Flexcom > New Features!

In response to the growing interest in wave energy, Flexcom 8.9 sees the launch of a dedicated module, Flexcom Wave. Full details on all of the new features is contained in the Flexcom 8.9.1 Newsletter.

Floating Dual-Body Point Absorber

Highlights include…

•New Module: A dedicated Flexcom Wave module is provided with Flexcom 8.9. Software inputs are defined in engineering terms and logically grouped into familiar components, such as floating body, mooring and power take-off etc. Refer to Flexcom Wave for further information.

•Sample Devices: Flexcom Wave is accompanied by two sample devices: a Floating Dual-Body Point Absorber and a Submerged Tether-Moored Point Absorber. If you have a specific device concept which is not currently accommodated by Flexcom Wave, you can always Migrate to Flexcom itself.

•Design Environment: Flexcom Wave is complemented by ExceedenceFinance, a financial appraisal product which examines commercial feasibility, to form a fully-integrated design environment.

➢ExceedenceFinance contains databases of metocean data for various geographical locations around the world, and you can quickly download wave resource information for your chosen location, and automatically Import from Exceedence into Flexcom Wave.

➢You can also Export to Exceedence, sending the power matrix computed by Flexcom's detailed engineering model back into ExceedenceFinance, and perform financial appraisals based on realistic power data for a given wave energy converter and ambient environment.

•Simulation Results: Flexcom Wave provides you with various options for examining key parameters typically associated with wave energy converters, such as annual energy production, electrical power matrix, floating body motions and mooring fairlead tensions.

•Hydrodynamic Data Importer: This is a very helpful utility program which allows you to automatically import characteristic data relating to a floating body from a range of well-known hydrodynamic simulation packages, including WAMIT, ANSYS Aqwa and NEMOH. Refer to Hydrodynamic Data Importer for further information.