Below is a list of links to OrcaFlex example topics. Within each topic are a number of examples which each comprise one or more simulation files, a description pdf file, workspace files and sometimes other supporting files. The files for each example are zipped for easy download. The simulation files can be opened and viewed with the demonstration version of OrcaFlex.
This example shows how to model a turret moored FPSO, using a constraint to model the rotation between the turret and the vessel.
An OrcaFlex default vessel is moored using three legs and a short chafe chain from the connecting node. This system is often used as a temporary mooring. In OrcaFlex we aim to inspect the load on the moorings and also quantify the mooring offset for this vessel in this sea state. The simulation uses irregular waves acting for a duration of 1 hour.
In this example, a CALM buoy is moored by six equally spaced mooring lines. A shuttle tanker is moored to the buoy by a hawser, with fluid transfer through a floating hose. These models are coupled analysis examples.
This document also describes the ‘spar buoy short wave issue’ and presents two options for avoiding problems when modelling scenarios where the wavelength is in the order of three times the buoy’s diameter (or less).
Included are two models - the first demonstrates how the CALM buoy can be modelled as a single stack of cylinders, while the second demonstrates the use of multiple stacks of cylinders, to allow both radial and axial discretisation of the buoy’s properties.
The example shows a metocean buoy moored in deep water. It is held in place by a long mooring line anchored at the seabed. A regular wave train has been applied.
Two fish farm cages are modelled. They are connected to each other via moorings to give a 2 cell structure.
In this example, a method of modelling a quayside fender is presented. The method uses a constraint object to model the non-linear deflection and damping properties of a cell type fender. A similar approach could be used to model other types of fender e.g. pneumatic fenders.
This example provides a Python script and demonstrates how it can be used to perform a Multiple Statics mooring calculation.
The Multiple Statics calculation performs a series of static analyses for a grid of different positions of a vessel, and is mainly used in mooring analyses. The output would typically be tables and graphs of load-offset curves.
