MDESIGN Seminar
Strength design
of pressure vessels
In our online seminar on the calculation and design of pressure vessels, you will learn practical strength calculations in accordance with the Pressure Equipment Directive PED 2014/68/EU and AD2000. This training course provides you with comprehensive knowledge to design pressure vessels safely and in accordance with standards.
These topics await you...
Contents & details
Calculations:
Basics of strength calculation
- Basic process engineering operations and equipment
- Elements of apparatus engineering
- Stresses on a hollow cylinder
- Basic strength condition
- Loads
- Material characteristics
- Types of failure
Safety:
The strength design in connection with the life cycle of apparatus
- The life cycle of process engineering equipment
- Key contents of the individual phases
- Influence of the life cycle on the design
Standards:
The European Pressure Equipment Directive & basis for the placing on the market and operation of apparatus
- Difference between norms/standards and directives/laws
- Placing on the market and operation of appliances
- Norms, guidelines and standards in apparatus engineering
- Scope of application
- definitions
- Safety requirements
- Selection of conformity assessment procedures
- Overview of the modules
Practice:
design of selected elements using the example of the AD2000 regulations
- Introduction and overview
- Calculation of cylinders and spherical shells
- Calculation of curved floors
- Cut-outs in devices
Your speaker
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Falk Beyer
- Studied mechanical engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg
- Doctorate in the field of process engineering at the TU Hamburg
- Over 15 years in large-scale chemical plant construction in the areas of engineering, R&D, construction and assembly supervision, commissioning, most recently as head of department for apparatus and process furnaces
- Since 2013 Professor of Process Engineering Apparatus and Plant Engineering in the department of Process Engineering at HAW-Hamburg
Target group
Engineers and specialists from the fields of development, design and calculation, teachers from educational institutions, experts from research institutions and testing companies.
Seminar dates
May 16 & 19, 2025: 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (German)
June 27 & 30, 2025: 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (German)
Seminar prices
Take advantage of our customer benefit of 10% as an MDESIGN service customer.
All prices plus VAT.
Seminar request for companies
For a larger number of participants in a company, we also offer our training courses on individual dates.
