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By Greg Garic, P.E., Senior Staff Consultant at Stress Engineering Services, Inc. This article appears in the January/February 2025 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. Introduction Level 1 and 2 assessments under Part 12 are pretty simple. They involve checking a few simple calculations relating primarily to the depth of a dent or material toughness of a gouge. Under Level 2, there is also a simple and very useful fatigue calculation for systems in cyclic service.

By Greg Garic, P.E., Senior Staff Consultant at Stress Engineering Services, Inc. This article appears in the September/October 2024 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. Introduction In fitness-for-service (FFS) assessments under the API 579 International Standard (API 579), there are many instances when it is necessary to evaluate if a flaw or defect is too close to another flaw or defect or some “feature” of the structure.

By Greg Garic, P.E., Senior Staff Consultant at Stress Engineering Services, Inc. This article appears in the July/August 2024 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. Introduction I’ve been teaching a short course on API 579 Fitness-for-Service for over 20 years. It’s a 3-day course and goes into some depth. My goal has always been to address several things: Provide an understanding of the structure, organization, and philosophy of the document.