• Email: training-uk@ansys.com
• Phone: 44 (0) 1403 270066

• Mechanical Offshore v14 is a 2 day training course designed to introduce the process required to carry out the analysis of offshore Jacket type structures.
• The course is based on ANSYS Mechanical v14.
• An introduction to basic analysis and geometry creation is given, that has been taken from the general Mechanical Introduction and Design Modeler notes.
• This is followed by Offshore Structure specific topics.
• Reference will be made to the necessary Mechanical APDL and ASAS commands and documentation as needed.

• The analysis process required for offshore structures is the same as any other analysis –
• Pre processing, Solution and Post processing.
• The particular requirements for offshore structures are:

• Modelling – The finite element model needs to be created using PIPE elements in Mechanical.
• Loading: Dedicated methods for Wave and Current loading are needed.
• Pile Analysis – may be needed to model foundations.
• Post Processing – Design checks for ultimate states and fatigue.

• Introduction
• Mechanical Introduction
• Mechanical Basics
• Workshop 1 – ANSYS Mechanical Basics
• General Pre processing
• Workshop 2 – Jacket Structure

Lunch

• Introduction into ANSYS DesignModeler
• Planes and sketches
• Workshop 3 – Sketching and Modeling
• Concept Modeling
• Workshop 4 – Jacket Model Creation

• PIPE288 and Ocean Loading
• Workshop 5 – Ocean Loading
• Pile Analysis
• Workshop 6 – Adding Piles to a Jacket Structure

Lunch

• Design Assessment and Beamcheck
• Workshop 7 – Beamcheck
• Fatigue Analysis
• Workshop 8 – Jacket Structure Fatigue Analysis
• Discussion / Review