ASME-IPTI is offering this course as a part of the OMAE 2009 Conference

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Course Overview:

The  Leaning objectives of this course include:

1. To provide state-of-the-art design and analysis tools for the prediction and prevention of vortex-induced vibration and subsequent structural failures.
2. To present a review of vibration theory and applied fluid mechanics
3. To address vortex-induced vibration fluid theory
4. To present vortex-induced vibration experimental results and the lessons learned from these experiments
5. To discuss successful experimental, experimental and numerical approaches to prediction of vortex-induced vibration
6. To discuss analysis, test techniques, and strategies for successful design
7. Case studies of common component failures due to flow-induced vibration

Course Audience:

The course would be of interest to professional engineers and technical management and students who are concerned with the tube and pipes in fluid flow. This includes offshore pipelines, drilling risers, off shore platforms, stacks tows, and masts such are found in refinery, petroleum production, heat exchangers, and chemical process industries. The course while provides some up dated and recent specialist information also provides and introduction and over view of flow-induced vibration.

Course Topics:

1. Introduction and Back Ground
2. Dimensional Analysis for Flow and vibration
3. Vibration and Fluid Theory applied to flow-induced vibration
4. Experimental Results for Vortex-induced vibration
5. Theoretical and Semi-empirical Methods for VIV
6. Suppression of Vortex-Induced Vibration
7. Case Studies

Instructor Bio:

Dr. Robert D. Blevins has twenty-five years' experience in flow-induced vibration. He is a member of the ASME Special Working Group on Structural Dynamics and the Pressure Vessel Research Council's Committee on Dynamic Analysis of Pressure Components. He has taught at University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University. He received a Ph.D. (1974) from California Institute of Technology. 

He has directed testing of towed marine systems for the U.S. Navy at David Taylor Model Basin. At General Atomics Company from 1974 through 1985, he developed methodology for the analysis and design of power plant heat exchangers to prevent destructive vibration. He has consulted for government and industrial clients on systems ranging from submarines and process equipment to hypersonic aircraft. Currently he is Chief of Structural Dynamics at Rohr Industries, a major subcontractor for aircraft structural systems. He has written three books and over thirty papers on fluid flow, structural dynamics, and flow-induced vibration.

Course Date:

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Course Agenda:

Course Rates:

Short Course Member Rate - Early Bird

On or before March 31, 2009 - $700

Short Course Non-Member Rate - Early Bird

On or before March 31, 2009 - $795

Short Course Member Rate - Regular Rate

After April 1, 2009 - $800

Short Course Non-Member Rate - Regular Rate

After April 1, 2009 - $895

Cancellation / Refunds:

Cancellations made through Tuesday, March 31, 2009 will receive a refund, less the non-refundable administrative fee of $200.  Refunds are not available after Wednesday, April 1, 2009.  Substitutions for individuals enrolled may be made until Friday, May 15, 2009.

ASME-IPTI reserves the right to cancel a course if enrollment is insufficient to ensure maximum effectiveness.  This decision is made approximately two weeks before the course begins.  If this occurs, enrollees will receive a full refund.  Keep our cancellation policy in mind when making airline reservations, as ASME-IPTI cannot be responsible for fees charged for canceling or changing your airline ticket.  Students are responsible for handling all travel arrangements and the costs associated with their travel.

For Course and Registration questions please contact Melanie Diaz, diazm@asme.org or 281-493-3491.