| Course objectives: |
| The course main goal to introduce the selected topics of pressure vessel design |
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| Course content and structure: |
| Parts of pressure vessels. Base of the pressure vessel design. PED directives. Pressure, thermal and secondary loads. Construction materials and its selection. Selected topics os unfired pressure vessels design (standard EN 13445, ASME VIII.): Finite element method (FEM) for pressure vessel design; Simplified and detailed fatigue analysis of pressure vessels; Stresses in high pressure / thick-walled shells (Lamé eq., inner/ext. pressure loads); Heat exchangers stresses on shell – tube-sheet connection. |
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| Evaluation method: |
| oral or written presentation |
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| Required reading: |
| EN 13445 Unfired Pressure VesselsAn International Code 2013 ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, VIII Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels, Division 1, 2013 Edition, July 1, 2013 Juha Purje, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code vs. PED and EN-standards and nuclear safety requirements, Inspecta Tarkastus Oy |
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| Suggested reading: |
| Donald Mackenzie: The inite Element Method in Pressure Vessel Design by Analysis, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UKMarc 2010 User’s Guide, MSC.Software, www.mscsoftware.com |
