Industrial Meet on Fracture Mechanics

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is organising an Industrial Meet titled “Demystifying Fracture Mechanics for Industry: Safe Design, Analysis and Operation of Pressure Vessels, Piping & Pipelines & Green Hydrogen Storage and Transportation Equipment.” This workshop is tailored for professionals from the Refinery, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, and Green Hydrogen sectors, providing a practical and application-focused understanding of fracture mechanics.

Tailored for industry professionals, this one-day industrial meet simplifies fracture mechanics into clear, practical concepts to support the safe design, analysis, and operation of pressure-containing systems – pressure vessels, piping, pipelines and green hydrogen storage and transportation equipment.

Benefits of the Workshop

Participants will be able to:

• Apply core fracture mechanics principles and interpret key industry codes (ASME, API, BS, etc.) for design, analysis, and integrity assessments.
• Perform Engineering Critical Assessments (ECA) and Fitness-for-Service (FFS) evaluations to effectively manage crack-like flaws.
• Address challenges related to hydrogen embrittlement and environmental-assisted cracking in green hydrogen pressure equipment.
• Employ performance-based design methods and leverage digital tools such as Digital Twins for fatigue damage monitoring.

Registration: Free of Charge

Keynote Speaker – Dr Dipak K Chandiramani, Independent Consultant & Chair, ASME PVP Division India

Dr Dipak K Chandiramani (B.Tech. (Hons.), M.Tech., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur) is a veteran mechanical engineer with over 40 years of industrial experience, including senior roles at Lloyd’s Register Asia. He currently chairs the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping (PVP) Division India and the ASME Section VIII International Working Group (India). He is an ASNT Level III in RT, UT, PT, and MT, and has authored multiple ASME conference papers on the design and evaluation of pressure vessels.

Resource Person – Dr Gurumurthy Kagita, Professor of Practice, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM University-AP

Dr Gurumurthy Kagita brings over 29 years of industrial experience in advanced mechanical design engineering, having held responsible positions at Engineers India Limited, New Delhi. He specialises in Design-by-Analysis of pressure vessels, piping, pipelines, and offshore structures. His core expertise includes fracture mechanics, fatigue and creep analysis, Engineering Critical Assessments (ECA), Fitness-for-Service (FFS) evaluations, advanced Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and hydrodynamics. He has made significant contributions to the Refinery, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas sectors, and has authored over 20 technical publications in reputed national and international journals and conferences.