Syllabus for EDI Seminar



VIBRATION FUNDAMENTALS

FUNDAMENTALS PULSATION ANALYSIS
  • BASIC VIBRATION THEORY
    • Natural Frequencies/Mode Shapes
    • Forced Vibration Response
    • Effects of Damping
  • MEASUREMENT & INSTRUMENTATION
    • Vibration and Pulsation Transducers
    • Frequency Analyzers
    • Shock Testing and Modal Analysis
  • TORSIONAL VIBRATION ANALYSIS
    • Theory & Analysis Methods
    • Transient/VFD Drive Analysis
    • Measurement Technique
  • BASIC PULSATION THEORY
    • Acoustic Resonance Phenomena
    • Pulsation Generation
    • Coupling Mechanisms/Shaking Forces
    • Acoustic Simulation Methods
  • PUMP AND COMPRESSOR ACOUSTIC MODELING
    • EDI Digital Computer Techniques
    • API Design Approaches 1, 2, 3
    • EDI Design Philosophy/Results
    • Accumulators/All-Liquid Filters
    • Cavitation, Suction Head (NPSH)
    • Effect of Valve Dynamics
PIPING VIBRATION ANALYSIS DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
  • BASICS OF RESPONSE
    • Natural Frequencies of Piping Spans
    • Dynamic Restraints/Clamp Design
    • Excitation and Coupling Mechanisms
  • PIPING FATIGUE STRESS CRITERIA
    • Fatigue Endurance Limits
    • ASME, API Codes
    • Strain Gage Testing/Criteria
  • PIPING VIBRATION ALLOWABLE
    • Stress vs. Displacement and Velocity
    • Nomogram/Sample Problems
    • Criteria/Guidelines/Rules of Thumb
  • CASE HISTORIES RECIPROCATING
    • Reciprocating Compressors and Piping Systems
    • Reciprocating Pumps and Piping Systems
    • Foundations/Machinery Vibration  
  • CASE HISTORIES ROTATING
    • Critical Speeds/Instabilities
    • Torsional/VFD Problems
    • Flow-Induced/Special Problems
  • CASE HISTORIES STRUCTURAL
    • Modal Analysis Examples
    • Impeller/Blade Resonance
    • Bearing Housing/Case/Skid
ROTORDYNAMIC ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS
  • BASICS OF ROTORDYNAMICS
    • Critical Speeds/Mode Shapes
    • Critical Speed Map
    • Fluid Film Bearings and Seals
  • ROTOR RESPONSE AND SENSITIVITY
    • Analysis Procedures per API Code
    • Effect of Bearings/Seals
    • Effect of Unbalance & Location  
  • ROTOR STABILITY
    • Log Dec Criteria
    • Oil/Gas Seals/Aerodynamic Loading
    • Forced Nonsynchronous Vibration

 

  • COMPRESSOR MANIFOLD VIBRATIONS
    • Common Natural Frequency Modes
    • Measurement Techniques
    • Vibration Control Techniques
  • FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
    • Static/Dynamic
    • Fatigue Investigations
    • Stress Concentration Factors at Discontinuities
  • FOUNDATION AND SKID VIBRATION
    • Diagnostic Procedures
    • Frame/Anchor Bolts/Grout Problems
    • Shaking Forces/Natural Frequencies

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