The material data base of the program comprises the physical and mechanical properties of more than 3.400 materials. It includes all required DIN-EN delivery standards for the AD 2000 Merkblaetter and the TRD as well as all ASME specifications.

Basic package EN 13445  -  similar to AD 2000 section B

Shells under internal pressure per EN 13445-3 chapter 7

Shells under external pressure per EN 13445-3 chapter 8

Nozzles with or without reinforcement plate and openings in cylindrical, conical and spherical shells per EN 13445-3 chapter 9

Design of circular, elliptical or obround openings in dished ends or cylindrical, spherical and conical shells. the program provides a special calculation feature for nozzles at the knuckle area. 

Flat ends per EN13445-3 chapter 10

Calculations for determining the thickness of circular and non-circular unstayed flat ends under pressure and for providing adequate reinforcement for openings fitted in such ends.

Plates with or without edge moment can be designed.

Heat exchanger tubesheets per EN 13445-3 chapter 13

The EN 13 module package consists of 3 modules for U-tube tubesheet, fixed tubesheet and floating tubesheet heat exchangers according chapter 13 of EN 13445-3. It is similar to AD 2000 B5 and the UHX module package of ASME VIII.

• EN13a module deals with U-tubesheets
• EN13b module deals with fixed tubesheets
• EN13c module deals with floating tubesheets

Integration of several flange and gasket codes

5 flange modules for ANSI flanges (AFLT), EN 1092 (1092), DIN 26x (VFLA), DIN 28034 (VFLN), DIN 28036 (SFLA) and 2 gasket modules according DIN 269x + DIN EN 1514 (1514N incl. manufacturer data) 

The program determines the allowable material properties dependent on temperature, workpiece geometry, regulation standard and delivery standard. Own values can be added to a custom material table.

All values are displayed on screen and may be printed, copied into the clipboard, saved as a file (e.g. for further processing in Microsoft WORD) or transferred to any of our calculation modules e.g. AD 2000 / EN / ASME / TRD calculation program.

The material server is bilingual. You can switch from German to English and vice versa.

Vessel support stability package  -  similar to AD 2000 section S3.1 to S3.4

• brackets with / without reinforcing plate
• additional loads (e.g. wind, earthquake, etc.)

similar to AD 2000 S3.3

• cylindrical or conical skirts
• connection with supporting ring or welded
• determination of required section loads

Shells under global loads per EN 13445-3 chapter 16.14

e.g. global weight load, global moment due to wind load

The module determines the maximum permitted compressive longitudinal stress σ_c,all in a cylindrical shell (according chapter 16.14.7).
A given wall thickness provided, the maximum permissable individual loads (tensile force F_t,max , compressive force F_c,max and bending moment M_max) are determined according 16.14.4

Fatigue life package  -  similar to AD 2000 section S1 and S2

The requirements are based on conservative assumptions. More precise, less conservative results will usually be obtained by application of the EN 18 module. This applies also for other cyclic loads, e.g. due to changes in temperature during operation or to variation of external loads.

However it is permitted to take non-pressure cyclic loads into account under consideration of the rules and regulations of the standard.

Detailed fatigue assessment of pressure vessels and their components that are subjected to repeated fluctuations of stress. The fluctuations can be caused by pressure or temperature changes or by external loads.

Using this method requires knowledge of the structural stress.

Additional modules

Local loads on nozzles in spherical and cylindrical shells per EN 13445-3 chapter 16.4 and 16.5

e.g. nozzles under local loads with or without reinforcement

ALTERNATIVELY: Calculating nozzle loads by means of using the FE method.
(STUTZEN program)

The nozzles may be with or without reinforcement, vertical, oblique, offset or tangential.

Round steel flanges according to EN 1092-1
Calculation per DIN EN 13445-3 chapter 11

Modules of the package see price list