Codap
A program for the design and verification for (parts of) pressure vessels, heat exchangers and columns according to the French rules of Codap.
Advantages of Espace:
- Determining the optimal wall thickness, which will save material
- Quick results and a printout, which is accepted by Codap
- Alternatives can be calculated in an easy way by changing the input values
- Both design and verification calculations are possible
- Preventing mistakes by using databases for materials, pipes, flanges, boltings and gaskets
- Interactive screen handling
- Graphic display of nozzle placement on cylinders, heads and cones.
- Cylindrical wall under internal pressure, including openings (C2.1/C5):
- calculation of isolated openings (without interaction)
- calculation of combined openings (with interaction, C2, C5) - Conical shells under internal pressure, including openings (C2.3/C5):
- calculation of isolated openings (without interaction)
- calculation of combined openings (with interaction)
- calculation of cylinder/cone attachment (sharp-edge and toriconical) - Heads (C3.1/C5): NF E 81-102 (GRC, NF E 81-103), elliptical, torispherical, hemispherical, klopper and korbbogen:
- calculation of isolated openings (without interaction)
- calculation of combined openings (with interaction, C3, C5). - Flat heads and dished covers under internal pressure (C3.2/C3.3):
- calculation of minimal head-thickness
- calculation of (combined) openings according to Stoomwezen - Cylindrical and conical walls and heads under external pressure (C4):
- design and verification of pressure vessels under external pressure
- design of stiffening rings for cylinders and cones - Flanges (bolted) (C6):
- monoblock, independent, rotating and 2 or 4 dismountable segments
- verification of flanges
- databases for flanges and bolts
- optimization based on minimum bolt diameter related to a bolting database - Support for horizontal vessels (C9.1):
- including vessel design
- support design including design of supporting rings. - Heat exchangers (C7), U-type, floating head and fixed tubesheets:
tubesheet calculation:
- shell
- tubes
- channel
- calculation of flanged tubesheet extension, including bolting and gasket
database - Vertical pressure vessels (C2):
- design and verification of columns
- piping, packed beds, trays, platforms, ladders and external forces
- wind and snow loads
- calculation of critical frequency and seismic influence
- calculation of skirt and anchor plate
- verification of heads and external pressure - Material database:
- including over 800 materials,
- including mechanical and physical data related to temperature and
thickness
Available modules
- Module I Pressure vessels: C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 and C9
- Module II Heat exchangers: C7
- Module III Vertical pressure vessels