Description Pressure vessel design by analysis requires detailed structural analysis of components to establish safe design and operating loads with respect to a number of potential failure modes. This project will investigate design of a benchmark nozzle configuration against failure by static and incremental plastic collapse under combined pressure and thermal loading. The project will focus on application of design procedures based on inelastic Finite Element Analysis (FEA) specified in the ASME Boiler and Presure Vessel Code Sections III and VIII. ASME Codes are used in the design of pressure retaining structures for the global nuclear and conventional power industries. Procedures from these Codes are also widely used in design and Fitness for Service assesment of components in other industries, such as  Oil and Gas. The project is suitable for a student intersted in pressure vessel design, structural integrity assessment and advanced FEA. Key Objectives The key objectives of the project are to: Research/review the context, background and basis of Code procedures for design against static and incremental plastic collapse. Create 2D and 3D FE models of nozzle configurations in ANSYS Workbench. Determine design and operating load limits in accordance with the various inelastic-design procedures specified in the Codes.