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• Hi all (flange calc), I'm a bit late here, but my advice would be to first do a Appendix 2 calculation in ASME Section VIII, Division 1 or other similar codes. Determine the gasket loads from this calculation. Use as input in your FEA model, includi…

  in Bolted Flange for Pressure Components Comment by Heinrich December 2014
• Victor, Thanks a lot, this will make life much easier! Heinrich

  in ASME Stress Linearization Comment by Heinrich November 2014
• 1) It will be for both shell and solid. The shell elements one generally uses only one node with the six tensors for the top and bottom surface, but one may want to go along the shell surface. This one is therefore not as important as you could do i…

  in ASME Stress Linearization Comment by Heinrich May 2014
• Have to agree, this is one fine package. Using FEA for the past 23 odd years (EMRC Nisa, ANSYS, MSC/NASTRAN), Mecway do not have all the "nice" feature, but it is more than cost effective. The compression only boundary condition is like a dream come…

  in Thank you for a great program! Comment by Heinrich May 2014