WHAT IS SACS OFFSHORE STRUCTURE?
SACS Offshore Structure Advanced is offshore structural analysis software that helps you optimize design to ensure compliance, understand behavior, and accurately predict performance of all types of offshore structures.
SACS is an integrated finite element structural analysis package for the design of offshore structures, such as oil and gas platforms, wind farms, topsides of FPSOs, and floating platforms. Offshore engineers around the world have used SACS for nearly 40 years, and many energy companies specify their engineering firms to use SACS software across the lifecycle of offshore platforms. Because every project has different needs, there are three flexible SACS options: SACS Offshore Structure Ultimate for comprehensive capabilities required for typical offshore jackets, wharfs, and dolphin structures; SACS Offshore Structure Advanced for static topside and deck analysis; and SACS Offshore Structure for static structural analysis.
SACS Offshore Structure contains capabilities required for static structural analysis.
It includes:
– The interactive graphics modeler with advanced 3D capabilities
– SACS IV solver and interactive graphics 3D post-processor
– Combine
– Gap
– Tow
– LDF large deflection
– Automatic model generation
-Beam and finite element capability
– Steel code check and redesign
– Inertia and moving load generation
– Tension/compression nonlinear elements with initial gap
– Load case combination
– Linear large deflection analysis
– Full output report and plotting capabilities
Analyze Offshore Structures
Perform thorough analyses encompassing complete nonlinear, dynamic, and impact effects to accurately forecast the behavior of your platform or topside structure across various conditions. Incorporate advanced modeling techniques to simulate pile-soil interactions and apply a diverse range of loads such as wind, wave, seismic, ship impact, dropped object, and blast loads. By considering these comprehensive factors, engineers can gain invaluable insights into the structural response and ensure robust design solutions that are resilient to a multitude of potential scenarios.
Automate Your Workflows
Simplify the management of multiple analyses with customizable templates embedded within a unified structural model. Seamlessly transfer data between analysis steps using industry-standard methodologies, enhancing efficiency and ensuring consistency throughout the design process. Streamline workflows with automated processes tailored to handle large and complex models, empowering your team to delve into a wider array of design options with ease.
Ensure Code Compliance
Ensure compliance with offshore international codes, including API, AISC, EC, ISO, DNV, and Norsok, through built-in checking functionalities. The software facilitates filtering for critical conditions and generates comprehensive compliance documentation, offering assurance that your designs meet regulatory standards and industry requirements.
SACS OFFSHORE STRUCTURE ADVANCED
SACS Offshore Structure Advanced contains the capabilities of SACS Offshore Structure and additional capabilities required for typical topside and deck analysis. It includes:
- Topsides wind loading
- Wind and gravity load generation
SACS OFFSHORE STRUCTURE ULTIMATE
SACS Offshore Structure Ultimate contains the capabilities of both SACS Offshore Structure and SACS Offshore Structure Advanced and additional
capabilities required for typical offshore jackets, wharfs, and dolphin structures. It includes:
- Seastate
- Joint can
- Pile
- Environmental load generation
- Tubular connection check
- Single pile/soil interaction
- Inertia and moving load generation
The SACS and AutoPIPE® interface integrates piping design, pipe stress, and structural analysis. It allows users to automatically transfer pipe support loads onto the structural model for analysis, and the structural model back to the piping model for visualization, engineering coordination, and combined stiffness model for accurate pipe support loads. Workflows to add pipe loads to offshore structures removes the requirement for manual data entry. The interface provides realistically engineered designs and avoids the manual transfer of support loads between the piping and structural models.
SACS structural models can be imported into MOSES™ for offshore installation analysis. Generating SACS TOW files from MOSES allows automatic generation of inertial based acceleration loading and RAOs. Enhancing collaboration across structural and naval architectural teams improves efficiency and reduces rework and project delays. For an improved 3D hydrodynamic response, users can run a MOSES launch analysis directly from SACS Executive using SACS input for a launch analysis.
PLAXIS® Monopile Designer supports the generation of SACS pile input files including additional stiffness curves for large diameter monopile foundations according to the PISA method. SACS and PLAXIS also provide a suction bucket analysis interface that enables the creation of nonlinear or linearized integrated structure and suction bucket foundation models that can be utilized in all SACS analysis and design workflows.
Soil/Pile/Structure Interaction Analysis
This nonlinear add-on package permits nonlinear soil/pile/structure interaction analysis of fixed offshore structures with multiple fixed supports using the PSI program modules. It requires the use of SACS Offshore Structure, SACS Offshore Structure Advanced, or SACS Offshore Structure Ultimate.
Plastic Nonlinear Add-on
Perform advanced nonlinear plastic analysis using SACS Offshore Structure, SACS Offshore Structure Advanced, or SACS Offshore Structure Ultimate.
Fatigue with Wave Response and Dynamic Response
This package contains the modules required to perform any dynamic deterministic, time history, or spectral fatigue analysis. It also includes modules for general dynamic and seismic analyses. SACS Fatigue Ultimate contains SACS Fatigue, Interactive Fatigue, Dynamic Response, and Wave Response. It requires the use of the SACS Offshore Structure, Offshore Structure Advanced, or Offshore Structure Ultimate.
KEY COMPONENTS
Common Interface to Program Suite:
– Controls and connects all elements of the SACS system
– Launches all SACS interactive programs
– Executes all batch program analyses
– Allows access to all SACS system configuration settings, including system file location and security key settings
– Includes command line help and power buttons for the commonly executed tasks
– Specifies analysis options without changing data input file
– Generates SQLite database for reporting in Excel and other programs
– Integrated with ProjectWise® for sharing of all files across multiple sites
Interactive Data Generation for All Programs:
– Intelligent full screen editor that labels and highlights data fields and provides help for data input
– Form-filling data input available as well as full-screen mode
– Automatic data checking
– Integrated with ProjectWise for sharing of all project files across multiple sites
Interactive Chart and Plot Viewer:
– Ability to view plot files on screen
– Sends viewed plots to printer/plotter
– Supports HP-GL, Postscript, DXF, Windows devices
– Metafile (WMF), and SACS NPF plot file
– Allows plot size, character size, margins, and formats
– Ability to modify chart settings
Interactive Full Screen Graphics Modeler:
– Model generation capabilities include geometry, material and
section properties, and loading
– Automatic input error detection
– Maintains data backup
– Beam and/or finite element modeling including plate and shell elements
– Automatic offshore jacket and deck generation
– User-defined input units
– Cartesian, cylindrical, or spherical mesh generation
– Automatic weight or load generation including gravity, pressure, and skid-mounted equipment loads
– Seastate data generation capabilities
– Decommissioning capabilities to automatically slice structureby volume into smaller components of given weight and center of gravity
– Interactive GUI to mesh stiffened joints for automatic stress concentration factor (SCF) extraction and strength analysis
– Extensive plotting and reporting capabilities
– Code check parameter generation including K-factors and compression flange unbraced lengths
– Allows SACS model files to be converted into 3D SAT file format compatible with AutoCAD, and other CAD systems
– Allows the definition of sets comprised of joints, members, plates, shells, and solid elements
– Allows views to be saved as models
– Physical member support capabilities
– Professional and other ACIS-enabled CAD packages
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