• Ship Impact Force

    Ricardo Alarcon
    Ricardo Alarcon
    Product(s): Sacs Collapse Version(s): 16.1 Area: Collapse Solutions Community Question : What are the criteria for selecting the force that I need to apply to my structure when I perform a ship impact analysis? Answer…
    • 9 days ago
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  • CollapseAnalysisSeismicLoadingDataset

    Rafael Lara
    Rafael Lara
    • CollapseAnalysisSeismicLoadingDataset.zip
    • 10 months ago
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  • Energy Absorption Process during Dropped Object Analysis using SACS Collapse Advanced

    Srikanth Vasa
    Srikanth Vasa
    I performed a dropped object analysis for object mass 0.41 mT falling from a height of 5 m height which is equivalent to energy 20 kJ. SACS energy graph shows 17.9 kJ energy was absorbed by the structure during drop object impact process. The question…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • dent member in boat impact calculation

    shawn
    shawn
    Dear friends How to set dent member calculation in boat impact analysis? for example, I have an impact joint (IMJT), which connects two members (0001-IMJT), and (IMTJ-0002) How to set the following dent member calculation? -------------------…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • error 'the following card not recognized' (static ship impact analysis)

    Rifel Landong Pordiman
    Rifel Landong Pordiman
    Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to ask some problem that I encounter when I use SACS 5.7 I am performing Ship I mpact analysis (Static) on a wellhead fixed platform based on the practice workbook provided by Bentley. When I start running the analysis…
    • over 4 years ago
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  • SACS Collapse Advanced Samples

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    Collapse Advanced sample input files found in the Collapse Advanced manual in SACS 12.0+.
    • Collapse Advanced Samples.zip
    • over 5 years ago
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  • SACS SIG Virtual Workshop: Bentley Offshore – September 12, 2018 – You're Invited!

    Patsy Gant
    Patsy Gant
    Learn how to perform a PSI analysis with Gap elements using Collapse at the next Bentley Offshore Special Interest Group virtual workshop on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 10 a.m. EDT. Register today ! Connect with industry colleagues and Bentley…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • Model Gap Elements with PSI using Collapse

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    Introduction Pile Structure Interaction (PSI) is a program which models and analyzes the non-linear behavior of the soil for a pile supported structure. Gap is a program which models non-linear one way elements in the structure. Occasionally, analyses…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • SACS Tech Talk: Designing offshore structures against extreme events

    Carolyn Hawley
    Carolyn Hawley
    Join this discussion with Parvinder Jhita, Senior Product Manager for SACS, as he dives into large deflection elasto-plastic analysis with SACS Collapse. Key Points Fundamental concepts behind the SACS Collapse application Pushover analysis for…
    • over 6 years ago
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  • RE: Graph

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    Alif, You can do this in CollapseVue after running a Collapse Analysis. You can access this feature under the Graph tab in the CollapseVue menu bar. Please refer to section 10 of the CollapseVue manual for more information. Here are some screenshots…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • RE: Deformed model -Collapse analysis

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    See post http://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/343374/t/117690 Regards, Geoff
    • over 7 years ago
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  • RE: Model for Environmental pushover

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    You can create a SACS model file from the final step of the collapse analysis by inputting 'SF' in columns 38-39 on the CLPOPT line. Refer to Section 2.2.1.8 of the Collapse manual. Regards, Geoff
    • over 7 years ago
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  • RE: Collapse Module Question

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    The joints will be assumed to be fixed, just like in a static analyses. Regards, Geoff
    • over 7 years ago
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  • RE: Pushover Analysis Tutorial

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    Pedro, There is no tutorial available for collapse available like those on the Bentley Learn Server, but there are two sample problems in the collapse manual and Sample04 in the installation directory of SACS which are good pushover analysis examples…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • RE: Troubleshooting Collapse error messages

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    It appears that the collapse analysis cannot precede because you have an element that has modified cross-section properties that has buckled. You could try making the member elastic to avoid this error. This may be acceptable if the member is something…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • RE: Understanding SuperelemtModule

    Geoff McDonald
    Geoff McDonald
    You can specify a superelement file by entering "I" on column 9 on the OPTIONS line in you SACS input file (See Below). When you create your analysis run file a location to enter the superelement input file should appear. Alternatively, you can specify…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • Non-convergence of piles SACS Pushover

    Pedro Guzman
    Pedro Guzman
    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…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • Dynamic nonlinear analysis,Dynamic pushover analysis, dynamic collpase analysis

    vineet singh
    vineet singh
    Can we do Dynamic nonlinear analysis/ dynamic pushover anlysis/ dynamic solllapse analysis in SACS???
    • over 8 years ago
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  • SACS 5.6 V8i Collapse Module Issues

    Ryan Milligan
    Ryan Milligan
    I am a new SACS user. I am running a collapse analysis on a fixed jacket structure. The structure "collapsed" because of a rotation difference greater than 2 radians. I haven't seen this happen on previous structures. The collapse trigger is typically…
    • over 9 years ago
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