Performing Vibration Measurements for Pipe Stress Assessment

Professional
2hr 30min

Self paced
Trusted by professionals
Certification included
Industry standard content

Why take this course?

This piping-vibration measurement course explains sensors, mounting, measurement locations and data processing with screening guidance and fatigue assessment. A worked field case shows how measurements support pipe-stress modeling and mitigation decisions. This self-paced online course includes video lectures and a completion certificate with PDH credits.

€ 250.00

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What you'll learn

After completing this course, you...
• can identify common excitation mechanisms in piping systems
• can select measurement equipment, mounting methods and measurement locations for piping-vibration work
• can set measurement parameters and process vibration data
• can use screening guidance to judge whether measured vibration needs further assessment
• can relate field measurements to a pipe-stress model and fatigue assessment
• can compare common vibration-mitigation options

1-year access
By Industry Experts
100% Online Course

About the course

This course teaches you all the fundamentals required for performing vibration measurements for pipe stress assessment.

It includes discussions of the mechanics involved in piping vibrations, their potential causes, but also guidelines for estimated the severity and detailed analysis techniques. By means of real-life cases, typical mitigation techniques are presented.

The course provides a toolbox to understand and investigate piping vibrations. You will be able to quickly assess whether a piping vibration might be an issue for the integrity of the system and can plan a more detailed analysis based on this assessment.

The course starts with an overview of important concepts such as potential sources of vibrations and existing rules of thumb for assessment. It also includes a detailed discussion of the information required for a detailed dynamic stress assessment in pipe stress software and the associated considerations.

The course consists of 4 online courses based on video content.

Self-Paced Course
2hr 30min
2.5 PDH Credits
English
SPC130

Meet your instructor

Dynaflow Research Group

Dynaflow Research Group is an engineering consultancy working across piping design and analysis, flow dynamics, vibration, FRP piping, pressure equipment and specialist engineering software. Its experience includes EN and ASME design rules for piping and pressure vessels, buried piping, water hammer, pulsation, dynamic stress assessment, vibration measurement, FEA tools, BOSfluids, BOSpulse, PV Elite and NozzlePRO workflows.

Who should attend this course

• Vibration engineers measuring piping vibration
• Pipe stress engineers converting measurements into stress assessments
• Reliability engineers investigating vibration-related failures
• Maintenance engineers planning piping-vibration measurements
• Integrity engineers screening piping-vibration severity
• Technical reviewers assessing vibration reports

Program & Details

Vibration Theory

1. Potential vibration issues in piping systems
2. Types of vibrations in piping systems
3. Vibration sources part 1
4. Vibration sources part 2
5. Mechanical eigenmodes and vibration
6. Mechanical eigenmodes in piping
7. Good practices considering eigenmodes
Vibration Assessment

1. Describing vibrations in piping systems
2. Direct assessment method and guidelines
3. Stress calculation in piping systems
4. Flexibility factors for your model
5. Linking measurement with theoretical model
6. Fatigue assessment for piping vibrations
Performing Vibration Measurements

1. Measurement Goals
2. Measurement equipment for piping vibrations
3. Mounting options on piping
4. Measurement locations in piping systems
5. Operating conditions considerations
6. Data settings and post-processing
Case Study

1. Crude transport pipe
2. Previous solutions
3. System analysis
4. Problem solving
5. Follow-up
6. Solution verification
7. Conclusions