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DEEPSEA utilizes a variety of commercial software packages as well as numerous in-house tools. The majority of projects usually require a combination of both industry standard packages and in-house tools.
The in-house tools are mainly auditable code-based spreadsheets and Mathcad sheets, however some are code-based tools that are either embedded in Excel or run independently.
Industry Packages used by DEEPSEA -
(Note: preferences are shown below. On occasion DEEPSEA will utilize customer specified packages such as those shown in parentheses).
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Activities
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Software Tool
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| Global dynamic analysis, installation activities (initiation, A&R, pull-in etc.), general construction procedure analysis |
Orcaflex |
| General FE Package, coupled modeling (structure-soils, structure-fluid) structural analysis, parametric design, reeling, thermal buckling analysis |
ABAQUS
(SACS) |
Computational fluid dynamics
- coupled structural – fluid models
- flow compositional modeling |
CFX
(Fluent)
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| VIV Analysis |
Shear 7 |
| Transient / steady state FA Analysis |
Olga / Pipesim |
| Pipelay analysis |
Orcaflex, Orcalay
(Pipelay, Offpipe) |
| On-bottom stability |
AGA L 1-3 |
| 2D/3D drafting and drawings |
AutoCAD 2000/2004 |
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