Technical

Technical issues or questions that frequently arise with using MecaStack

Ice Loads on Stacks
Unfortunately, there isn't an automatic way to handle ice within MecaStack; however, it is something on our wish list.  There are a couple of ways you c...
Tue, 8 Apr, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Evaluating existing stacks for Vortex Shedding
Evaluating Vortex Shedding on Existing Stacks: Why "No Failure" Isn’t Proof of Safety Engineers evaluating an existing stack that has be...
Fri, 2 May, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Structural Flange Changes v5759
In v5759 we revised the structural flange analysis methodology.  While the previous analysis methodology had been used for many years, the technical basis w...
Thu, 22 May, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Section Properties with Nozzle Openings
This is the way section properties of a cylinder are evaluated when there is a round breach opening in the stack.  We break up the stack into beam elements,...
Tue, 7 Oct, 2025 at 9:37 AM