The purpose of the Offshore Add-on is to expose the OCEAN Mechanical APDL commands in the Mechanical Application. The Add-on allows you to define:
An Ocean Environment object consisting of general ocean properties, global structural coefficients, and incident wave properties (OCTYPE, BASIC)
Ocean Current objects with either simple or tabulated input of current speed and direction (OCTYPE, CURR)
User Defined Spectrum objects for non-formulated incident wave spectrum definitions
Harmonic Wave Load objects for periodic waves in a Harmonic Response analysis (HROCEAN)
Local adjustments to structural coefficients and member flooding, either by Geometry-Based Variation (OCZONE, ZLOC) or Component-Based Variation (OCZONE, COMP)
Pipe-in-Pipe objects, where the internal and external pipes may be flooded or filled with an internal fluid (OCZONE, PIP)
Added Mass objects to define added mass due to hydrodynamic effects on selected surfaces
The Offshore Add-on can be used with the following Mechanical analysis types:
Static Structural (A in Figure 8.25: Valid Workflows for the Offshore Add-on)
Transient Structural (B in Figure 8.25: Valid Workflows for the Offshore Add-on)
Modal (C in Figure 8.25: Valid Workflows for the Offshore Add-on)
Harmonic Response (using Full Solution Method only, D in Figure 8.25: Valid Workflows for the Offshore Add-on)
Modal with Static Structural pre-stress condition (E-F in Figure 8.25: Valid Workflows for the Offshore Add-on)
Harmonic Response with Static Structural pre-stress condition (G-H in Figure 8.25: Valid Workflows for the Offshore Add-on)
