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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.

Program Details

Welcome Notes
  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

Module 1: Introduction to EN13445 (Free Course Preview) | 1hr
  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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Module 2: Stress Definitions and Allowable Values | 37min
  1. Intro: Stress definitions

  2. Stress/Strain relationships

  3. Stress/Strain relationships

  4. Load cases

  5. Maximum design stress

  6. Module 2, Exercise 1

Module 3: Shells under Internal Pressure | 58min
  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

 

Module 4: Shells under External Pressure | 36min
  1. Intro: Shell design

  2. Cylindrical shells

  3. Cylinder with Stiffeners

  4. Module 4, Exercise 1

  5. Cones

  6. Shell ends

Module 5: Vessel Openings & Nozzles | 40min
  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

Module 6: Designing Flat Ends and Flanges | 1hr 4min
  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

Module 7: Design by analysis | 1hr 7min
  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

Module 8: Fatigue assessment methods | 1hr
  1. Intro: Fatigue assessment

  2. Simplified fatigue check

  3. Detailed fatigue assessment

  4. Fatigue safety factor 

  5. Comparing fatigue checks

  6. Module 8, Exercise 1

Module 9: Heat exchangers & miscelaneous | 49min
  1. Intro: Heat exchangers

  2. Types of heat exchangers

  3. Tubesheet thickness

  4. Module 9, Exercise 1

  5. Alternative methods 

  6. Bellows & expansion joints

  7. Rectangular vessels

  8. Applied forces & moments

  9. Lifting lugs

  10. Saddle supports

  11. Supports

Final Notes
  1. Congratulations

  2. Course evaluation survey

  3. Your Personal Certificate

  4. Rate this course

  5. Related resources

  6. Follow up

Self-Paced

This course is self-paced and is not subject to specific dates. The course contains 9 modules with a total of 7 hours of content which can be performed at your own pace. A personal certificate will be provided to you if you finish the course within the first month after purchase. This incentive aims to motivate you to perform the course in a timely manner, thereby improving your learning curve.

E-Hybrid

This course is scheduled regularly with a drip feed of modules becoming available to the participants throughout the program. The drip schedule aims to provide consistency to your learning experience and is designed to maintain participant concentration and provide adequate time to perform exercises between live instructor sessions where the instructor may answer any questions about the topic.

The dates of the course are organized upon inquiry.

Classroom 

This course is scheduled over a duration of 2 work days. The dates of the course are organized upon inquiry.

This course is available in self-paced, hybrid, and classroom formats.

Prerequisites and level

  • None
  • Level: Foundational

Intended For

This course is designed for:

  • Those required to design pressure vessels as per the EN13445 and that want a solid overview and understanding of the design methods used in the code.
  • Engineers that already have experience with the EN13445 and that want to improve their understanding of the backgrounds for the different rules and methods applied in the code.
  • Technicians involved in the production of EN13445 unfired pressure vessels that want a solid understanding of the design basis of their vessels.

Access to the course
After your purchase is confirmed you receive an account to the EngineeringTrainer online learning portal, where you find the course in your dashboard. After opening the course you will be guided step-by-step through the different modules. You receive 1-year unlimited access to the course. This allows you to perform modules again if this is beneficial for your work projects.

Learn by doing
The course is mainly based on video content: video lectures and video software demonstrations. English subtitles is available and videos can be viewed as many times as desired. The video lectures help you to grasp the important technical concepts and in the video demonstrations the instructor uses the software and discusses all the steps and actions. You are recommended to follow the steps of the instructor in the software to optimize your learning curve.

Exercises are available in the form of multiple choice quizzes to help you grasp technical concepts and in the form of .pdf-files with instructions to build and analyze different models and answer related questions. Video demonstrations of the exercises are available.

Participants of the self-paced and E-hybrid courses receive a personal digital certificate if they meet the following requirements:

  • Completion of each course module
  • Filling in the course evaluation survey

Participants of the classroom course receive a personal physical certificate upon the completion of the course.

Example certificate:

After this course, participants are expected to:

  • Understand the structure & scope of the code,
  • understand the failure mechanisms considered in the code.
  • Are able to use the design rules for many components, amongst others cylindrical shells under internal & external pressure, openings and nozzles, flat ends and flange connections, heat exchanger tube sheets, rectangular shells and saddles and skirts.
  • Understand the role of Design by analysis (Finite Element Analysis) for EN13445 design.
  • Can identify the limitations of the design rules.
  • Know the important differences with the ASME BPVC VIII-1.
  • 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.

Select 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

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