Katelyn Gustoff: About the Author
Mechanical & Structural Engineering Team Leader; Consulting Engineer II, EQUITY
Katelyn Gustoff has conducted hundreds of fitness-for-service (FFS) evaluations in accordance with API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 to extend equipment life as well as analysis of fixed equipment to evaluate mechanical integrity and improve availability. She routinely performs Level 3 assessments using finite element analysis (FEA) simulation methods. Her responsibilities included providing oversight to a team of engineers on the topics of equipment design and FFS, conducting ASME Code compliance calculations for pressure vessels, and managing large-scale projects evaluating equipment for Code compliance or FFS. Katelyn has contributed to the development of FFS Methodologies in API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Fitness-For-Service as a member of the ASME/API Joint Committee on Fitness-For-Service.
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The assessment procedures in API 579 may also be applied to pressure-containing equipment constructed to other recognized codes and standards. The author will examine the application of these procedures to aboveground storage tanks.
