Alan,

If you go to the Load Case tab in the Heat Exchanger Tubesheet Input dialog in PVElite there is a section where you can enter user defined values for the thermal expansion. So you could add your specific material to the material database to be sure of the correct mechanical properties and then user define the expansion properties (and also E values).

The differential expansion can be the major load contributor so being 'nervous' is probably the healthy option!
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Stan McKay