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Sesam User Course – GeniE Workshop:

Modelling a semisubmersible – panel, Morison and structural (FE) models
• The purpose of this workshop is to create a concept model and make a panel model, a
Morison model and a structural (FE) model for use in hydrostatic, hydrodynamic and
subsequent structural analysis.
• The focus is primarily to show how different models can be made and not on modelling
details.
• It is assumed that the user is familiar with the modelling capabilities of GeniE – if not, you
should go through the tutorials showing how to make a tubular joint and a semi-
submersible pontoon.
• The user should also be familiar with GeniE’s user interface; this workshop does not
explain in detail how to make the model. The user interface can be learnt from the basic
tutorials as well as other more advanced tutorials.
• The workshop is also accompanied with input files for GeniE (Journal file)
The journal file will create the concept model and the various analysis models
• This workshop should be viewed on-line or on colour print out to best see the property
colour coding.
All pictures have been
created using
“paper background”
Default viewing settings
have been modified
• The structural data as well as
the loads are fictitious
• This tutorial has been made with
GeniE version D5.3-06 – it may
be that you need this or a later
version to complete
this workshop.
You also need access
to the program extension
for curved structure
modelling
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Revision date 13 March 2011
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Before you start – specify the properties

• Use Edit > Properties to define a) Materials b) Cross sections c) Plate thicknesses
• Use the following consistent set of units as database units:

Newton (N), meter, second, kilogramme (kg)
• The main dimensions are given on page 4.
• Detail dimensions are given with the hints.
• Two types of material are used (let thermal
and damping coefficients be zero):
Steel: yield strength = 2.0E8 Pa,

ρ = 7850 kg/m3, E = 2.1E11 Pa, υ = 0.3
SuperMaterial: yield strength = 2.0E8 Pa,
ρ = 1780 kg/m3, E = 2.1E11 Pa, υ = 0.3
» This material is for the very thick
plates and shells used for most of
the structure. Thick plates with
low density material are used to
represent stiffened plates.
» Remember to set Supermaterial
as the default material.
• Cross sections used:

Pipe1: pipe with diameter = 2 and
thickness = 0.1 (used for braces
between columns)
Pipe2: pipe with diameter = 1 and
thickness = 0.05 (used for derrick)
Pipe3: pipe with diameter = 0.8 and
thickness = 0.04 (used for derrick)
Cone1: a cone section with ‘dynamic

thickness’ = ‘largest’

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Girder: a T-section modelled by using an

un-symmetrical I-section with data:
single symmetric, height = 0.8,
web thickness = 0.04,
top flange width = 0.06,
top flange thickness = 0.05,
bottom flange width = 0.5,
bottom flange thickness = 0.05
(The top flange width is marginally
bigger than the web thickness.)
Stiffener: an L-section with

height = 0.6,
width = 0.3
and both thicknesses = 0.04
Remember to set this section as default
• Plate thicknesses used:

Th03: thickness = 0.03
Set Th50 as default
• The semisubmersible is fixed at three support

points. These fixations are required to ensure
the equation system is non-singular.
• Follow the hints:

Create geometry of pontoon and column, page 5
Create panel model (T1.FEM), page 19
Create the full model, page 23
Create Morison model (T2.FEM), page 27
Create derrick, page 28
Create compartments, page 30
Create equipments, page 33
Create supports and structural model (T3.FEM), page 35
Exercise in mesh refinement, page 36

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Pontoon height and width
Column width at base
Pontoon cross section

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Create geometry of pontoon and column

• Insert a guiding plane with data as given below. The resulting guide plane is shown next
page. This guiding plane at Z = 0 is at the top of the pontoons.

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origin
• Insert a guide line by clicking the Guide line button:

• Insert a guide arc by shifting the Guide line
button to a Guide Arc Elliptic button:
When creating the arc notice the help text
in the lower left corner. The result is shown below.
1
3

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• Copy the two guide curves by a mirror operation about the plane Y = 27.36. Note that any
point (coordinate set) in the mirror plane and any vector normal to this plane may be used.
The result is shown below.
Y = 27.36
• Copy the four guide curves a distance of 3.75 down. This is where the pontoon starts to
curve (bilge top).

