Flexcom > New Features!

Full details on all of the new features is contained in the Flexcom 8.6.1 Newsletter. Rather than following the written documentation, you may prefer to watch the Tutorial Video on YouTube.

Highlights include…

•User Experience: Flexcom 8.6 provides the best user experience of the entire Flexcom 8 release series, thanks to a highly responsive keyword editor. Refer to Keyword Editor for further information.

•3D Plotting: 3D Plotting is an advanced feature which provides enhanced visualisation of engineering data. For example, you can plot maximum effective tension as a function of both wave period and incident wave heading in a 3-dimensional space. Refer to Summary Collation Plot for further information.

•Model Building: A new feature has been added which allows you to model repeated line sections quickly and easily. Refer to Modelling Repeating Sub-Sections for further information.

•User Solver Variables: You can directly augment the global force vector to simulate an arbitrary time-varying load. It is even possible to directly modify the constitutive finite element matrices should you have very specialised modelling requirements. Refer to J04 - User Solver Variables for further information.

•Run-Time Performance: Flexcom 8.6 has shown to be approximately 5% faster on average than Flexcom 8.4 for time domain simulations.

•Pipe-in-Pipe Models: It’s now possible to alternate between fixed and sliding connections, affording you greater modelling options. Refer to Sample Applications for further information.

•Damper Element: Velocity-dependent damper elements allow you to simulate more advanced control systems. Refer to Damper Elements for further information.

•Additional Outputs: Additional outputs provide greater transparency regarding internal computations which are carried out at run time. Refer to *PRINT for further information.