Experience

Equity Engineering Group

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Engineer

  • Jan 2002 - Present

  With over a decade of experience as a consultant in the petrochemical industry, Mr. Janelle is an expert in finite element and numerical tools to evaluate pressure vessels and piping components. He has extensive knowledge of the ASME and API Codes and Standards used in the evaluation of pressure containing equipment used in the refining and petrochemical industry. Mr. Janelle has the capability to perform Fitness-For-Service and failure assessments for clients as well as provide general technical support regarding Codes and Standards issues.As the group head of Applied Mechanics, Mr. Janelle’s responsibilities include implementation and validation of the SagePlus analysis software’s technical content. Mr. Janelle is a certified API instructor for the API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Fitness-For-Service course. He is also a key trainer for API and ASME pressure containing equipment evaluations using the SagePlus software. Mr. Janelle has participated in research and development pertaining to crack propagation in ring joint flanges, weld misalignment in cylindrical and spherical shells, crack-like flaw K-solutions for cylinders and spheres, visual assessment of pitting damage, creep coupled assessment of bulges, and assessment methods for the evaluation of LTA’s. Mr. Janelle has authored or co-authored several technical papers on these subjects.