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• The lower part of the pontoon (bilge) curves (cylindrically and spherically) down to a flat
bottom. Create curves describing the extent of this flat bottom. Do so by creating the guide
curves in the guiding plane at Z = 0 followed by moving them down a distance of 7.5.
Below is shown the four guide curves in the guiding plane at Z = 0. (Curve11 and
Curve12 are mirror copies of Curve9 and Curve10.)
Below is shown the four guide curves after moving them down a distance of 7.5.

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• Create vertical lines for the vertical sides of the pontoon as shown below.
• To create the cylindrical and spherical lower parts of the pontoon we need arcs in vertical
planes. To create these arcs we need centre points. By copying two of the curves enclosing
the flat bottom of the pontoon (Curve9 and Curve10 on previous page) up a distance of
3.75 we get a line through these centre points. These two ‘centre-point-curves’ (Curve18
and Curve19) are shown below.

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• The five arcs may now be created. Two of them (Curve23 and Curve24) by mirror copying.
• Before creating surfaces set default material to SuperMaterial and default thickness to
Th50.
• The four vertical sides of the pontoon (see below) are created
by skinning operations. Shift the Flat Plate button to
Skin Curves button and depress it.
• Then click the upper curve once and the lower curve twice
(e.g. Curve1 - Curve5 - Curve5 below) for each of the four
surfaces. (Clicking the same curve twice closes the skinning.)

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• The lower curved surfaces of the pontoon (the bilge) are

created by sweep (extrude) operations. (The cylindrical
surfaces may alternatively be created by skinning between
the two arcs.) Shift the Flat Plate button to Sweep Curve
button and depress it.
• Then click the curve (profile) to sweep and then the curve
forming the sweep path. E.g. Curve20 and Curve5 below.
• Create the rectangular and flat top surface of the pontoon by skinning between Curve1 and
Curve3.
• Note that depending on the way you create a surface you may need to flip the surface
normal. The colour tells which surface is facing you: bluish for positive local z, reddish for
negative. Check the surface normal for each surface you create.

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• To cover the 180 degree sector of the top surface create first a guide line (Curve25) as
shown.
• Then create the surface by a cover operation:

Select all curves enclosing the surface, then
use the context sensitive menu (right-clicking)
and select Cover Curves as shown to the right.
• The result is shown below.

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• To create the rectangular and flat bottom surface as well as the 180 degree sector of the
bottom surface do a similar operation as above. The guide curve needed is labelled and the
surfaces to create are highlighted below.
• Now create a longitudinal

bulkhead. To do so, first
create the four guide lines in
the centre plane shown to the
right. Two in the top and two
in the bottom surface. These
may be created by copying or
through dialogs:
Insert > Guiding Geometry > Guide Line Dialog.
• The bulkhead consists of

two parts. The rectangular
part may be skinned.
• The surface with a curved
corner may be created by
a cover operation. This
requires a vertical guide
curve as shown to the right.

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• Create the transverse bulkhead shown to

the right by a cover operation. Select the surrounding
guide curves, RMB and choose “Cover”
• Make three copies of the

transverse bulkhead as shown
to the right. The copies are at
the following distances from
the original: −4.94, −14.94
and −32.3, all in negative
X-direction. (The last copy is
at X = 0.)
• Now we will create the column-pontoon intersection. For this

we will use a new guide plane with data as shown below
(plane is at Z = 0). There is only one spacing in both new guide plane
directions. The new guide plane is shown to the right.
two guide
Hint: Remove GuidePlane1 from the view to see the new lines
• First create two new guide lines as shown above and then use Insert > Guiding Geometry >
Fillet Curves Dialog to round off the corner with radius 2 as shown below. fillet
r=2

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• The next task is to create the column.

From elevation Z = 7 and up the column
is cylindrical. Create a guide plane at this
elevation with data as shown to the right.
(The guide plane will later be moved up
to the deck elevation and used there.)
• Use the guide plane to create an arc as
shown at the bottom of the page (A).
• Do a skin operation to create a quarter
of the lower part of the column as shown
below (B).

