• Effective length Ly and Lz

    In SACS, when defining effective buckling length Ly of a member (same question for length Lz), are we talking about: - Buckling in local Y direction (means buckling in the local XY plane) - Buckling around/about local Y axis (means buckling in the local…
  • SACS Plate Panel Check with ABS Buckling Guide

    I use SACS v14 and I would like to verify the deck of a vessel with the SACS Plate Panel Check. I would like to consider the code ABS Buckling Guide mainly, but I am insterested also in the other two available API Bulletin 2V and DNV-RP-C201. The deck…
  • SACS 11.2.0.1 connect edition : Eulers Buckling - reg

    Question 1 : In SACS detail member report under the section "Basic allowable stress (with PHI/OMEGA)", Eulers buckling are reported without any PHI/OMEGA (Factor of safety). Question 2 : As per AISC 13th edition the factor of safety for compression…
  • RE: Re - calculation of the overall buckling length in segmented members.

    Jose, The effective lengths for segmented members are supposed to represent the effective slenderness of the segment based upon the overall buckling capacity of the member. The buckling load needs to be calculated numerically for segmented members since…
  • Non-convergence of piles SACS Pushover

    When running an offshore platform pushover analysis I get a consistent error (ERROR-MAX. ITERATIONS EXCEEDED AT PILE JOINT "XX". I ran the model using pinned connection at the base of the structure and it runs fine, so the error has to do with the soil…
  • Linear buckling analysis with SACS

    Hi all, Anybody here can tell me is it possible to do a Linear buckling Analysis with SACS (buckling analysis is for finding the critical load of structure) ? thanks in advance best regards