If one side of the heat exchanger’s tube sheet is flanged while the other side isn’t, how is the thickness determined?
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Hello everyone, I recently encountered a heat exchanger. The upper tube sheet is of type (e), with the tube sheet also functioning as a flange ； The lower tube sheet is of type (b), with the tube sheet being directly welded to the shell side and the tube box shell. For this type of heat exchanger, are the thicknesses of the upper and lower tube sheets calculated separately, or is it based on the thicker one of the two?
Does it mean building two models to calculate separately? But it’s really the only option available; with the standards clearly defined, it just isn’t suitable
Continuing from before, I’m really curious why it wasn’t designed with the same type of tube sheets on both sides: lol
Such a model can be created using PVDESKTOP
When calculated separately, the stress patterns at the edge of the tube sheet are different; generally, those with flanges need to be thicker
Hello, how do I calculate the tube sheet using SW6?