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Nous avons très régulièrement des demandes client pour calculer des appareils suivant différents codes, avec des tubulures carrées et/ou rectangulaires. Est'il possible d'intégrer ce genre de tubulures dans autopipe vessel? We regularly receive cu...

Lors de calcul de double enveloppe, nous avons constaté qu'AUTOPIPE VESSEL n'intégre pas la partie C12 du CODAP. C'est un manque important dès qu'il y a double enveloppe. Nous supposons également que si ce manque est existant au niveau du CODAP il...

When API650 is not suitable for a vertical tank, calculation should be done with API620

Just as you can include flanges (EN-DIN-ASME) in the connections, include CLAMP connections (ASME BPE - DIN32676) that are very common in the pharmaceutical industry.

Please can we update the API 650 calculations as well as the user interface. Africa is booming in storage of petroleum. This means we need API 650 more and more here. AutoPIPE can have the edge here compared to other softwares. We can use it as a ...

Factors multiplying the wind and seismic loads need to be adjustable by user. Example below in red box shows Load combinations for wind load. Currently this combination is hardcoded in the program.

In the case of horizontal vessels, it must be possible to lock both sadles in order to carry out a correct calculation under transport conditions (taking into account longitudinal acceleration on both sadles).

It should be possible to impose a weld bead dimension in the "brackets and lifting accessories" masks. This value is set at 0.7 x the minimum thickness of the shell or wear plate. In the case of large thicknesses, this results in an unfeasible wel...

The allowable pressure of flanges as per EN1092-1 can be defined by formulas or by table. In the past AutoPipeVessel was giving the table allowable pressure. In the new version, it's the calculation with the allowable stress of the material. It wo...

API 620 design for storage tanks