Phillip E. Prueter: About the Author
Principal Engineer II, The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
Phillip E. Prueter, P.E. is a Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where his responsibilities include providing technical consulting expertise to the refining, petrochemical, specialty chemical, and power generation industries and managing Nuclear Consulting Services. He specializes in fitness-for-service, design by analysis, explicit dynamics, transient thermal-mechanical fatigue analysis, elevated temperature creep, seismic and natural frequency analysis, fracture mechanics, root-cause failure analysis, damage mechanism reviews, and high temperature hydrogen attack. He holds a BS and MS in mechanical engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer in nine states. Additionally, he is a member of the ASME Working Groups on Design by Analysis and Elevated Temperature Design, serves as an organizer for the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, is an instructor for the ASME Master Classes on Design by Analysis and Fatigue, and has authored or co-authored more than 40 technical publications.
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Published Articles
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May/June 2020 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., Brian R. Macejko, P.E. at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., and Seetha Ramudu Kummari, Ph.D., P.E. at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.This article provides an overview of brittle fracture, details on several industry failures, and a summary of deficiencies and concerns with current published methods for screening susceptibility of equipment to potential brittle fracture failures.
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January/February 2018 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.Given the concern throughout industry regarding the potential for brittle fracture failures, PWHT guidance to address potential issues arising from the recent changes in PWHT code requirements for carbon steel is examined in this article, and...
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July/August 2016 Inspectioneering JournalBy Mark Geisenhoff at Flint Hills Resources, Jonathan D. Dobis at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., and Dr. Michael S. Cayard at Flint Hills ResourcesThis article summarizes a recent finite element analysis (FEA)-based study that employs creep simulation techniques to investigate the elevated temperature response of piping with peaked longitudinal weld seams.
