OrcaBend Features

Modelling Elements

• Facilities for temperature and saturation effects.
• Materials Library facilities – linear and non-linear materials.
• Material properties can be changed at any point along the length of the bend stiffener.
• Fatigue-based design can be handled by attributing different allowable bend radii to each load case.

Analysis

• Solves for multiple tension / angle load combinations in a single pass.
• Automated parametric study on the range of stiffener lengths and stiffnesses.
• Simple cone, analytic and user defined profiles.
• Run out to finite wall thickness at the tip.
• Generates Design Chart from which the optimum length and stiffness can be ascertained.
• Automatic performance plotting.

Data Input

• Interactive Graphical User Interface.

Results Output

• Graphical and spreadsheet format output.
• Export spreadsheets in Excel format.
• Graph results of user selected variables for abscissa and ordinate axes.
• Copy paste in standard Windows manner.