Starting Mechanical Engineer

1. Pipe Supporting : A Practical Guide

After this course, you...

• have seen all the support types typically used in piping systems,

• are able to understand the different pipe supporting solutions; being able to explain their characteristics and typical applications,

• are familiar with the structural, operational, and maintenance considerations relevant to pipe supporting,

• can identify support requirements for a specific piping system,

• can use guidelines to design appropriate supporting for piping systems.

2. Practical Guide to Plant Layout

After this course, you...

• have a good overview of the plant layout considerations,

• are able to design a basic plant layout,

• can identify the potential hazards on a plant and incorporate them in your layout design,

• understand what information is required to design different layouts,

• have an overview of which personnel and stakeholders are involved during the plant layout design phase.

3. Introduction to Heat Exchangers

After this course, you will...

• Be able to identify the common types of heat exchanger (plate, shell and tube),

• Be aware of the various designs (parallel, cross and counter flow),

• Know the advantages and disadvantages of each heat exchanger type,

• Know the components of each type of heat exchanger,

• Understand the reasoning for the type and design of heat exchanger employed for certain applications,

• Understand how heat exchanger fouling can occur and what causes it,

• Have practical knowledge concerning heat transfer.

4. Designing according to the EN13445 code

After this course, you...

• understand the structure & scope of the code,

• understand the failure mechanisms considered in the code,

• are able to use the design rules for many components, amongst others cylindrical shells under internal & external pressure, openings and nozzles, flat ends and flange connections, heat exchanger tube sheets, rectangular shells and saddles and skirts,

• understand the role of Design by analysis (Finite Element Analysis) for EN13445 design,

• can identify the limitations of the design rules,

• know the important differences with the ASME BPVC VIII-1.

5. Actuated Valves: the Fundamentals

After this course, you...

• are familiar with actuated valve styles; the working principle of each valve style and their key components, main characteristics, and advantages and limitations,

• will understand the concept of valve criticality and what should be done to minimise the probability of valve failures, will have become familiar with the requisition process for an actuated valve,

• will have learnt which information you should provide to a manufacturer so they can make you a technically complete proposal,

• will understand about the documentation that should be supplied with an actuated valve and know which EU directives are applicable and are familiar with the scope and steps in the valve acceptance testing process and have learnt how these should be specified.

6. NozzlePRO Essentials

After this course, you...

• are familiar with the NozzlePRO Interface & its modules,

• know how to work with shell type FEA models,

• understand the Options Menu & Boundary Conditions,

• can correctly set nozzle loads,

• know how to visually verify model settings & mesh,

• can post• process your results,

• understand Stress Categorization as per ASME BPVC VIII• 2,

• understand the associated Compliance Checks,

• know how to model piping actions and calculate SIFs,

• can calculate nozzle flexibilities and use them for pipe stress analysis.

This course is based on the v14.1 release of the NozzlePRO software.