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This example simulates an installation scenario in which a lay vessel gradually lowers a pipeline onto the seabed. The analysis is performed in four stages. The static configuration of the system is established in the initial static analysis. Two subsequent restart analyses are then performed in order to readjust some element lengths. The pipeline installation is then simulated in a subsequent dynamic analysis. The initial system configuration is shown in the first figure below, while the final configuration is presented in the second figure below.
This example illustrates a number of important features in Flexcom, specifically:
•Winch elements
•- Arbitrary seabed modelling
Initial System Configuration
Final System Configuration