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• Create the 90° sector of the vertical column to the right by

Insert > Plate > Sweep Curves Dialog, selecting the
highlighted arc as curve to sweep and entering a sweep
vector equal to the height of the cylinder (26.5) as shown.
(Remember to select the arc prior to using the pulldown menu)
• Copy the 90° sector of the conical transition

plus the 90° sector of the cylinder plus the 90°
arc three times by a copy-rotate operation.
Remember that you may click in the model to
fill in points and vectors in the Copy dialog.
The resulting structure is shown to the left.
The guide planes have been removed
from the display by right-clicking the
guide plane filter button and closing the
eye as shown below.

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• Move the guide plane at

elevation 7 up to the lower
deck at elevation 25.5, i.e. 18.5 up.
Then copy this guide plane up to the
upper deck at elevation 33.5,
i.e. 8 up. The result is
shown to the right.
• Create an internal bulkhead for the

column by first creating a plate
extending outside the column and
then trimming this. Create e.g. a
bulkhead as shown to the right by
pressing the flat plate button
and clicking the four corner points.
The idea here is simply to use
existing points to make the plate
wide enough in the horizontal
direction. Then select and right-click 4
the plate to Divide it through the
dialog below.

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• The division
creates three parts.
Select the two parts
outside the column
as shown to the right
and delete them.
• After the deletion

only the bulkhead inside
the column remains. Copy this
by rotating it 90° about the column
axis to create a bulkhead in the
Y-direction. The result should be as
shown to the right.
• The geometry of pontoon

and column is now complete.

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Create panel model (T1.FEM)

• We need to divide also the two top surfaces of the
pontoon into smaller parts as only the parts outside
the column-pontoon intersection are wet surfaces
and shall receive hydrodynamic loads.
• After selecting the two surfaces, dividing them
and thereafter selecting the top wet surfaces the
result should be as shown to the right.
• Select all wet surfaces (those subjected to water)

and put them into a named set “Wet_surfaces” as
shown to the right.
• Use Edit > Properties and go to the

Mesh Property tab to create a mesh
property with Element Length = 5.
• Assign this mesh property to the new set.

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• Use Edit > Properties and go to the Wet Surface

tab and create a wet surface property (the
property holds no data).
• Assign the wet surface property to

the set “Wet_surfaces”. Provided that all surface normals
points outwards select the Front side as shown below.
(A consistent definition of surface normals is essential.)
• Use Insert > Load Case to create a

dummy hydro pressure referring to
the wet surface property, see below.

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• Create a mesh for the wet surfaces only. To do

so an analysis activity need to be defined.
(Meshing with no analysis activity will create
a mesh for all surfaces and beams. The activity
created will not be run, it is only for meshing.)
Right-click the Activities folder as shown
below to create a new analysis activity.
• Then find the analysis activity in the browser

and right-click the meshing activity to edit it
as shown below.

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• In the Mesh activity dialog shown to the lower right select Mesh Subset and select the set
containing the wet surfaces as. Make sure the Superelement Type is set to 1.
• Use Tools > Analysis > Create Mesh (or Alt+M) to create the mesh shown to the lower left.
• Creating a panel model is

concluded by exporting
the model by:
File > Export > FEM File
• The file name will take its
name from the name of
the workspace appended
with T1.FEM. Remove
the workspace name so
that the exported file is
T1.FEM.

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Create the full model

• The panel model (T1.FEM) has now been created. The models yet to create are the:
Morison model (T2.FEM)
Structural FE model (T3.FEM)
• Before creating the deck plates set the default thickness to Th35.
• Then create horizontal plates of the deck structure as shown below.
• For the three plates of the top deck – but only these three – change the thickness and
material to Steel and Th03, respectively. (Only these plates will have girders and stiffeners
and shall therefore have normal material and thickness.)
First create the

three plates of
the lower deck and
then copy the three
surfaces up to
the upper deck.
• Create the vertical plates of the deck structure. Three vertical plates in both X-direction and
Y-direction. The plates stop at the column cylinder wall (there are already vertical plates
inside the column).

