Gennaro Pastorino Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Hi guys, could you tell me which are the most famous and useful FEM programs used to designing boiler and pressure vessels?? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hncampsite Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 3/19/2018 at 9:01 PM, Gennaro Pastorino said: Hi guys, could you tell me which are the most famous and useful FEM programs used to designing boiler and pressure vessels?? Thanks in advance https://www.pveng.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B Reid MIMechE Posted April 18, 2020 Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 One of the most popular - with huge amounts of evidence on its accuracy - is ANSYS....but there are many: COMSOL and NASTRAN at two others I've used int eh past...all three are excellent! Be warned through....FEA (or FEM as you term it - "Analysis" or "Modelling" depending on the acronym used...same thing though) is fraught with dangers! if the constraints are set incorrectly, you can get figures that look right and even seem right, but are completely wrong! NAFEMS - the regulatory body for Finite Element Modelling - recommends NEVER undertaking FEA until the hand calculations have been undertaken first...it is the only real way to ensure the results are within the expected range! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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