ORCAFLEX TUTORIAL MANUAL
ORCAFLEX TUTORIAL FULL
ORCAFLEX TUTORIAL WINDOWS

Overview Structural Model Details Calculation Stages Calculation Stage 1 Tension Forces Calculation Stage 2 Bend Moments Calculation Stage 3 Shear Forces Calculation Stage 4 Torsion Moments Calculation Stage 5 Total Load Line End Orientation Line Local Orientation Treatment of Compression Contents Flow Effects Line Pressure Effects Pipe Stress Calculation Pipe Stress Matrix Hydrodynamic and Aerodynamic Loads Drag Chains Line End Conditions Interaction with the Sea Surface Interaction with Seabed and Shapes ClashingДҐ.13 6D Buoy Theory 5.13.1 5.13.2 5.13.3 5.13.4 5.13.5 Line Statics Buoy and Vessel Statics Vessel Multiple StaticsДЇriction Theory Spectral Response Analysis Extreme Statistics Theory Environment Theory 5.10.1 5.10.2 5.10.3 5.10.4 5.10.5 5.10.6Д«uoyancy Variation with Depth Current Theory Seabed Theory Seabed Non-ВвЂђLinear Soil Model Theory Morison's Equation WavesДҐ.11 Vessel Theory 5.11.1 5.11.2 5.11.3 5.11.4 5.11.5 5.11.6 5.11.7 Introduction OrcaFlex Spreadsheet Instruction Format Pre-ВвЂђdefined commands Basic commands Time History and related commands Range Graph commands Data commands Instructions Wizard Duplicate InstructionsД¬oordinate Systems Direction Conventions Object Connections Interpolation Methods Static Analysis 5.5.1 5.5.2 5.5.3 Introduction Script Files Script Syntax Script Commands Examples of setting data Handling Script Errors Obtaining Variable Names Automating Script Generation Automating Text Data File Generation

ORCAFLEX TUTORIAL FULL

Producing Results Selecting Variables Summary and Full Results Statistics Linked Statistics Offset Tables Line Clashing Report Time History and XY Graphs Range Graphs Offset Graphs Spectral Response GraphsД®xtreme Statistics Results Presenting OrcaFlex Results View Parameters View Control Navigating in 3D Views Shaded Graphics How Objects are Drawn Selecting Objects Creating and Destroying Objects Dragging Objects Connecting Objects Printing, Copying and Exporting Views Model Browser Views Move Selected Objects Wizard

ORCAFLEX TUTORIAL WINDOWS

Program Windows The Model Model States Toolbar Status Bar Mouse and Keyboard ActionsДata Files Text Data Files Simulation Files Getting Started Building a Simple System Adding a Line Adjusting the View Static Analysis Dynamic Analysis Multiple Views Looking at Results Getting Output Input Data Installing OrcaFlex Running OrcaFlex Parallel Processing Distributed OrcaFlex Orcina Licence Monitor Demonstration Version OrcaFlex Examples Validation and QA Orcina References and LinksДў TUTORIAL 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 Daltongate Ulverston Cumbria LA12 7AJ UK Telephone: Fax: E-ВвЂђmail: Web Site:

ORCAFLEX TUTORIAL MANUAL

As usual in Windows software, nearly all actions can be done in several ways: here, to avoid confusion, we will usually only refer to one way of doing the action we want, generally using the mouse.OrcaFlex Manual Version 9.4a Orcina Ltd. At the top of the screen are menus, a toolbar and a status bar arranged in the manner common to most Windows software. On starting up OrcaFlex, you are presented with a 3D view showing just a blue line representing the sea surface and a brown line representing the seabed. On completion of the tutorial we suggest that you also look through the pre-run examples. We recommend that you work through them in order вЂ“ you can do this using the up and down navigation buttons at the top of the help window. The tutorial contains several topics вЂ“ the sequence of topics is listed below. This short tutorial gives you a very quick run through the model building and results presentation features of OrcaFlex.

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