Paris 28 - 30 September 2004

Organized by AFIAP Association Francaise des Ingenieurs et Appareils a Pression

Sponsored by CETIM - Centre Technique des Industries Mecaniques, IS - Institut de Soudure, SNCT - Syndicat National de la Chaudreonnerie , de la Tolerie et de la Tuyauterie Industrielle

With the support of MINISTRE DELEGUEE A L'INDUSRIE

Session I: Design and Materials

• Design by analysis, Design by rule, weld joint efficiency, joint and gaskets.
• Damage analysis at design level: fatigue, corrosion, creep, rupture.
• Industrial application of design analysis.
• Design code comparison: cost, intended life, safety, margins and accuracy.
• Material for plate, piping, fittings and forgings.
• New European material standards.
• Materials for tank transportation.
• New materials for special applications.
• Metallurgical and mechanical properties.
• Specific material tests.
• Workability of materials.
• Pre-commissioning of pressure equipment and piping.

Session II: Fabrication, Welding and Inspection

• Cutting, cold or hot working, die-stamping: methods, tools, and material behavior.
• Welding: methods, thermal cycling, welding consumables, new developments.
• Other assembly methods: rolled or hydraulic expansed tube connections, brazing, adhesives.
• Assembling heterogeneous materials.
• Quality control and inspection during and after fabrication.

Session III: Fitness for Service

• Degradation mechanisms (corrosion, fatigue, erosion corrosion, creep, rupture, environmental effects, etc .), diagnosis, models, monitoring and mitigation.
• Damage assessments procedure: cracks, uniform thinning, pitting, etc.
• Repair procedures and experiences.
• In-service inspection (acoustic emission, radiography, UT, TOFD, etc.): technical development, performance, record-keeping, new technologies.
• Risk-based inspection (RBI).
• Regulation, codes and standards concerning in-service monitoring and inspection of equipment,

The official languages are French and English with simultaneous translation

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