ASME

Based on the Central Project Manager, ASMEquipment is a powerful, easy-to-use software program that provides engineers, designers, estimators, fabricators and inspectors with complete design capabilities of horizontal vessels, tube sheets and columns. ASMEquipment can be used for a complete vessel or individual component analysis.
 
Whether it is a quick check on wall thickness or a comprehensive evaluation of an entire vessel, this software makes design and analysis accurate and fast. ASMEquipment is divided in the following modules:
 
MODULE I - PRESSURE VESSELS
 
UG-27
Cylindrical, conical, spherical shells and pipes under internal pressure and stiffener rings  Detailed calculation facilities of stiffening rings, area of reinforcement and moment of inertia:

• Stiffening ring recommended automatically when needed 
• Following ring types:
  - flat bar
  - section of two equal leg angles
  - equal leg angle L bar
  - unequal leg angle L bar
  - I-beam/wide flange
  - structural tee
  - user-defined shapes 
•  optimum ring spacing easily determined
• individual rings sized automatically
• use of material different from shell allowed
• flipped and rotated rings allowed

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Knuckled heads with pressure on the concave side
 
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Cylinder - cone junction without knuckle
 
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Cylindrical, conical, spherical shells and pipes under external pressure
 
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Heads with pressure on the convex side
 
UG-36-42            
Openings in curved walls
 
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Flange connections:

• ring type integral
• ring type full face gasket 
• ring type loose
• weld neck integral
• slip on integral
• lap joint loose
• split loose
• reverse
• pad type
• slotted design
• body flange design
• minimum bolt circle and diameter calculated
• imposed moment considered
• imposed radial force considered
• Horizontal cylinder on saddle supports 

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Local loads
 
MODULE II - HEAT EXCHANGERS

UG-32/UG-33      
Dished covers under pressure on the concave and convex side
 
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Unstayed flat walls, openings in a flat wall
 
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Tube sheets, one circular with U-tubes or bayonet tubes
 
App. AA2   

• Tube sheets, two fixed, circular tube sheets
• Tube sheets, two circular tube sheets, one fixed and one floating

ASME tube sheets are 1 to 1 interchangeable with tube sheets designed in other codes like TEMA tube sheets, EN13445-3, Codap2000, AD2000 and RToD.
 
 
MODULE III - COLUMNS AND VERTICAL VESSELS

With module III the following can be analyzed:

• Vertical pressure vessels
• Skirt, supporting a vertical pressure vessel
• Anchorage with a circular base ring
• Platforms, packing beds, trays, ladder and liquid levels

A complete vertical vessel analysis with ASMEquipment performs the following calculation results:

• Internal pressure for each element
• External pressure for each element
• Weight of elements & their details
• Vessel natural frequency
• Wind and seismic loads
• Vessel loads due to live loads
• Wind deflection
• Vessel cross sectional areas and moments of inertia, both new and corroded
• Allowable stress (tension & compression) for each element
• Nozzle checks & nozzle summary
• Longitudinal vessel stresses and the actual vs. allowable stress ratio for each element
• Base ring evaluation (saddle checks for horizontal vessels)
• Vessel weight and center of gravity

Extra features for the ASMEquipment columns and vertical vessel module:

• ASCE 7 - Minimum Design Loads for Buildings & Other Structures
• Indian standard (for Wind and Seismic load)
• International Building Code 2000
• Uniform Building Code
• Mexican Wind code

Extra functionality for the ASMEquipment columns and vertical vessel module:

• 1 to 1 exchangeability with calculations made in other design codes
• Save, reload and run multiple load cases at once
• Calculate several alternatives in seconds

Features of ASMEquipment

• Inherent power of a graphic interface
• Quick, confident model generation
• Powerful analysis engine for complete vessel design
• Integrated vessel design from A to Z
• Instant component analysis
• Design codes and standards always current
• Extensive material database
• Easy, detailed calculation reports
• Convenient on-line help
• English, SI and custom-defined units
• Ability to easily change units on the fly 
• Natural frequency and critical wind speed calculations 
• Vessel loads due to vortex shedding
• Automated input (e.g. nozzle duplication and list editing)
• Numerous example problems
• Calculator function available from any input field
• User-definable reports titles
  
  

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