Introduction and development of reliability evaluation in the field of mechanical engineering

(Introduction of partial safety factor method into metal loss assessment for pressure equipment)

Abstract

Fitness-For-Service (FFS) assessment for the component with metal-loss is desired to reflect the effect of usual maintenance. Introduction of evaluation method based on reliability is one of the effective measures to achieve this. High Pressure Institute of Japan published HPIS Z 109TR:2016 “Metal loss assessment for pressure equipment based on reliability”, which provides methods and technical backgrounds of metal loss assessment for pressure equipment based on reliability. This technical report provides evaluation method for simply evaluating reliability of the pressure equipment with metal loss based on the partial safety factor method. We present outline of the evaluation method based on the partial safety factor method.