Certified List of Amendments PD5500

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Last updated: Mar 23, 2020
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Finglow Pressure Vessel Software for PD5500

Version: March 2020

All modules incorporate the requirements of PD 5500:2018 upto and including Amendment 2, September 2019. In addition to minor enhancements the following modifications have been made:

  • Shells - Internal Pressure : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • Shells - External Pressure : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • Nozzles & Openings : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • Saddle & Ring Supports : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • Local Loads on Cylinders : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • Local Loads on Formed Heads : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • Bolted Flanged Connections : Version 18.02.00

For the BS EN 1591 method the value of Mt,B used in the calculation of ΦB has been corrected.

For the BS EN 1591 method the gasket factors supplied when table limits are exceeded has been corrected

  • Bolted or Welded Flat Heads: Version 18.02.00

None.

  • Fixed Tubesheets : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • Floating Tubesheets : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • U-TubeTubesheets : Version 18.02.00

None.

  • External Loads on Vertical Vessels: Version 18.02.00

None.

  • External Loads on Horizontal Vessels: Version 18.02.00

The base plate analysis has been updated in accordance with the Design of Welded Structures by Omer W Blodgett.

  • Cyclic Loading: Version 18.02.00

None.