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• Create a circular horizontal plate inside the

column at elevation 7 by a cover operation,
i.e. select all four arcs enclosing the plate
and then right-click them to cover them.
• Copy this circular plate up to elevation 25.5

(lower deck). Notice that the 90° sector
overlapping the existing plate of the deck
will not be copied, i.e. only 270° of the 360°
circular plate will be copied.
• Then copy the circular plate up to elevation

33.5 (upper deck).
• The result is shown to the right.
• Set default material to Steel.

• Create girders and stiffeners in the top deck. The girders in Y-direction are positioned as
shown. The 9 stiffeners in the X-direction are evenly spaced over the deck width of 27.36,
i.e. a spacing of 2.736. The stiffeners may e.g. be created through a dialog and clicking
points as if the beam is at the edge and then adjusting coordinates to shift it sideways.

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• The three stiffeners encircled

on the previous page must be
shortened so as not to
extend into the open area
in the deck. Select a beam,
right-click to edit it and
in the Edit Beams dialog
go to the Move End tab.
Click the end to move
and then the point to
where it shall move
while making sure
‘as point’ is selected.
• Repeat the process for

the other two beams.
The result is shown
below.
• The girders and stiffeners now

need to be given offsets
(eccentricities) so as to be
welded underneath the plates.
• Select all beams and edit them.
In the Edit Beams dialog go to
the Offset Vector tab and flush
the whole beam at top.
The result is shown to the
right.

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• A quarter of the model is now complete. Copy this quarter by mirroring it

about origin in X-direction. Do so by first switching to the
‘Modelling - structure’ display configuration and then selecting the quarter
model by dragging a rubberband.
• Right-click the model to copy it. Go to the Mirror tab and enter data as shown below. The
Preview check box verifies the position of the copy before executing the operation.
• When executing the copy operation a warning appears saying that a couple of surfaces
cannot be copied. These are surfaces in the mirror plane and copies would come on top of
the originals which cannot be accepted. Click OK to the warning.
• Make a full model by mirror copying the half model about origin in Y-direction as shown
below. Again click OK to the warning about surfaces that cannot be copied.

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Create Morison model (T2.FEM)

• The columns are connected by two horizontal braces. These are modelled as beam elements
with section Pipe1 and material Steel. Steel will be the material to use for the remaining
structure so this material may as well be set as default. The braces connect with the
columns at the top of the conical transition as show below.
• Export the Morison model as superelement number 2. Use Edit > Rules > Meshing to set
the superelement number. The name of the exported file should be T2.FEM.
• See earlier in this workshop for how to define a set “Morison” (this time containing the two
braces only) and create a mesh for this set only. For meshing the braces no mesh density is
required (the minimum default density will give two beams).

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Create derrick
• Now create the derrick as shown below. Use the sections Pipe2 and Pipe3 and follow the
guidance on the next page
El. 65 m
El. 55m
El. 46m
El. 38.5 m

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• Start by the
lower vertical legs with section Pipe2
and height 5. Continue by the sloping
legs. These beams may be copied
by mirroring or you may find it
more convenient to create them
in a more direct manner.
• Then create the

remaining part of
the derrick. All with
section Pipe3 except
for the four short top
horizontal beams at
elevation 65 that
are Pipe2.
X: 6.04151
• Use the snap plane Y: 4.20755
to insert the horizontal Z: 55
bracings at Z = 46 and 55.
1
• Put all beams of the 2
derrick into a named
set. This facilitates X: 10.5789
selecting these beams Y: 7.09434
for use at a later Z: 46
stage.
• Add four mass points at top of the derrick as

shown to the right, each mass point has a
mass of 2.0E5. You may use the command
Insert > Mass

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Create compartments
• The pontoons have ballast
tanks filled with water. These
are created as compartments
in GeniE and taken into
account in the subsequent
hydrodynamic analysis in
HydroD/Wadam.
• Use Insert > Compartment >

