The 24th INTERNATIONAL
Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Management Conference
plus Training Courses and Exhibition
INCORPORATING

Marriott Westchase Hotel • Houston, Texas • February 6-9, 2012

Pipeline Defect Assessment Calculations Workshop
Applied assessment methods & calculations

February 6
7:30am	Registration & coffee
8:00am-5:00pm	Course
February 7
8:00am-4:45pm	Course

Documentation and materials		Who should attend
All presentation material will be documented in hard-copy in ring-binder format along with a digital copy on CD in Adobe Acrobat format. In addition participants will receive macro-enabled Excel spreadsheets that perform various calculations, including effective area metal loss assessment and pressure-cycle fatigue analysis. Attendees will also receive a copy of Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, 3rd Ed. by T.L. Anderson (a $110 value).		Pipeline engineers Designers and service professionals who are involved with the maintenance, inspection, and repair of pipelines.
		Continuing Education Units
		Upon completion of the course, participants will be eligible to receive 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Lecturer

Dr. Ted Anderson is Chief Technology Officer of Quest Integrity Group. He is a world-renowned expert in fracture mechanics and fitness-for-service methods. Dr. Anderson is the author of a best-selling book Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, 3rd Ed., which has been adopted as a required text in over 100 universities throughout the world. He was instrumental in the development of the original API 579 fitness-for-service document, and continues to be active on the joint API/ASME Fitness-for-Service Committee. Dr. Anderson founded in 1995 Structural Reliability Technology, which was acquired by Quest Integrity in 2007. Quest Integrity is now a subsidiary of Team Industrial Services, Inc. Prior to 1995, he was a member of the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Texas A&M University for 10 years and prior to joining the Texas A&M faculty, he was a Senior Research Engineer at The Welding Institute in Cambridge, England. Dr. Anderson received his Ph.D. in metallurgy from the Colorado School of Mines in 1983.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Pipeline Integrity
1. The aging pipeline infrastructure.
2. Common flaw types and failure mechanisms.
3. Overview of inspection technology
4. Overview of available assessment methodologies.
5. Introduction to risk assessment.
6. The ever-changing regulatory environment.
2. Assessment of Metal Loss
1. The original and modified B31.G method.
2. The RSTRENG effective area method.
3. The API 579 Level 1 and Level 2 method.
4. Comparison of B31.G, RSTENG, and API 579
5. Finite element analysis.
6. Example problems (worked in class).
3. Assessment of Cracks
1. Introduction to fracture mechanics
2. The NG-18 equation.
3. The API 579 failure assessment diagram (FAD)
4. Finite element analysis
5. Pressure cycle fatigue analysis
6. Hydrostatic testing versus ILI as a means to address cracks
7. Example problems (worked in class)
4. Assessment of Dents
1. Rule-based assessment methodologies
2. API 579 methods
3. Finite element analysis
4. Example problems (worked in class)
5. Interacting Anomalies
1. Dents with wall loss
2. Dents with cracks
3. Wall loss + cracks

 

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