Posts by: Matteo

Standard flanges and flanges according to calculation code

Using NextGen it is possible to design and calculate flanges; these components can be calculated in two different ways: Standard flange: this flange is usually bought compliant to a standard and suitable for a certain amount of pressure (rating). NextGen does not calculate this flange, it simply verifies that said rating is…

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Material characteristics customization

One of the most requested features by our customers has always been the ability to modify one or more material characteristics like allowable, yield strength or elasticity “on the fly”. NextGen already supports custom materials, which is the preferred way for all those cases when a material not available in our…

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Simplified fatigue assessment according to EN13445-3 Clause 17

With NextGen it is possible to calculate an item subjected to fatigue “by formulae”, for projects according to EN13445. This allows a fatigue calculation in a simpler and faster way than normally needed when a finite analysis is involved. Fatigue calculation is composed by two main operations: Definition on Item…

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Sant’Ambrogio NextGen – Getting started

What is NextGen? NextGen is a mechanical, multi-code calculation software aimed to design pressure vessels and heat exchangers. Design can be carried out according to a growing number of standards, like ASME VIII Division 1 and 2, EN 13445 or AD2000. The software is able to validate structural analysis of…

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How to manage geometric relationships between components

By default, NextGen takes care of maintaining geometric relationships between components of an item. For example, when a vessel made of a cylinder and two heads having inside diameter 1000 mm is made and later cylinder inside diameter is lowered to 500 mm, NextGen resizes adjacent heads to keep vessel’s…

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