Compartment Manager
to open the Compartment
Manager dialog and click OK.
• By this action GeniE will
search for all closed
compartments in the entire model and list these in the Compartments folder (underneath
the Analysis folder). Note that the Default display configuration displays the compartments
in a brownish colour. Also note that clicking the plate selection button ( ), i.e. lifting it
to make plates unselectable, allows selecting compartments by clicking. There is also a
predefined view “Compartments” that shows compartments only.
Three compartments highlighted

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• Note 1: HydroD/Wadam requires that a separate

load case is defined for each compartment to be
considered. Furthermore, these load cases should
be numbered consecutively after the dummy
hydro pressure load case for the outer water pressure
(in this workshop: load case 1, LC1).
• Note 2: These compartment load cases should

not pertain to any particular analysis activity.
Right-click the Analysis > Load Cases folder
to make this folder active (rather than an
analysis activity).
LC3
2 LC2
4
• We want the four pontoon compartments
shown to the right identified as
compartments (tanks) so as to contribute 1
to the analysis in HydroD/Wadam. 3
The procedure will be: LC5
Insert a new load case (this will LC4
then be current). Do not check
Dummy Hydro Pressure.
Select a compartment and right-click it
in the browser to open the Properties dialog.

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In the Compartment
Loads tab of the
Properties dialog position
the mouse over the
vertical text Intensities
and see that new options
are revealed.
Select Dummy Hydro

Pressure from the pull-
down menu as shown to
the right and click OK to
accept the data and close
the dialog.
Right-click the load case

(LC2 – LC5 in the Load
Cases folder) and generate
applied loads.
After this you should see
orange load arrows as
shown to the right (using
Modelling - Transparent
display configuration) for
each compartment load
case.

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Create equipments
• An equipment (a tank, a generator or other)
of mass = 15000, height = 4, length = 3
and width = 5 shall be defined.
Use Insert > Equipment > Prism Shape.
• An equipment is positioned in the context

of a load case, read the following text on
this and next page
including the point about Wadam
before commencing the positioning.
• This equipment shall be positioned

symmetrically in four positions as shown
to the right. The lower figure shows the
equipment in the positive X-Y quadrant.
The exact position of the equipment in
this quadrant is (20,20,33.5). Right-clicking
an equipment and selecting Properties
allows such exact positioning.

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• Having placed one of the equipments

select it and right-click to place a copy.
Each copy must be positioned exactly.
• The hydrodynamic analysis in Wadam requires the equipments represented as mass rather
than line loads. Such mass will be independent of the load cases, yet we must position the
equipments within a load case and thereafter select to represent the equipment as load case
independent mass. The equipments will then ‘be taken out of the load case’. Let us use the
last compartment load case LC5 for the equipments. See below.
Exact location shown here by editing the

position from the equipment’s property dialogue box

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Create supports and structural model (T3.FEM)

• Even though the semisubmersible is floating
the FE model must be supported against
rigid body displacement or else the structural
analysis will fail (it will be singular). These
supports will have no effect on the
hydrodynamic analysis in Wadam. The
reaction forces should be zero in these
supports so it is not that important where
Fix X, Y
they are positioned as long as they support and Z
the structure in a statically determined way. Fix Z
The support shown to the right is adequate. Fix Y and Z
The fixed dof’s are shonw – all others are free.
• Use Edit > Properties and go to the Mesh Property tab to create a new mesh property with
Element Length = 3. Assign this density to all plates/shells, i.e. to the whole structure
except the beams. Note that you can go to the Utilities > Sets folder, select the two sets for
the Morison model and the derrick and use Alt+Minus to remove these sets beams from the
display. Then you can use a rubberband to select the remaining model, i.e. the plates/shells.
• Create the FE model and export the model as file name T3.FEM. Change superelement
type from Edit Rules > Meshing. This time no analysis activity is needed since a mesh for
the whole model will be created. The mesh will be as shown below. The eccentric masses
of the equipments
and the mass points on top of the derrick appear
as yellow dots.
• It should be noted that the FE mesh is rather
coarse and far from perfect. In a real
analysis a finer mesh should
be used and efforts should
be put into improving
element shapes. The
subsequent pages deal
with this subject.

