEUs, 30 PDHs facilities.
Member $2,365 / List Price $2,465
Special Requirements
See pages 4–10 for dates and locations of ASME Public Courses The participant should have at least a BS degree or equivalent
delivered in the USA during Spring 2018. experience in engineering. A general knowledge of stress analysis,
materials behavior and fracture mechanics will be helpful.
Instructor Greg W. Brown
3 Days, 2.3 CEUs, 23 PDHs
Member $1,990 / List Price $2,090
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