I did get in touch with the support and they gave me quite a good explanation about my problem. I have also tried all possible methods and tips from the user manual as well.Īnd your right, it needs a lots of careful setup :/ If anyone could help me please do let me know. I have tried using links to hold the cable above the chute but it ends up falling through the vessel or under the chute. The cable starts to find nodes within the vessel and under the chute and other places. When i start varying the tension all the problems start. What happens is initial condition my model converges and the cable find the nodes perfectly over the chute. Hence the winch either pulls in cable or pays out according to tension. I want to vary the tension in the winch and check the corresponding tensions and touchdown. I connect one end of the cable to a winch and the other anchored with enough slack in it. Now first I set my cable to follow a spline and over the chute which is on my aft deck.
I am a fairly new user to Orcaflex but I have a good understanding of FEM.īasically I am trying to model a subsea cable and find the tension and other values of the cable. I would be glad for some help regarding the software Orcaflex.