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Refine mesh for a quarter model (meshing exercise only, not to be analysed)
• Meshing (Tools > Analysis > Create Mesh or simply Alt+M) without any mesh control data
produces the mesh shown below to the left. This is a minimum mesh determined by
intersecting plates and stiffeners and is obviously a totally unacceptable mesh.
• Using Edit > Properties, the Mesh Property tab, to create a new mesh property with
Element Length = 3 and assigning this to all plates/shells as explained on the previous page
produces the mesh shown below to the right. This mesh is better though still rather coarse.
• Defining a new mesh property with element

length = 1 and assigning this to the conical
part of the column as well as the neighbouring
horizontal plates may give a refined mesh for
this critical region as shown to the right. Note
that you need to split (right-click and select
Divide) the horizontal top plates of the pontoon
in order to give different mesh data for different
parts of these plates.
• Peeling off plates

(Alt+minus) may,
however, reveal a
poor internal mesh
as shown to the right.

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• To improve the mesh step-by-step select plates, create new mesh properties if necessary
and assign these to the plates. Use Alt+M to create a new mesh. Note that you can select
plates while displaying the mesh as shown below, i.e. you do not have to display the
geometry model. And Alt+M will irrespective of the current display create a mesh for the
complete model. This makes refining the mesh a fairly quick and easy process.
1.
2.
3. Alt+M 4.
• Focusing in on the plate shown below we find

a triangular element that we would like to get rid of.
We therefore want to increase the number of elements on the top edge from 8 to 9. Double-
click the plate to highlight the plate edges. Select the edge shown below and create a
feature edge there. (The top plate edge is split in two because of the conical transition wall.)
• Double-click to return to normal view mode and select the feature edge. To do so lift plate
selection button and press feature edge selection button . Create a mesh property
being 8 number of elements and assign this to the feature edge. The top edge will then have
8+1=9 elements as shown below to the right.
1.
3.
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ed g
2. ure
feat
4.

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• Continue refining the mesh by:

Creating more mesh properties (folder Properties > Mesh) of type
» Mesh density
» Number of elements
Assigning these to:
» Plates
» Plate edges through
creating feature edges
• Note that you may highlight
edges of several plates by
clicking a plate, shift-clicking
more plates and finally
shift-double-clicking a last plate.
The result may be as shown to
the right.
• If necessary you may also use Edit > Rules > Meshing to define some general meshing
rules, i.e. rules applying to the whole model.
• You may also create mesh options (Edit > Properties > Mesh Option tab or right-click the
folder Properties > Mesh Options) and assign these to specific plates.
• Finally, when satisfied

with the mesh for a plate
you may lock it. This
means that a change of
mesh settings for other
plates will not alter the
mesh of locked plates.
• Continue playing with mesh settings until you get the grip of it.


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Before you start – specify the properties

• Use the following consistent set of units as database units:

Steel: yield strength = 2.0E8 Pa,

• Cross sections used:

Cone1: a cone section with ‘dynamic

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Girder: a T-section modelled by using an

Stiffener: an L-section with

• Plate thicknesses used:

• The semisubmersible is fixed at three support

• Follow the hints:

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Pontoon height and width

Column width at base

Pontoon cross section

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Create geometry of pontoon and column

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• Insert a guide line by clicking the Guide line button:

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• The lower curved surfaces of the pontoon (the bilge) are

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• Then create the surface by a cover operation:

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• Now create a longitudinal

• The bulkhead consists of

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• Create the transverse bulkhead shown to

• Make three copies of the

• Now we will create the column-pontoon intersection. For this

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• The next task is to create the column.

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• Create the 90° sector of the vertical column to the right by

• Copy the 90° sector of the conical transition

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• Move the guide plane at

• Create an internal bulkhead for the

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• After the deletion

• The geometry of pontoon

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Create panel model (T1.FEM)

• Select all wet surfaces (those subjected to water)

• Use Edit > Properties and go to the

• Assign this mesh property to the new set.

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• Use Edit > Properties and go to the Wet Surface

• Assign the wet surface property to

• Use Insert > Load Case to create a

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• Create a mesh for the wet surfaces only. To do

• Then find the analysis activity in the browser

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• Creating a panel model is

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Create the full model