Flexcomis the leading nonlinear finite element against third party software and model tests. package for the analysis of a wide range of compliant and rigid offshore structures. It is used all over the world by oil companies, flexible pipe and equipment manufacturers, contractors and consultants, and has been widely validated.
Flexcom combines state-of-the-art analytical capabilities with an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface for optimum productivity. A wealth of practical modelling features means that almost any offshore system can be simulated. The program 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 modelling of slender offshore structures.
Key features include:
- Time and frequency domain analysis capabilities
- Wealth of practical modelling facilities including hinges, flex joints, guide surfaces, damper elements, winch elements, point masses, point buoys, bend stiffeners, and tapered stress joints
- Many productivity-enhancing options such as cable pre-static step for instantaneous static analysis of flexible risers and SCRs, and a highly efficient automatic time-stepping algorithm
- Range of non-linear material models, including non-linear bending with hysteresis
- Pipe-in-pipe configurations
- Soil-structure interaction
- Wake interference
- Line clashing
- Coupled analysis
- Robust seabed contact algorithm, for flat, sloping and arbitrary rigid and elastic seabeds, all with anisotropic Coulomb friction
- Range of seastate modelling options’: Regular Airy, Stokes V, Dean’s Stream, Pierson-Moskowitz, Jonswap, Ochi-Hubble, Torsethaugen, User-defined
Optional modules:
- Modes - Calculates natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes of offshore structures
- Clear - Clearance/interference postprocessor for calculating clearance between adjacent structures
- LifeTime - Time domain fatigue analysis and general cycle counting
- LifeFrequency - Frequency domain fatigue life prediction
- Histogram - Frequency domain general cycle counting tool
Flexcom Datasheet (PDF Format)
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