COURSE CONTENTS

Introduction

• Introduction to Offshore Installations.
• Types of Offshore Structures Types of Risers and Mooring Lines.
• Introduction to OrcaFlex.
• OrcaFlex Algorithm
• DNV Codes.

Basic OrcaFlex Modelling

• Introduction to the OrcaFlex GUI Interface.
• Line Connected to a Vessel Modelling Procedure.
• Run Static Analysis. 
• Run Dynamic Analysis. 
• Check and Interpret Results.

Examples of Industrial OrcaFlex Applications

• Steel Catenary Riser Connected to a Spar. 
• Lazy Wave Riser Connected to an FPSO. 
• Offshore Pipe-Lay (Line Contact Stinger). 
• Subsea Pipe Installation (Pull-in analysis). Subsea Pipe Davit Lift. 

Advanced Modelling 

• Detailed Line Design and Analysis. 
• Illustrations for Shapes, 6D Buoy, 3D Buoy, Winch And Links. 
• Simulating Applied Loads. 

Riser/Mooring Line VIV Analysis and Fatigue Analysis

• Choosing Load Cases.
• Types of Fatigue Analysis.
• The S/N and T/N curves.
• Checking Data.
• Interpreting Results.
• Static and Dynamic VIV.
• The Wake Oscillator Models.
• The VIV properties.
• Checking and Interpreting Results.