We are very pleased to announce the release of OrcaFlex version 11.4. The software was finalised and built on 22nd November. All clients with up-to-date MUS contracts will receive, in the week starting 27th November, an e-mail with instructions on how to download and install the new version.
Version 11.4 introduces much new functionality, including:
OrcaFlex
- Indirect constraints and double-sided connections
- Jacobian perturbation factor
- Turbine rotation sense, tower shadow models, downwind turbines
- Wind modelling improvements
- Tabular current velocity & acceleration
- Line/seabed contact properties can vary with arc length
OrcaWave
- Sectional bodies
- Mean drift loads via momentum conservation
- Automatic mesh generation
- Detection of field points inside a body
- External stiffness for rigidly connected bodies now calculated by OrcaWave
These are the most significant developments, in our opinion. As always there are more enhancements that are not listed here. All new features are fully documented in the what’s new topics: