Asset Integrity

Flow Induced Vibration Prevention and Resolution

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All process plants exhibit flow induced vibration to some degree in their piping systems. This may lead to process outages, reduced flowrate restrictions or failure in some cases. Here we discuss how to head off problems at the design stage and how to address problems once found. The Problem Unsurprisingly, vibration of piping causes stresses … Read more

How to: ‘Quick and Dirty’ FFS of Fittings

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Assessing fitness for service of pipe fittings is tricky. Whilst we’d encourage you to assess them carefully, what about when you just want to know if you should expend the effort to do more detailed analysis or FEA ? Here is a simple approach that can sometimes be employed when you need a first pass … Read more