Training: Design by Analysis for ASME Vessels in Practice
What does the ASME code demand of an FE analysis? Whether nozzle loads, wind and earthquake, load cycles or special constructions — FE analyses are used in many ways under ASME too. Besides building the model correctly, the ASME-compliant a...
Four Ways to Assess a Weld — and When Each Fits
Verifying a weld by calculation is not a question of right or wrong but of the appropriate method. Several established concepts exist, and they differ considerably in effort, level of detail and the modelling they require. Choose the most expensive w...
Why the Perfect Model Is the Unsafe One in Buckling Analysis
It sounds paradoxical: a perfectly modelled component can produce a dangerously optimistic result in a buckling analysis. Calculate a thin-walled structure without imperfections and you get a buckling load the real component never reache...
