Piping Vibration & Fatigue Integrity Management 24th, 25th & 26th August 2026

• Format: Online +Live sessions Course
• Course Date: 24th, 25th &26th August 2026
• Course Facilitator: Industry Expert
• Course Duration: 3 Days

Course Overview:

This 3-day training program pro vides practical guidance on identifying, assessing, and mitigating piping vibration and fatigue risks in process plants. Participants will
learn how to diagnose vibration sources, prevent fatigue-related failures, and implement effective monitoring and mitigation strategies to improve asset integrity,
reliability, and operational safety.

Key topics:

• Understanding Piping Vibration and Fatigue Mechanisms
• Vibration Sources and Root Cause Analysis
• Vibration Risk Assessment and EI Screening Methodology
• Field Inspection, Walkdowns, and Condition Assessment
• Vibration Measurement and Data Interpretation
• Mitigation and Corrective Action Strategies
• Predictive Maintenance and Asset Integrity Integration

Who Can Attend:

• Mechanical Engineers
• Reliability Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Piping Engineers
• Asset Integrity Engineers
• Inspection Engineers
• Rotating Equipment Engineers
• Process Engineers
• Plant Operations Personnel
• Maintenance Supervisors and Managers
• Technical Authorities and Integrity Specialists
• Engineering and Project Professionals involved in piping system •
design, operation, and maintenance Industries: Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refining, LNG, Power Generation, Chemical Processing, Mining, and other Process Industries

COURSE AGENDA:

DAY 1

1. MACHINERY AND PIPING VIBRATION AS AN INTEGRITY PROBLEM
• Why vibration is often detected before failure but not acted correctly
• Vibration as a warning sign of structural distress, not only a maintenance signal
• Machinery–piping–support interaction
• How rotating and reciprocating equipment transfer dynamic forces into piping systems
• Why vibration risk must be handled by mechanical, piping, inspection, integrity and operations teams together.

2. FAILURE MECHANISMS LINKED TO VIBRATION
• High-cycle fatigue in process pipework
• Crack initiation at weld toes, small-bore connections, branch connections and attachments
• Fatigue damage at supports, clamps, guides and restraints
• Fretting damage caused by cyclic relative movement
• Interaction between vibration, corrosion, erosion and poor support condition
• Why small-bore connections often become the weak link
• Loss of containment as the final integrity con sequence

3. VIBRATION FUNDAMENTALS FOR INTEGRITY ENGINEERS
• Displacement, velocity and acceleration in practical SI units
• Frequency, amplitude, phase and waveform meaning
• Forced vibration versus resonance
• Natural frequency and mode shape
• Damping and amplification
• Why visually obvious vibration is not always the most damaging case
• Why small movement at high frequency still create damaging cyclic stress

4. INTEGRITY CONSEQUENCES AND BUSINESS IMPACT
• Unplanned shutdowns
• Product release and safety exposure
• Repair and inspection cost
• Repeated failures due to incorrect root-cause identification
• Temporary fixes that move the problem to another location
• Why vibration management should be proactive rather than reactive

5. ONLINE WORKSHOP CASE EXERCISE:
Participants review a simplified process unit and identify where vibration-induced fatigue is most likely to occur

DAY 2

1. EI PHILOSOPHY FOR VIBRATION RISK CONTROL
• Purpose of EI vibration-induced fatigue guidance
• Why standard piping design codes do not fully manage vibration-induced fatigue
• Proactive assessment for new designs
• Assessment of existing plants
• Assessment after process, piping or equipment changes
• Assessment after an observed vibration problem
• Likelihood of Failure as a screening concept, not an exact probability

2. QUALITATIVE SCREENING AND RISK RANKING
• Identifying susceptible systems
• Screening by excitation mechanism
• Screening by geometry and layout vulnerability
• Screening by operational envelope
• Ranking systems for further assessment
• High, medium and low concern categories
• Linking likelihood with consequence to support prioritization

3. WALKDOWN AND VISUAL ASSESSMENT
• What to look for during a vibration walkdown
• Visible vibration versus fatigue-critical vibration
• Damaged supports, missing gaps, failed clamps and loose restraints
• Small-bore connection vulnerability
• Tubing and instrument-line vulnerability
• Evidence of fretting, rubbing or contact
• Operator feedback and operating-condition history

4.SOURCE DIAGNOSIS
• Separating source, path and response
• Mechanical excitation versus hydraulic excitation
• Flow-induced turbulence versus pulsation
• Acoustic resonance versus mechanical resonance
• Vortex shedding and intrusive element vibration
• Valve-induced vibration
• Reciprocating compressor and pump effects
• When the source is not obvious from visual observation

5. MEASUREMENT PLANNING AND INTERPRETATION
• When field screening is sufficient
• When vibration measurement is required
• Choosing measurement locations
• Displacement, velocity and acceleration measurements
• Basic frequency interpretation
• Trend interpretation without overcomplicating signal analysis
• Measurement mistakes that lead to wrong decisions
• When specialist measurement or predictive analysis is justified

6. ONLINE WORKSHOP CASE EXERCISE:
Participants are given a process piping vibration scenario and must produce an EI-style screening decision.