Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Services to Ensure Equipment Integrity, Safety & Reliability
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a powerful computational method used to predict how products react to real-world forces, vibration, heat, and other physical effects. O’Donnell Consulting offers expert FEA analysis services to ensure equipment structural integrity, safety and reliability.
(Stress, thermal, vibration and fatigue) Finite Element Analysis is performed on equipment including vessels, heat exchangers, skids and other power / process / manufacturing components. We perform both design/ analysis of new equipment and analysis of operating equipment to codes including AWS, API, and ASME. The benefits of FEA Analysis includes:
- Creating a Stronger, Safer Product – FEA determines where weaknesses are, and is used to create a stronger design. The use of FEA enhances equipment performance.
- Reducing Unneeded Material – low stress areas add needless weight & cost to the part.
- Determining the Strength of a Part – FEA Analysis predicts under what conditions an object will fail and whether it will meet code.
Mechanical Engineering
We Perform FEA Analysis on a Wide Range of Components, including Formula One Brake Rotors, Furnaces, Conveyors, Vessels, and Welded/Non-Welded Assemblies Operating in Ambient & Extreme Environments. Should Equipment Have Limited Life, we Improve Designs and/or Repair Procedures.
Recent Projects
Types of Finite Element Analysis
- Seismic, Vibration & Fatigue
- Heat Transfer
- Linear/ Nonlinear FEA Analysis
- Fracture Analysis
- Component Life Assessment
- Thermal Cycling & Fatigue
- Thermal / Transient
- Buckling Analysis
- Creep & Creep Fatigue
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- Design Optimization
- Fabrication Process Evaluation
- Vibration, Shock & Impact
- Crack Propagation
- Elevated Temperature
- Water Hammer
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Fluid Flow Analyses
- Lifting Lug Analysis
Examples Include:
- Autoclaves
- Bellows
- Structures
- Supports
- Lifting Devices
- Fasteners
- Petrochemical
- Transportation
- Aerospace
- Energy
- Military
Partial List of ASME Codes We Reference
B&PV Section VIII Div. 1 (Design & Fabrication of Pressure Vessels)
B&PV Section VIII Div. 2, Part 5 (Design by Analysis)
B&PV Section VIII Div. 3 (Alternative Rules for Construction of High-Pressure Vessels)
B&PV Section IX (Welding and Brazing Qualifications)
B&PV Section XI (Rules for Inspection of Nuclear Power Plants)
B31.1 (Engineering & Operation of Power Piping)
B31.3 (Process Piping)
B31.4 (Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids & Slurries)
BTH-1 & B30.20 (Below the Hook Lifting Devices)
API 579 / ASME 579-1 Fitness For Service
Give us a Call to Discuss Your Engineering Challenges.
Finite Element Analysis Related Links
>> Tom O’Donnell, PE
>> Description of Finite Element Analysis
>> History of Finite Element Analysis
>> Vibration & Fatigue Analysis
>> Background of the ASME Code
>> Portfolio of FEA Projects
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If you are interested learning more in Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Construction, as well as Failure Analysis, then this book is a must have!
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