Contract FEA Project Services
Structural, Thermal & Creep FEA for Pressure Equipment and Heavy Industrial Hardware
17+ years of Ansys analysis for oil & gas and industrial equipment, including ASME VIII Div 2 Part 5 design-by-analysis. Remote from Richmond, TX. Quote by email, approve with a PO.
- ✓Fixed-scope quotes
- ✓PO-friendly
- ✓Code-referenced reports
- ✓Remote, US-wide
- ✓Free 15-minute scope call
Services
FEA services for pressure equipment and industrial hardware
Each project is scoped to your geometry, loads and code basis, then delivered as a clear, code-referenced report.
Pressure vessel design-by-analysis
Elastic and elastic-plastic analysis against the Part 5 failure modes (plastic collapse, local failure, buckling, fatigue, ratcheting), with stress linearization and classification.
Thermal and thermo-mechanical
Steady-state and transient thermal analysis, with thermal stress combined with mechanical loads.
Creep and high-temperature
Time-dependent assessments for equipment in sustained high-temperature service.
Fitness-for-service support
FEA-based assessments of in-service or damaged equipment and rerates.
Offshore and lifting structures
Offshore cranes and structural steel: static, modal and nonlinear analysis.
Industrial structures and assemblies
Weldments, solar trackers and process equipment: static, modal, nonlinear contact and fatigue.
When do you need FEA?
When rules-based design isn't enough
Design-by-rule formulas cover standard geometry and loading. When your equipment falls outside them, finite element analysis shows how it actually behaves and documents it against the code.
- ✓Geometry or nozzle loads beyond ASME VIII Div 1 rules
- ✓Thermal gradients or thermal transients
- ✓Cyclic service that needs fatigue screening
- ✓Operating temperatures in the creep range
- ✓Non-standard configurations
- ✓Rerating, or damage found in existing equipment
Equipment Experience
Hardware analyzed
Types of equipment analyzed across oil & gas, industrial and offshore work.
Codes & Tools
Codes named, tools you already use
Analysis is set up and reported against the code your project is built to, with geometry accepted from the major CAD platforms.
Design codes & standards
Pressure vessels & piping
Fitness-for-service & high temperature
Oil & gas equipment
Structures, skids & lifting
Analysis & design tools
Process
From drawings to deliverables in four steps
A simple, purchasing-friendly workflow: fixed-scope quote by email, approval with a PO, then analysis and delivery.
Send your files
Drawings or 3D geometry, loads, materials and code basis.
Scope review & quote
We review the scope and email a fixed-scope quote.
Approve with a PO
Reply with a purchase order to lock in scope and schedule.
Analysis & delivery
The analysis is run and the report is delivered.
Deliverables
What you receive
- ✓PDF report with assumptions and load cases
- ✓Mesh sensitivity notes
- ✓Linearized stress results vs. code allowables
- ✓Contour plots
About
About Vishal Chawda
Mechanical engineer with 17+ years of Ansys structural, thermal and creep FEA for oil & gas and industrial equipment. Past employers include One CECO / Emtrol-Buell, FTC Solar, TRIYards, Halliburton and GE.
Analysis and reports prepared to support review and certification by your Certifying Engineer.
Past employers
- One CECO / Emtrol-Buell
- FTC Solar
- TRIYards
- Halliburton
- GE
Contact & Quote
Have a project that needs FEA?
Send what you have, even if it's incomplete. We'll review the scope and reply with questions or a fixed-scope quote. A free 15-minute scope call is available if it's easier to talk it through.
What to send
- ✓Drawings or 3D geometry
- ✓Design conditions
- ✓Materials
- ✓Code and edition
- ✓Nozzle loads
- ✓Deadline