- Docente: Piero Morelli
- Credits: 3
- SSD: ING-IND/14
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Chemical and Process Engineering (cod. 8896)
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from Sep 20, 2023 to Dec 20, 2023
Learning outcomes
Design of unfired pressure vessels according to the european standard EN 13445. Design of welds, nozzels, flanges and skirts.
Course contents
Examples of typical pressure vessels and design specifications. General design principles according to EN 13445. Materials and design stress. Thickness design of shells (cylindrical, spherical, conical) and dished ends (emi-spherical, elliptical, toro-spherical). Openings design, structural verification of flanges. Heat exchangers structural design, design considerations on tube sheets. Principles and applications of stress analysis by means of FEM.
Readings/Bibliography
Reference text: "I recipienti in pressione", F. Cesari, D. Martini; Ed. Pitagora 2012
Course handouts available through https://virtuale.unibo.it
Teaching methods
Lectures and design examples.
Assessment methods
Oral examination. Discussion will start on a topic choosen and presented by the student and will continue on the other parts of the course program.
Teaching tools
The teaching material includes a copy of the standard EN 13445, examples of technical specifications and executive drawings of pressure vessels, and examples of structural analysis performed by formula or through numerical stress analysis.
Office hours
See the website of Piero Morelli
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.