Flexcom is the leading nonlinear finite element package for the offshore oil and gas industry. Used extensively by major operators, contractors, construction companies, manufacturers, design houses and consultants, Flexcom is the pre-eminent industry-leading software for the design and analysis of risers and subsea structures for the world’s most demanding offshore projects. Flexcom is the preferred program for reputable organisations requiring the highest levels of quality and confidence in their subsea operations.

Flexcom combines state-of-the-art analytical capabilities with a next generation user interface for optimum productivity and performance. The program offers a wealth of practical modeling features and uses an industry-proven finite element formulation, incorporating a 3D hybrid beam-column element with fully coupled axial, bending and torque forces, for reliable and accurate modeling.

MCS Kenny has maintained a continuous update program of Flexcom for nearly three decades and this is bolstered by an unrivalled technical support service.

Latest Release: Flexcom 8

Released in September 2011, Flexcom 8 represents a major milestone in the continuing evolution of the software. Established around a brand new interface, the new version also incorporates some significant technical enhancements, and offers superior computational performance over the preceding version.

Highlights of Flexcom 8 include:

• Brand new UI (User Interface)
  • Very intuitive
  • Very QA friendly
  • Docking scheme
• Integrated engineering environment
  • Highly project-focused
  • Easy to create and manage directories
  • File icons denote analysis status
  • Automatic post-processing interface to Excel^TM
• Easy to build models
  • Automatic mesh creation facility
  • Live structure preview facility available during model building
  • Comprehensive context-sensitive on-line help
• Integrated keyword editor
  • Colour coding
  • Syntax checking/data validation
  • Input prompting/tooltips
  • Parameterisation facility, allowing model/load case variations to be generated automatically
• Improved run-time performance
  • Approximately 40% faster than the previous version
  • Powerful Batch/Branch Run features
• Sentinel SRM ‘software’ dongle support

Refer to the Flexcom 8 Release Notes for further details on these new features.

Sample Applications:

• All flexible riser configurations
• Top-tensioned drilling and production risers
• Steel catenary risers
• Completion/workover risers
• Pipe-in-pipe risers
• Hybrid rigid/flexible systems
• Multiple/bundled risers
• Umbilicals & jumper hoses
• Transfer lines & offloading systems
• Catenary mooring systems and integrated riser/mooring systems
• Tanker mooring and loading systems (CALM, SALM etc)
• Towed array systems and floating bodies
• TLP tethers (towing, upending and operating)
• Pipelines and pipelay operations
• CALM/TALM buoy coupled analyses