I am designing at horizontal tank per ASME Code, but I also need to meet PED requirements for a CE Stamp. The hydrotest needs to be 1.43 times, not 1.3 as it is now. How can i change that value, or is there something else i need to do.

Riot,

In PV Elite there is an input field for user specified hydrotest pressure. If a non-zero value is entered in, the program will use that value when computing the stresses on the elements during the hydrotest.

i am using the CodeCalc program

Hi Riot,

You need to check that during the hydrotest using a value of 1.43 times the pressure, the stresses generated on the vessel are below an appropriate allowable stress for this design using the rules that you are following.