Flexcom simulation of a retrieval analysis which shows a subsea XMAS tree being raised up to the vessel (and bumping against the moonpool walls!). Thank you to Christian Øverland at Aker Solutions for sharing his structural animation. https://lnkd.in/eYR4QVQX
About us
Flexcom is an advanced marine engineering simulation software developed by Wood. With over 30 years of industry experience, Flexcom has underpinned the engineering design on some of the world’s most demanding offshore projects. Flexcom is highly versatile, capable of simulating risers, mooring lines, umbilicals, offloading lines, pipelines and flowlines. It may also be used to design renewable energy devices such as wave energy converters and floating offshore wind turbines.
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External link for Flexcom
- Industry
- Oil and Gas
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Parkmore, Galway
- Founded
- 1983
- Specialties
- Risers, Mooring Lines, Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Cables, Pipelines, Finite Element Analysis, and Offshore Installations & Pipelaying
Updates
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Aldert Otter, PhD and his co-authors present a comprehensive review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines. Flexcom is noted amongst the popular mid-fidelity numerical modelling tools, while our numerical modelling of the Eolink concept is also mentioned. The paper is open-access and well worth a read for anyone involved in FOWT design or analysis. https://lnkd.in/e5Cvhuz8
Looks like this Aldert Otter, PhD led paper on review of modelling techniques for #floating #offshorewind with Jimmy Murphy, Amy Robertson and Cian Desmond PhD was one of the #mostdownloaded and #mostcited paper in the last years in the prestigious #windenergy journal. Check it out #openaccess: https://lnkd.in/dtib5rk9 Science Foundation Ireland Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) UCD Mechanical and Materials Engineering MaREI NexSys
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Sean Leen paid a fitting tribute to Prof. Sean McNamara RIP as part of his presentation at OMAE 2024. The founding father of Flexcom, Sean established Marine Computation Services (MCS) in 1983 as a spinoff company from the University of Galway, where he headed up the Mechanical Engineering department for many years. The name Flexcom derives from its origins as a COMputational software initially geared towards the analysis of FLEXible risers – the emerging riser technology of the North Sea in the 1980s. Nowadays, the former MCS group forms part of Wood having been acquired in 2008, while Flexcom to this day remains a leading finite element solution for offshore structural analysis, popular amongst commercial organisations and universities worldwide.
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Sean Leen is attending OMAE 2024 in Singapore this week, presenting Oisín Conway's research work performed as part of OC6, an international research project focused on validating FOW modelling tools. Oisin developed a Flexcom model of the Stiesdal TetraSpar and benchmarked his results against experimental data and other numerical modelling tools. The presentation is on Tuesday at 1:30pm in the “Wind Energy: Aero-hydrodynamics 5” session. Say hello to Seán if you bump into him at #OMAE2024!
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Flexcom, along with numerous other tools, was represented in OC6 Phase IV, a research project focused on the validation of numerical models for novel floating offshore wind support structures...
Finite Element Engineer | Python | Flexcom | OrcaFlex | Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Coupled Analysis | Passionately driving a greener future through advanced computational solutions for sustainable energy innovation.
Delighted to feature in one of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's latest papers concerning Phase IV of the OC6 campaign using Flexcom under Wood and the University of Galway. It can be freely accessed in the Wind Energy Science Journal here: https://lnkd.in/e4Z-bbgb. My colleague Aengus Connolly and I have recently submitted our latest results in relation to Phase Ia of the OC7 campaign, which investigates the choice of the hydrodynamic coefficients as a function of geometry and sea state with regards to low and high wave excitation.
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Adding a directional compass to a Flexcom model – very useful for visualising real-world orientations… https://lnkd.in/ePSzWFjA.
Directional Compass (Flexcom)
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Doctoral researcher in Offshore Engineering | Researching mooring systems for floating wind turbines
Hi all, I thought I'd share a demo video of a FOW mooring design tool I'm currently working on with my PhD supervisor Susan Gourvenec. The tool uses neural networks (trained from Flexcom FEA) to produce efficient fully-coupled mooring analysis and concept design optimisation, without the need for full dynamic modelling. The aim is to provide a simple web-based platform where engineers can play around with parameters and consider cheaper, lighter designs earlier in their projects. We are currently building it for the UMaine 15MW FOWT, but it could be expanded to other floating structures and design problems. With this work, I've recently been awarded a place on the ICURe programme, which provides support for academic researchers to take their research outputs to industry (thanks Future Worlds for help with the application). As part of the programme, I'm trying to engage with developers and FOW design engineers to find out how we can shape this tool to maximise its impact. As such, I'd love to hear any suggestions & feedback - so feel free to get in touch. I will also be in Bilbao for #windeurope next week, look forward to seeing some of you there! As usual, big thanks to the Royal Academy of Engineering and University of Southampton for enabling this research. #innovateuk #floatingwind #offshorewind
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Congrats to Oscar and his colleagues at Southampton uni on their recent publication on LRDs in FOWT mooring systems. Numerical simulations performed using Flexcom. Further details, including a link to the full paper, available here… https://lnkd.in/dXH56hzY
Doctoral researcher in Offshore Engineering | Researching mooring systems for floating wind turbines
Excited to share our new paper on load reduction device stiffness curves for FOW moorings, which is now open access: https://lnkd.in/dJbvHwFF We've used Flexcom numerical modelling to demonstrate why three-phase stiffness curves (such as those employed by Dublin Offshore and TFI Marine devices) are particularly effective at reducing peak tensions in FOW mooring systems. With the right design, these can provide up to 60% tension reduction in a range of mooring configurations and water depths, whilst also reducing wave-induced motions of the platform. Thanks to co-authors Susan Gourvenec and Adam Sobey, and a special mention to Aengus Connolly for his help with Flexcom.
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Flexcom 2022.1.2 is now available. This version corrects some known issues in Flexcom 2022.1.1, most notably a fault relating to wind turbine yaw. Refer to Known Software Faults for full details. We recommend that all Flexcom users download and install the latest version from... https://lnkd.in/eFpvDfnd