Transport a Vertical Vessel in the Horizontal position

Intergraph CAS

Ray Delaforce

It is often required that a vertical pressure vessel be transported in the horizontal position. In PV

Elite we need to get the vessel into the horizontal position, and perhaps add saddle supports for

the purpose of transporting the vessel.

Vertical

‘Flipped’ into the horizontal position

This is a very easy operation, accomplished with few clicks of the mouse button.

Flipping from Vertical to Horizontal

On the PV Elite menu Click on the Tools Icon:

From the drop down menu, Click on Flip Model Orientation… When you get this dialogue

screen:

Simply click the Flip the Model Now button, and your model now lies down in the horizontal

position.

Important:

Remember to save this changed file under a different file name by clicking save as, and giving it

a new name. This preserves the original file for the model in the vertical position.

Now you can add saddles. As this vessel is being transported, it is empty. So remember to turn

off the Hydrotest Type in the Design Constraints to ‘No Hydro’:

Transportation Loads

During transportation, the vessel will experience forces from road or sea travel. One way of

loading the vessel (once you have positioned the saddles) is to click the Seismic Data tab like

this:

You should now get a transportation report for the saddles.