Designing pressure vessels now requires additional FEM calculations. Calculations for pressure vessels made in Inventor Nastran are accepted by the Office of Technical Inspection. Inventor Nastran has a special module for pressure vessel analyzes, in which we also have the option of modeling. In Inventor Nastran it is possible to carry out a thermal analysis.
We present you a solution proposed by our company:
Inventor Professional is a program in which you can design the entire tank with the necessary equipment. The inventor has a module for creating piping. At an early stage, all elements can be analyzed by the finite element method (FEM).
Using the Inventor Nastran software, you have the option of performing both linear and non-linear strength analysis, as well as thermal analysis, which is very necessary for this type of analysis.
The above simulation solutions will allow you to perform comprehensive analyzes that will allow you to detect problems at an early stage, which in turn leads to financial and time savings in the project.
The main advantages of this solution are:
An interesting complementary solution is the use of the Bentley AutoPIPE Vessel software, which allows you to perform a full range of strength calculations for tanks and heat exchangers.