Efficient way of writing .comm file for Code_Aster

Efficient way of writing .comm file for Code_Aster

This is an older post.  To get the latest Efficient version go to https://engineering.moonish.biz/efficient/   Efficient is a powerful wizard to create a .comm file that can be used for Finite Element Analysis. To download the software Click here Features of...
Max allowable Flange Loads ASME VIII Div 2

Max allowable Flange Loads ASME VIII Div 2

Everyone that I know of uses Charts for preliminary estimation.  These charts can be for Pipe Thickness, Weight of Pipe, Allowable Loads and so on. Recently I did a project in which the flange design was carried out based on ASME Section VIII Division 2.  As Caesar II...
FEA of a Tank with a Hole

FEA of a Tank with a Hole

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was carried out on client’s request to check stresses and strains generated in a 30m Diameter 10m High Carbon Steel tank As the stresses and strains for a 3m cut was neglegible, a further study was conducted to evaluate stresses and...
FEA of Pressure Vessel Nozzle – Zeroth Pass

FEA of Pressure Vessel Nozzle – Zeroth Pass

This is the second round of FEA of Pressure Vessel Nozzle but should have been done before my previous post, so I have called it Zeroth Pass. When i posted my FEA results that I obtained, I was asked to first carry out simple shell FEA of Pressure with Brick element....