7 API 571 Damage Mechanisms

This chapter covers the contents of API 571: Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry: 2003. API 571 has only recently been added to the syllabus for the API 570 and 510 examinations and replaces what used to be included in an old group of documents dating from the 1960s entitled IRE (Inspection of Refinery Equipment).

The first point to note is that the API 571 sections covered in the API 510 ICP exam syllabus are only an extract from the full version of API 571.