Cantilever beam with force

Summary: A basic example showing forces on a single solid beam

Winch System

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Assemble a model with different component groups
• Specify properties of TRUSS and BEAM elements
• Establish winch as node decorator
• Add built-in shape to node
• Verify model input through static analysis
• Execute static analysis
• Execute multiple non-linear dynamic analyses
• Copy results from AquaView to Excel

Introduction

In this case study you will establish a system consisting of wire, beam, and winch. The wire is winching the beam from air through the water surface. You are going to assess the forces in the wire for two combinations of environmental loads (also referred to as load conditions). Before dynamic analysis is conducted, the weight of the system should be controlled through a static analysis.

Aquaculture cage and mooring

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Duplicate model components
• Model mooring components
• Mirror model components
• Model and specify properties of buoys
• Load bathymetric bottom (terrain)
• Snap nodes to terrain
• Apply the component library
• Execute static analysis
• Execute multiple non-linear dynamic analyses
• Have knowledge about system files
• Assess maximum forces in mooring components from analyses

Introduction

In this case study, you are to complete a model of an aquaculture facility and conduct a mooring analysis. You will first be introduced to the main components of the facility, then complete the model by adding mooring components and terrain. Through the snap function, the bottom chain is to be lowered to the bottom providing realistic representation of interaction between mooring components and the seabed.

Simplified aquaculture cage and mooring

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Apply additional modeling intents, as draw circle, extrude elements
• Establish routines for transferring experience and information from one analysis case to the next
• Understand, and evaluate strategies, for choosing degree of model details

Introduction

You are to model the same aquaculture facility as in CaseStudy03 in a simplified manner. Through static analysis selected key parameters, as mooring rope tension and buoyancy of the floating collar, should be checked. These parameters are to be compared to corresponding figures from the previous case study, in order to ensure these correspond.

Roller

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Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

Bottom contact: rope

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Model a bottom weight placed on the seabed attached to a mooring rope
• The fundamentals of Bottom parameters in the Export menu
• Basics of spring type (Offloaded, Buoy)
• Evaluate the displacement of bottom weight in AquaView

Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials

Spring displaced

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of the spring type Displaced
• Define appropriate input parameters for the Displaced spring
• Run static and dynamic analysis with Displaced spring

Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Component contact: Falling box

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Model a system with a falling object on a net
• Establish a Component contact-table between two components
• Evaluate the forces that arise due to contact in AquaView

Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

RAO and Drift coefficients

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Understand fundamentals of Response Amplitude Operators (RAO) in AquaSim
• Understand fundamentals of Drift coefficients in AquaSim
• Specify relevant parameters
• Run analysis with the utilization of RAO and Drift coefficients

Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Bottom contact: Feces

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Model an element that represents fish feces falling to the seabed
• Understand the possibility to import terrain and apply bottom contact
• Know parameters in bottom contact and dynamic friction

Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Wind

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be able to:

• Understand the opportunities that are for wind loads in AquaSim
• Specify wind load parameters
• Run analysis that includes loads from wind

Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Moving Bracket Floating Collar

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Learning objectives

Upon completion of this case study, you will be presented to:

• How a bracket in an aquacultural floating collar can be modelled in AquaSim
• How to account for motion of the bracket along floater pipes

Prerequesites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Roller Sliding Weight

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Learning objectives

The aim of this case study is to demonstrate:

• How to model a Roller that is vertically oriented
• Problem-solving of convergence difficulties
• Stepping factor and Decrease stepping

For basic understanding of Roller and parameters, reference is also made to the tutorial Roller found on our webpage.

Prerequisites

This tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Hexagonal Masks

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Learning objectives

In this case study you are presented to:

• The fundamentals of hexagonal shaped masks
• How to generate hexagonal masks in a model
• The input parameters
• Available result options in the post processing tool AquaView

Prerequesites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Eigenperiods

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Prerequesites

This tutorial presents some simple case studies with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials

Introduction

This tutorial presents the variety of possibilities to investigate resonant motions caused by eigen periods in AquaSim. You will be introduced to how these periods can be calculated explicitly, and how they can be investigated in broader sense. Eigen periods are also commonly referred to as natural periods, or eigen frequencies. In this tutorial, we apply the term ‘eigen period’.

Buckling

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Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Introduction

This tutorial presents how buckling can be investigated in AquaSim.

Lice Skirt

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Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Learning objectives

In this tutorial, you will be introduced to:

Nonlinear Membrane

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Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Introduction

This tutorial presents the possibility to introduce nonlinear relation between force and strain in membranes in AquaSim.

Wind turbines

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Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this tutorial, you will have knowledge in:

AquaHarmony

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Learning Objectives

In this tutorial you will be introduced to:

• The fundamentals of AquaHarmony
• Input parameters to current data filtering
• View results and diagrams

Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

PostProc

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Prerequisites

The tutorial presents a simple case study with the purpose of demonstrating functionality in AquaSim.

It is assumed that the user is familiar with the basic principles of modelling and specifying material parameters in AquaEdit, as well as conducting analyses. If you are looking for an introduction to AquaSim we advise you to start with the Basic program tutorials.

Learning objectives

In this case study, you will be introduced to the post processing tool PostProcReduce. The basic principles and how to use it. Upon completion you will be able to:

FAQs

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Downloads

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Videos

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Compnent Contact: Falling Box

Bottom Contact: Rope

Spring Displaced

Bottom Contact: Feces

RAO and Drift Coefficients

Wind

AquaHarmony

Moving Bracket Floating Collar