My question is about a tubesheet to shell joint of fig. UW-13.2 (b), (c) and (d). Is this type of joint a butt weld? Section IX defines butt weld and according to it, it's not a butt weld.
This is because degree of NDT of the joint and does it fall under the scope of UW-2(c) which reads "...all...
It would be helpfull if user was able to input weight of the vessel in support calculations. It's usually the case that vessel weight calculated by compress is different than actual vessel weight and I have to correct vessel weight in compress by adding equal mass that makes vessel weight...
Spherical heads are commonly used in high pressure heat exchangers as tube side chambers, but as far as I know I'm not able to calculate them by Compress. Is there any hope to get this feature to Compress soon?
