Flexcom > New Features!

Highlights include…

•Metal Plasticity: Flexcom 8.10 sees the introduction of a metal plasticity model, capable of predicting plastic deformation and capturing residual strain, for the first time in Flexcom. Refer to Linear Elastic with Plastic Hardening material model for further information.

•User-Defined Element: This new feature allows you to directly change elemental properties while a simulation is in progress. See User Defined Element for further information.

•Unity Plug-In: The Unity Plug-In allows users to create more advanced visualisations than is possible within Flexcom itself. Refer to Unity Plug-In for further information.

•Hydrodynamic Data Importer: Flexcom 8.10 now provides a utility program 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.

•Summary Wave Scatter: This feature estimates simulation results for seastate combinations which you have not actually simulated using an extrapolation technique on simulated adjacent seastates. Refer to Summary Wave Scatter for further information.

•Web Hosted & Token Based Licensing: Flexcom now provides an option to use a web hosted licensing system.

•New Examples: Flexcom 8.10 includes some interesting new examples, including a steel pipe installation with plastic deformation, and a marine riser with an internal landing string deployment.

•User Experience/Miscellaneous: Apart from the above, Flexcom 8.10 also provides a range of more minor but highly practical additions which contribute to improved user experience. See here for further details.