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Designing according to the ASME BPVC VIII-1 code

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Designing according to the ASME BPVC VIII-1 code

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About the course

Design-by-Rules. The ASME VIII-1 design code is the most widely used design code for pressure vessel design. Often the rules are applied using automated software packages such as Compress or PVElite and the engineer can lose the overview of the calculation being performed. This course aims to explain the fundamental equations and principles in the design by rules approach. For example: What is the area replacement rule? How is the Taylor and Forge method applied for flanges? What is the minimum ligament length between nozzles and why? What inter-stiffener distance is required to prevent collapse under vacuum?

Topics include many design features such as design of shells and heads under internal and external pressure, nozzles & openings, flange connections, heat exchanger, tubesheets, saddles and skirts.

As well as explaining the rules and how to apply them, you will be challenged on why a rule is formulated in a particular way.

The course consists of 8 online courses based on video content.

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Learning Outcomes

After these courses, you...
• Have a good overview of the structure and applicability of the ASME VIII-1 code,
• Understand the design rules for most standard components and know the design basis for these rules,
• Have performed multiple tutorials to reinforce how to apply the rules,
• Are able to identify the limits of the code rules.

Who should attend this course

• Those designing pressure vessels with ASME BPVC VIII Div. 1.
• Engineers which need to have a solid understanding of the approaches used in the code.
• Those that wish to understand the backgrounds and design basis for the code rules.

Prerequisites

Technical background.

Program & Details

  • 1. Welcome & Your instructor
    2. Content overview
    3. How to use this course

  • 1. Introduction and Agenda
    2. ASME VIII-1 Code Coverage: Outline and Build-up
    3. Materials Aspects and Codes
    4. ASME Section 2 part D: Material Tables
    5. Weld Joint Efficiency in ASME Section 8, division 1
    6. Non Destructive Testing related to Joint Efficiency Factor
    7. Design Loads - Part 1, 2 & 3
    8. U-stamping for Pressure Vessels
    9. Code Design Stresses and Allowables
    10. Fatigue Design in ASME VIII-1
    11. Brittle Fracture: Physical Concepts
    12. Analyzing Brittle Fracture as per the ASME BPVC VIII-1
    13. Module 1, Exercises 1: Weld Joint Efficiencies
    14. Module 1, Exercise 2: Determining the MDMT

  • 1. Stress-Strain Relationships and Concepts
    2. Material Stresses for Cylindrical Shells
    3. Load Cases and Failure Modes
    4. Maximum Allowable Values for the Design Stress

  • 1. Introduction and Agenda
    2. Cylindrical Shells under Internal Pressure
    3. Spherical Shells and Formed Ends
    4. Cones and Conical Sections under Internal Pressure

  • 1. Introduction and Agenda
    2. Introduction to Buckling for Pressure Vessels
    3. Buckling Examples and Illustrations
    4. Axial Compression Loads as per ASME VIII-1
    5. Compressive Stress: Allowable Value
    6. Cylindrical Shells under External Pressure
    7. Thin Walled Shells: Buckling Evaluation
    8. Buckling Critical Length as per ASME VIII-1
    9. Thick walled Shells: Buckling Evaluation
    10. What are Stiffener Rings?
    11. Using Stiffener Rings as per ASME VIII-1
    12. Vessel Heads under External Pressure - Part 1 & 2

  • 1. Introduction and Agenda
    2. Shell Openings: An Introduction
    3. Area Replacement Rule as per ASME VIII-1
    4. Area Replacement Rule: Step 1, 2, 3 & 4
    5. Ligament Efficiency Rules as per ASME VIII-1
    6. Ligament Efficiency Rules: Diagonal Lines

  • 1. Introduction and Agenda
    2. Flat Plates, Covers, Flanges and Design Rules in ASME VIII-1
    3. Bolted Connections as per ASME VIII-1
    4. Gasket Selection for Flanges
    5. Bolt Evaluations for Flanges
    6. Design of Bolted Flanges and Associated Calculations
    7. Calculation Steps for Bolted Connections - Part 1 & 2
    8. Equivalent Pressure Rule for Flange Evaluation

  • 1. Introduction and Agenda
    2. Types of Heat Exchangers and Analysis Methods
    3. Tubesheet Properties: Calculating Effective Values
    4. Tubesheet Thickness and Related Calculations
    5. Alternative Methods for Tubesheet Design

  • 1. Rectangular Vessels as per ASME VIII-1
    2. Openings in Non-Circular Vessels
    3. Half-Pipe Jackets as per ASME VIII-1

  • 1. Congratulations
    2. Course evaluation survey
    3. Your Personal Certificate
    4. Rate this course
    5. Related courses

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