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General Features |
- Calculations in English or Metric Units
- Save on materials by customizing your own supports instead of relying on “standard” design table specifications
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Saddles |
- Saddle Configurations
- With or without top flanges
- Top flange allowed with or with out wear plate
- Calculations
- Top flange checked as cantilever beam
- Top flange considered in aiding web for splitting stresses
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Base Plates & Wear Plates |
- Configurations
- Wear plate allowed with or with out the top flange
- Calculations
- Bending stresses in baseplate
- Baseplate considered in aiding web for splitting stresses
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Webs & Stiffeners |
- Configurations
- Centerline or offset web
- Outside stiffeners only or outside and intermediate stiffeners
- Calculations
- Saddle splitting membrane and bending stress on web
- Combined bending and compression stress in the ribs
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Stiffening Rings |
- Configurations
- Stiffening ring in plane of saddle
- Pair of stiffening rings parallel to plane of saddle
- Calculations
- Effective shell arc is increased do to added rigidity of stiffening rings
- Stiffening rings are checked for stresses resulting from the saddle reactions
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Concrete Foundations |
- Calculations
- Bearing stresses from baseplate
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Wind & Seismic |
- Codes Referenced
- ANSI/ASCE 7-88
- ASCE 7-93
- ASCE 7-95
- ASCE 7-98
- ASCE 7-02
- ASCE 7-05
- UBC 1991
- UBC 1994
- UBC 1997
- IBC 2000
- IBC 2003
- IBC 2006
- User defined data may be entered for specific regional statistics not included in the above Codes
- Calculations
- Seismic shear force is calculated utilizing the FNPV and the included or user specified seismic data
- Resultant forces and overturning moments are calculated between the elevations
under consideration
- Forces may be calculated and evaluated separately or in various combinations
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Loadings & Attachments |
- General
- Attachment weights are considered as increasing the vessel weight and thus the saddle reactions
- Liquid, insulation, packing, and increased wind loadings due to increased wind diameter can also be considered.
- Easy entry
- Test conditions
- Multiple conditions can be tested with a single setup
- You may even specify if your attachments, insulation, or packing will be present during the hydro test
- FEA
- Direct output provided for analysis via Nozzle/Pro from
Paulin Research Group (not included)
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Reports |
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A.P.V. has the most clear, concise, well thought out reports in the industry
- Calculations are shown in their original algebraic format
- Reports include the appropriate Code formulas with the proper design values inserted and results (great for inspectors, customers, & QC/QA personnel)
- Report sections can be re-ordered and added or removed from the report as needed (i.e. reviewing the nozzle report)
- Reports may be printed, viewed on screen, or save them as a PDF (for email, electronic storage, use on a secure intranet, etc.)
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