November 2025 online design course

In November 2025 we held the 9^th Edition of our English language online course on the design of pressure vessels and heat exchangers. . Thanks to all attendees for their engagement and participation!

It was an excellent learning opportunity, allowing participants from different countries to get a deeper insight in the most critical aspects of the design of pressure parts and on how the different calculation codes address them.

If you missed this session, don’t worry: the next edition is already in the works and you’ll probably have to wait only until next Spring. Stay tuned for updates and get ready to enhance your expertise in the field of pressure vessel and heat exchanger design.

Interested in joining the next session? Let us know and contact Dr. Bordoni at bordoni@sant-ambrogio.it

The course lessons are organized in 4 course days, with 3 hours’ classes both in the morning and in the afternoon. The course is modular, so participants decide which lessons they wish to attend.

The course is aimed not only at guiding participants in the process of properly designing pressure vessels and heat exchangers, but also at showing how to optimize the design, minimizing weight and cost of the equipment, while maintaining compliance with the reference standards. In-depth studies of the critical aspects of designing specific pressure parts will also be part of the course. Moreover, comparisons among the main calculation standards will allow participants to recognize which is the impact of a particular standard on the calculation. Several practical calculation examples will be presented during the course.

The course covers the following topics:

Lesson 1:
-General notions of pressure vessel design

Lesson 2A + Lesson 2B:
-Mechanical design for internal and external pressure
-Mechanical design of bolted flange connections

Lesson 3A + Lesson 3B:
-Thermal design of shell and tube heat exchangers
-Mechanical design of shell and tube heat exchangers

Lesson 4A + Lesson 4B:
-Pressure vessel design for loads other than pressure
-Design for cyclic loads

The Speaker of the course is Dr. Fernando Lidonnici,  European expert on pressure equipment design, who is the Coordinator of the European workgroup WG53/ CEN TC54, which developed and maintains the design part of EN 13445, ASME Member and President of EPERC (European Pressure Equipment Research Council). In 2018 he was awarded the Donald Julius Groen Prize from IMechE, the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers, for his activity in the field of European Pressure Vessel Norms.

The next edition of our online course on the Design of Pressure Vessel and Heat Exchangers in English will be held in spring 2026.

For any questions / information on the course feel free to contact Dr. Bordoni at bordoni@sant-ambrogio.it