Workshop: API 579-1 and ASME FFS-1: Assessment of Crack-Like Flaws
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March 2026
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2 Hour Session
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Interactive Q&A
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Trusted by professionals
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Certification included
Why take this course?
This Workshop offers a detailed introduction to Fitness-for-Service (FFS) assessments based on API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, focusing on evaluating crack-like flaws in pressure vessels and piping. Through expert-led video lectures and quizzes, you’ll learn to determine safe operating life and maintain structural integrity. A certificate with PDH credits is provided upon completion.
What you'll learn
After this live Workshop you,
• have seen real life examples with crack-like flaws
• know the role played by fracture mechanics in crack-like flaws
• are familiar with fracture toughness from the perspective of pressure vessels
• have been taken through Part 9 of the ASME FFS-1/API 579-1 standard
• have seen the assessment techniques and acceptance criteria for crack-like flaws
• have strengthened your understanding of the assessment methods through discussion guided by an experienced industry expert.
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March 2026
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Instructor-Led 2hr Duration
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Online Live Session
About the course
Fitness-for-Service (FFS) assessment, as outlined in API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, has become an essential tool in managing the structural integrity of pressure equipment. In an era where aging assets and infrastructure present growing concerns, a solid understanding of this standard is increasingly vital for ensuring safe and reliable operation.
Part 9 of the ASME FFS-1/API 579-1 standard focuses on the assessment of crack-like flaws in pressure vessels and piping systems. In this instructor-led live session of 2hr, you will be taken through the assessment method for crack-like flaws showing you how to determine the safe operating life for this type of flaw.
Throughout this Workshop session, you'll be encouraged to think critically and to engage in open discussions with the instructor.
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Instructor-led Workshop
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March 2026
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2 PDH Credits
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English
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MAS4511
Meet your instructor
Shervin Maleki
Structural Integrity Assessment, Mechanical Behaviour Analysis
Who should attend this course
Mechanical or Structural Engineers: Seeking to widen their understanding of the API 579-1 and ASME FFS-1 or to learn the specifics of assessing crack-like flaws.Program & Details
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API 579-1/ASME FFS-1: Assessment of Crack Like Flaws
Live
1. Damage Identification
2. Real life case study
3. Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics
4. Fracture Toughness
5. Failure Assessment Diagram (FAD)
6. Part 9 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria
7. Work Examples
Certification
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Workshop: API 579-1 and ASME FFS-1: Assessment of Crack-Like Flaws
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The refresher on crack assessment and the theory behind it, combined with a deeper understanding of the link between secondary stresses and cracks, and methods for evaluating a component’s sensitivity to crack propagation, were extremely valuable.
Lead Engineer (Mechanical/Piping)