This year it was particularly rich in news for anyone working with European, American and also Italian standards: there is a lot of movement, we will try to explain why and analyze the consequences. The harmonized Unfired Pressure Vessel standard EN 13445. During 2018 several amendments of part 3 (Design…
I started working as a pressure vessel designer about 50 years ago. As all the young engineers, at that time I had no ideas about the work needed for the preparation and maintenance of Pressure Vessel safety standards: I simply knew that different standards, laws and regulations existed in the…
NextGen software 2018-2019 With the release of version 2018.3 and the preparation of new releases for 2019 the update and enhancement work on NextGen software is going on; many important features have been added to NextGen software in 2018 as: ASME calculation report in Russian language, EN 13445 and AD2000 calculation reports…
About 50 years ago, when the main pressure vessel standards were composed only by a few pages, and the sliding rule was the only available tool for the pressure vessel designer, the Taylor Forge method for the calculation of flanges was regarded as a very advanced and sophisticated procedure for…
Clause UHX of ASME Section VIII division 1 defines the rules for the calculation of tubesheets in shell and tube heat exchangers. This calculation is based on the Gardner’s theory (1948-1952), also considered in Appendix A of the TEMA standards (previously generally used in tubesheet calculations): however Clause UHX of…
