Designing according to the EN13445 code

About the course

Cultivate expertise in the EN13445 design code, the essential standard for unfired pressure vessel design compliant with the Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU). In an era where automated software often obscures the calculation process, this course restores clarity by elucidating the foundational equations and principles that underpin these design rules.
Explore critical questions such as the area replacement rule, the application of the Taylor and Forge method, and the inner-stiffener distance required to prevent vacuum-induced collapse. Gain insights into distinguishing between primary and secondary stresses and their evaluation within the code.
This course extends beyond rote application, challenging participants to understand the rationale behind each rule’s formulation. Moreover, it highlights key distinctions compared to the ASME BPVC Section VIII Division 1 code.

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Self-paced / E-Hybrid / Classroom

Foundational

9 modules

7.5 hrs

English

1-yr access

Selected Course Format

Self-paced

700 / user
  • Self-learning modules
  • Immediate module access
  • Online discussion forum
  • 1-year access
  • Live sessions with instructor
  • For individual learning

E-Hybrid

900 / user
  • Drip scheduled self-learning modules
  • Online discussion forum
  • 1-year access
  • Live sessions with instructor
  • For teams of minimum 4 people

Classroom

Price on request
  • Face-to-face with instructors
  • On-site or in Rijswijk
  • Printed course materials
  • Lunch included
  • 1-year access to self-paced course
  • For teams of minimum 4 people

Course Objective

To provide static equipment engineers with a solid understanding of the design basis of the EN13445 design code.” 

Course Contents

  1. Welcome to the course

  2. Your instructors

  3. Live session schedule

  4. How to use this course & join the live sessions

  5. Personal Certificate requirements

  1. Introduction

  2. Scope

  3. Materials

  4. Brittle failure & creep

  5. Module 1, Exercise 1

  6. Welds and discontinuities

  7. Fatigue analysis

  8. Wall thickness & corrosion

  9. Hydrostatic test pressure

A sample of the first module is available for free, so you can learn more about the teaching style and understand if the course fits your needs.

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  1. Intro: Stress definitions

  2. Stress/Strain relationships

  3. Stress/Strain relationships

  4. Load cases

  5. Maximum design stress

  6. Module 2, Exercise 1

  1. Intro: Shell design

  2. Cylindrical shells

  3. Spherical shells

  4. Formed ends

  5. Cones and conical sections

  6. Cone to cylinder transition

  7. Module 3, Exercise 1

  1. Intro: Shell design

  2. Cylindrical shells

  3. Cylinder with Stiffeners

  4. Module 4, Exercise 1

  5. Cones

  6. Shell ends

  1. Intro: Vessel openings

  2. Pressure area method

  3. Analysis of a set-on nozzle 

  4. Adjacent openings

  5. Special cases 

  6. Module 5, Exercise 1

  1. Intro: Flat ends & flanges

  2. Clause 10: Flat Ends

  3. Flange types

  4. Taylor-Forge flange check

  5. Pressure rating method 

  6. Flange analysis 

  7. Module 6, Exercise 1

  1. Intro design-by-analysis

  2. What is design-by-analysis?

  3. The equivalent stress

  4. Module 7, Exercise 1

  5. Stress Decomposition

  6. Stress assessment

  7. Stress decomposition 

  8. Instability & Buckling

  9. Module 7, Exercise 2

  1. Intro: Fatigue assessment

  2. Simplified fatigue check

  3. Detailed fatigue assesment

  4. Fatigue safety factor 

  5. Comparing fatigue checks

  6. Module 8, Exercise 1

  1. Intro: Heat exchangers

  2. Types of heat exchagers

  3. Tubesheet thickness

  4. Module 9, Exercise 1

  5. Alternative methodes 

  6. Bellows & expansion joints

  7. Rectangular vessels

  8. Applied forces & moments

  9. Lifting lugs

  10. Saddle supports

  11. Supports

  1. Congratulations

  2. Course evaluation survey

  3. Your Personal Certificate

  4. Rate this course

  5. Related resources

  6. Follow up

FAQ

  • Video lectures

  • Video demonstrations

  • PDF exercises

  • Exercise answers by demonstrations (video)

  • Multiple choice questions that help understand technical concepts

The majority of training material are videos. These are not available for download, but can be accessed directly with your account on the portal. Apart from quizzes the exercise files can be downloaded. These can include .pdf files with the exercise questions, software models or other file types. You receive 1-year unlimited access to the course. This allows you to watch content again if this is beneficial for your work projects.

We encourage participants to submit feedback and questions. These form the basis for new, future videos that will be added to the online course, but they will not be answered to the student directly.

Participants receive 1-year unlimited access to the course including new videos that are added during this year. Participants receive an email notification upon addition of new course videos.

No software is used for this course or will be distributed.

Yes, this course qualifies for PDH hours as per the NCEES CPC Guidelines.

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