Eric CHEIFET, Principal Engineer at SOCOTEC

Eric CHEIFET

Principal Engineer
New York, NY

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Eric CHEIFET

Expertise

Energy / Power Infrastructure Transportation Fatigue & Failure Analysis Stress Analysis
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Services

Advanced Engineering Analysis Fitness for Service Evaluations Finite Element Analysis Root Cause & Failure Analysis
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About Eric CHEIFET

Mr. Cheifet works in the fields of stress analysis and fitness-for-service (FFS) assessments, including deterministic and probabilistic fracture mechanics approaches. Mr. Cheifet specializes in finite element analysis (using ANSYS) to assist in failure and root cause determination, including repair procedures.​

​These analyses can also address concerns of residual stresses, vibration, fatigue, and creep,​ among others. His expertise extends across the transportation, infrastructure, building services, and energy industries.

Advanced Engineering Services & Expertise

Qualifications

Education

  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering – Villanova University – 2010​
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering – Pennsylvania State University – 2009 

Professional Affiliations

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Metropolitan Section​
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Metropolitan Section
  • Engineering Mechanics Institute

Publications

  • E. M. Cheifet, E. T. Schickel, and R. S. Vecchio, “Fitness-For-Service ofHeavy Structural Steel Weldments”, Forensic Engineering 8th Congress,Austin, TX, December 2018.​

Representative Projects

  • Rail Car Fitness-For-Service and Remaining-Life Evaluation​
  • In-pavement Airport Lighting Failure Analysis​
  • Building Construction Weldment Flaw Tolerance and Constraint Analysis​
  • Building Maintenance Unit Fitness-For-Service Assessments​
  • Nuclear Plant Safety Relief Valve Reliability Improvements​
  • Fracture mechanics analysis of various cyclically-loaded components​
  • Structural Cracking in Heavy Steel Construction​
  • Bridge Instrumentation and Fitness-For-Service Analyses​
  • Life Assessments of Fully Composite Transit Vehicles​
  • Custom load tests of structural components​
  • Structural Dynamics of Automated People Movers​
  • Thermal Modeling of High Temperature Alloys
  • Train Derailment Modeling

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Eric CHEIFET

Expertise

Energy / Power Infrastructure Transportation Fatigue & Failure Analysis Stress Analysis
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Services

Advanced Engineering Analysis Fitness for Service Evaluations Finite Element Analysis Root Cause & Failure Analysis
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