Piping Material-Metallurgy: Mechanical Properties & Testing: Piping Course

The course on Piping Material-Metallurgy: Mechanical Properties & Testing has been developed to explain the fundamentals of Piping Metallurgy & Testing in detail. The content is organized in a systematic manner so that the first timers can also understand. Course content is based on practical problems and solutions, which is created by experienced professionals with decades of experience in the relevant field. Please Note: The course is Published on EPCLand platform which is learning management system (LMS) and designed for online courses.

The purpose of this article is to give answers to the basic questions about the course which commonly comes into the mind before enrolling to the published courses. So Let’s begin with details and look at various sections of the article.

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What are you going to learn in this Piping Course

Basic of Crystal Lattice

What are Crystal Lattice
Various Types of Crystals
Calculations for:
Number of Atoms/Unit Cell
Relation b/w Atom radius & Crystal Lattice structureVolume Occupied
Atomic Packing Factor
Volume occupied by the Atoms in Unit cells

Polyhedral Voids

Types of Voids in FCC & BCC
Number of Voids
Calculations for :
Octahedral Voids
Tetrahedral Voids

Comparison of Voids

Void Sizes in BCC & FCC
Relationships w.r.t. IRON

Solubility of Carbon

Understanding voids in Iron
Austenite & Ferrite Steels
Comparison w.r.t. Lattice Structures
Energy Required to displace the iron atoms
Basics behind the solubility of Carbon atoms
Impact on Lattice Structures with Carbon

Hardness of Steels

Behavior of carbon
Steels w.r.t. Carbon %
What is Carbon Equivalent
Calculate Carbon Equivalent

Weldability

What is Weldability
Hardness & Weldability
Chromium & Nickel Equivalents
Calculating Cr & Ni Equivalent
Relationship of various equivalents w.r.t. Weldability

Ductile Behavior

Slip Bands & Slip Planes
Slips in FCC & BCC Crystals
Grain Boundaries & Dislocations
Cold Working & Grain Boundaries

Pipe Inspection, Testing & Marking:

Pipe Inspection is a continuous process during manufacturing, it has vast importance in process & piping industry. This course has been designed to understand the basic fundamentals about various (15+) testing methods commonly used in the industry. Along with basic fundamentals, various codes & standards (ASME, ASTM, API etc) shall also be listed out and discussed in details.

This is divided into four major sections :

Metallurgical testing
Destructive Testing
Non-Destructive testing
Visual & Marking Inspections

Under Metallurgical testing (Aggressive Environment) following tests have been covered

1.Grain size (AS & SS)

2.IGC- Intergranular Corrosion Test(SS)

3.Ferrite (SS)

4.HIC- Hydrogen-induced Cracking

5.SSC- Sulfide Stress Corrosion Cracking

Under Destructive testing following tests have been covered

1.The tensile

2.Bend test

3.Flattening test

4.Impact test

5.Creep test

Under Non-Destructive testing following tests have been covered

1.Definition

2.Purpose

3.Various Types

•Ultrasonic testing

•Magnetic Penetrant testing

•Radiographic testing

•Liquid Penetration testing

•Acoustic emission testing

Under Visual & Marking inspection following tests have been covered

1.Hydro test

2.Visual Inspection

3.Marking

Students or professional will be able to learn the basics & fundamentals of inspection and testing requirements in the piping industry. The fundamentals covered in this course are not only useful for the the professionals working at site but also for the entry level team members who want to build the fundamentals and refresh the basics. once enrolled there will be lifetime access to the course material.

What is the duration of course

Total duration of the course is 3.5 hours. However, it is recommended to watch the lecture at least thrice, so that the fundamentals covered can be easily grabbed.

Recommendations to proceed further

It is highly recommended that watching all the lecture continuously in a single sitting should be avoided.
Prepare a schedule of 1-2 hours on daily basis.
Write down the learning in short or in the form of your own notes
List out the queries or doubts and share at Forums of Engineers Land.
Join Telegram group and register to keep yourself updated with the latest published content on EPCLand and Engineers Land.

Top Benefits of Piping Engineering course

Lifetime access once enrolled
Same lecture can be watched as many times as you want
Flexibility of time and location
Readymade notes which can be referred before interviews and working on live projects
Become part of professional communities on Telegram & Engineers Land.

Prerequisites of this course

Willingness to learn
Complete clarity on where you see yourself after 3-5 years
Awareness of Energy sector (Click here to read about Scope of Piping Engineers)

How to be an expert in piping engineering

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Don’t miss 7 Free courses available for Enrolment

Along with the above mentioned recommend courses, there are 7 free course which available on EPCLand platform. These courses are just published so that the candidates can get use to the interface of EPCLand and get a feel how the lectures are available and organised on this platform. Following are the links to the free courses:

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Summary
To conclude, this article talks about the course details on Piping Materials & Metallurgy explaining what is covered and how to approach after Enrollment. Moreover, it explains how to be part of various professional communities related to piping engineering where candidates can join various ongoing discussions and share the queries.