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AN INTRODUCTION TO ORCAFLEX
Training Course Syllabus
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SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION TO ORCAFLEX ................................................................................... 2 SESSION 2: LINES AND LINE PROPERTIES WIZARD..................................................................... 3 SESSION 3: LINKS, WINCHES AND SHAPES ..................................................................................... 4 SESSION 4: THE ENVIRONMENT......................................................................................................... 5 SESSION 5: WORKED EXAMPLE (8 POINT MOORING SYSTEM)AND Q&A............................. 6 SESSION 6: VESSELS AND BUOYS ....................................................................................................... 7 SESSION 7: STATICS, THE GENERAL DATA FORM AND DYNAMICS ....................................... 8 SESSION 8: HOW TO USE ORCAFLEX EFFICIENTLY.................................................................. 10 SESSION 9: OTHER USES OF ORCAFLEX........................................................................................ 10 SESSION 10: REVIEW, QUESTIONS AND WORKED EXAMPLE............................................. 10
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OrcaFlex Introductory Training Course
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The course assumes no prior experience with the software and is organised as a series of lectures and practical sessions each lasting typically 1 hours to 2 hours.
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Day 1
Introductions and welcome to course. Explain that course is intended to be hands on and encourage trainees to follow the trainers actions throughout. 1.1. Session 1: Introduction To OrcaFlex a) Establish backgrounds and areas of interest. b) Reasons for doing dynamic analysis. The difference between static and dynamic analysis. c) Show some OrcaFlex examples. A02 (LWR), A08 (Pliant S), B01 (HRT), B02 (Releasable Turret), D04 (TLP), E01 (TCMS), F02 (Chinese Lantern), K02 (Zip wire). d) Do OrcaFlex tutorial. Show how to find tutorial. (general description of first figure / menu, toolbar and shortcut keys) Setting up a simple model (catenary line + vessel) Statics (Tables, Range Graphs)) Dynamics (replay: control & view parameters) Dynamic results (Time Histories, Range Graphs, X-Y Graphs, Linked Statistics) Using live results and interrupting simulations Axis systems (global & local) Copy / paste & exporting to file (views, graphs & tables) e) Model browser, data forms, right click, default data and Help (F1). Tutor Group discussion Group discussion
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*** BREAK *** 1.2. Session 2: Lines and Line Properties Wizard a) Line theory (nodes and segments) b) Connections, end conditions and end angles c) Sections, segmentation, line properties (line type wizard & right click). d) Lazy wave using smeared buoyancy & setting line contents e) Lazy wave with discrete buoyancy using line attachments f) Torsion (where appropriate, run-time & data implications) g) Clashing: contact properties, enabling, hammer & anvil example, effect of contact stiffness, use of clash energy.
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Tutor Tutor + Group work Tutor Worked example (Tutor & Group work) Worked example (Tutor & Group work) Tutor Worked example (Tutor & Group work)
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1.3. Session 3: Links, Winches and Shapes a) Links: Connection data (to lines and other objects) Linear spring (no compression) Non-linear spring-damper (supports compression) Link connecting lines & Link results b) Winches: Connection data (to lines and other objects) Winch control (length or tension) Pull-in to a specific point & Winch results c) Shapes Elastic solids / trapped water - applications Options, connections, geometry, contact stiffness Line interacting with elastic solid (catenary over cylinder). Nodal interaction and locking
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1.4. Session 4: The Environment a) Sea properties Reynolds number (viscosity, temp & formulations) Density (constant & spatially varying) b) Seabed: Types of seabed (flat, profile, 3D), origins & directions Contact stiffness and damping 2D / 3D interpolation methods c) Current: Interpolated data: profile and ref speed & direction Use of variable data Power Law data Multiple current data sets Exclude from statics Vary horizontally d) Wind: Wind type options (constants, spectral & time history) Which objects affected e) Waves: Regular and random (different wave types) Wave height, period and direction Wave preview (for random waves) Multiple wave trains Wave example:
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Worked example (Tutor and Group)
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1.5. Session 5: Worked Example (8 point mooring system)and Q&A a) Vessel + 8 pt mooring example Line setup wizard Duplicate line All-objects data form (polar / cartesian coords) Lay azimuth (as laid direction) Grouping objects (create, duplicate, move & locate) Library facilities Save model for start of next session b) Questions & Answers: (covering todays topics) Group discussion Worked example (Tutor and Group)
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Day 2
Brief review of yesterdays work and introduction to Day 2. 2.1. Session 6: Vessels and Buoys a) Overview: Vessels and vessel types 3 frequency regimes (zero, wave, low) Imposed and calculated options. b) Vessels: Position, heading etc. Statics, primary & secondary motion Imposed motions (prescribed, harmonic, time history, displacement RAOs) Calculated motions (3DoF, 6DoF, included load effects) 8 pt mooring model example c) Vessel types: Structure and conventions Hydro & wind drag RAOs (disp. & load), hydrostatic stiffness, added mass and damping Wave drift (low freq. QTFs) Hydro data import RAOs: conventions and checks Drawing (wire frame / shaded / origin for draught) d) 3D Buoys: Draw parallel with data for clump attachments Tutor and Group Tutor and Group Worked example (Tutor and Group) Tutor Tutor Tutor
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Irrotational example e) 6D Buoys: Degrees of freedom included Type (Lumped / Spar / Towed Fish) Lumped properties (ie no geometric description entered) Distributed properties (ie, geometry described) Indeterminate case example (infinite rotational solutions) f) Wings, applied loads, buoys as attachments (torsion)
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2.2. Session 7: Statics, the General data Form and Dynamics a) Statics overview: (i) lines only and (ii) lines connected to other free objects. b) Statics of Lines only: Step 1 (Quick, Catenary, Prescribed, Spline, User Defined): Starting point for Step 2 Step 2 Full statics adds all relevant loads Tutor and Group Two options: Separate Buoy and Line and Whole System Statics. Degrees of freedom included (Buoy and Vessels) Use Calculated Positions Convergence parameters (Tolerance / Minimum Damping) Worked example: Two lines & 6D Buoy Starting velocity Worked Example (Tutor and Group) Tutor Tutor Tutor and Group
c) Statics of lines connected to other free objects:
d) The General Data Form Comment field Units
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Stages, ramping, log intervals, peak logging, extending simulation
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e) Selecting integration method - overview Iterative vs. non-iterative Conditional and un-conditional stability Accuracy & time step sensitivity studies
f) Implicit General applications Setting timesteps Constant and variable step options HF dissipation
g) Explicit Inner and outer timesteps OrcaFlex recommended values for timestep (shortest natural nodal period) *** BREAK ***
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2.3. Session 8: How To Use OrcaFlex Efficiently a) QA checks of models Mesh sensitivity Time history (steady dynamics) Movement at anchor (terminated model to soon) Compression (Euler buckling) File Compare
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b) Automation (OrcaFlex Spreadsheet) Script Table (batch scripts and auto-script generation) Instructions sheet . Duplicate Instructions Worked example *** LUNCH *** 2.4. Session 9: Other Uses of OrcaFlex a) Modal analysis (resonance problems) b) Fatigue analysis (and wave scatter conversion) c) External functions and the dll d) VIV analysis *** BREAK *** 2.5. Session 10: Review, Questions and Worked Example a) Review of What You Should Know.
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b) Worked examples, or trainees own project models, and general discussion time.
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