• RE: User Defined SCF Values in SACS

    Kapildeb, I apologize for the confusion. It appears that the CONSCF card image was generated incorrectly for the manual and needs to be fixed. I have attached an older version of the same card image with the correct input for that table and I have submitted…
  • RE: Spectral Fatigue Analysis

    Nalinii, The typical steps to perform a spectral fatigue analysis in SACS are as follows: Create pilehead superelement (optional) Extract mode shapes Transfer function generation Spectral fatigue It appears that you have already performed…
  • Fatigue calculations

    Hello friends, I'm an internship in a Offshore Oil and Gas service and supply company and I started working with SACS recently. I have a question concerning fatigue analysis: What are the steps to follows to do a time history fatigue analysis knowing…
  • Fatigue calculations - Offshore fixed platform

    While performing fatigue calculations of fixed offshore platforms Typically, I chose the maximum shear option ("MS") in the WAVE card to generate the transfer function in the Seastate module (static or dynamic analysis); subsequently the fatigue module…
  • User Defined SCF Values in SACS

    In SACS fatigue analysis, for tubular to PG connections, how to locate various positions on tube for user defined SCF values, like Crown/Saddle/Brace IP/Brace OP etc.? SACS Fatigue manual refers to some figure in CONSCF command, but no figure exists.…
  • SACS v5.3 fatigue analysis (warnings questions)

    Hi. I have been trying to make a fatigue analysis and I have some problems with the results of the analysis. First, when I make the dynamic analysis to extract modes and shapes, the result gives me a warning of no unity check option selected. what does…