OrcaFlex

Stewart Technology Associates (STA) has worked with Orcina, www.orcina.com, and their flagship product, OrcaFlex, since 1986.  As of 2008, more than 170 organizations worldwide use OrcaFlex for their design and analysis work of marine flexible systems. STA has undertaken an enormous range of analyses using OrcaFlex.

• OrcaFlex for Riser Analysis of Installed Riser Systems:
  • Flexible Risers (unbonded and bonded constructions)
  • Drilling Risers (Top-tensioned and with rotating drill-strings, TTRs, type 1)
  • Top-Tensioned Production Risers on Floating Production Platforms (TTRs, type 2)
  • Steel Catenary Risers, or SCRs
  • Hybrid Risers
  • Umbilicals for many purposes
  • SPM Risers at CALM and other systems
• OrcaFlex for Mooring Analysis of Installed Mooring Systems:
  • Spread Moored Systems
  • Single Point Moored Systems (Turrets, CALMs, SALMs, Submerged Buoys, Towers, etc)
  • Harbor and Jetty Moorings (very large and very small ships, dolphin interactions, passing ship issues)
• OrcaFlex for Towed Systems:
  • Seismic Arrays
  • Towed Bundles
  • Towed Fish
  • Towed Single and Multiple Surface Vessels
• OrcaFlex for Installation Analysis:
  • Flowline pull-ins
  • J-Tube Installations
  • All Forms of Riser System Installation
  • Pipeline/Riser Hand-Over Analysis
  • Float-Over and Set-Down Analysis
  • Upending Analysis
• OrcaFlex for Pipe Lay Analysis, Cable Dynamics and Cable Laying Analysis:
  • S-Lay
  • J-Lay
  • Reel-Lay
  • Interface with OrcaLay
  • Pull-Ins and Hook-Ups
  • Deep-Water Communications and Power Cables
  • Fiber-Optic Communications Cables
• OrcaFlex for Special Buoy Systems:
  • Oceanographic buoys
  • Defense System Buoys
  • Underwater Arrays
  • Bottom Deployed Systems
  • Air Deployed Systems
• OrcaFlex for Wave Power Systems:
  
• OrcaFlex for Mudslide Analyses:
  • Submarine pipeline and Flowlines in Mudslides
  • Lightweight Structures in Mudslides
  • Submarine Cables in Mudslides
• OrcaFlex for Forensic Analyses:
  • Investigate Mooring Failures
  • Investigate Riser Failure
  • Marine Accident Investigation