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FlexDeck™
Our distributed web platform for OrcaFlex simulations. Run cable, pipeline, mooring and lifting analyses using your own hardware and licences, with a centralised queuing system, web UI, and automated post-processing.
PLATFORM FEATURES
Built for offshore engineers
Your Hardware, Our Platform
Run simulations on your own infrastructure and OrcaFlex licences through a web interface. Your data stays on your network with no cloud dependency.
Centralised Queuing & UI
Submit, monitor, and manage all your OrcaFlex simulations from a single web interface. Resource-aware queuing manages job execution based on available licence and compute/RAM availability.
Automated Post-Processing
Results are automatically processed and presented in standardised reports. Extract time series, generate rosettes, and compare load cases without manual effort.
Wave Search & Screening
Identify critical wave events through time-domain screening of areas of interest. Use the results to run full dynamic analyses at a fraction of the simulation time.
Static, Dynamic & Fatigue Analysis
Run static, dynamic time-domain, and fatigue analyses for cables, pipelines, mooring systems, and lifting operations directly through FlexDeck.
Automated Case Builder
Build and configure analysis cases through an intuitive interface. Includes cable lay and pipelay case builders with WD and TDP tension targeting, automated scour protection case generation, mooring pattern builder, and multi-processing workflows for parallel base model generation.
IN DETAIL
How FlexDeck Works
Your Hardware, Our Platform
FlexDeck deploys onto your existing infrastructure, connecting directly to your OrcaFlex licence server. Run simulations on that machine through the web application, keeping full control of your data and compute resources without any cloud dependency.
- Connects to your existing OrcaFlex licence server
- Run simulations directly through the web interface
- Your data stays on your network
- No cloud dependency, everything runs on your hardware
Centralised Queuing & UI
A web-based interface for submitting, monitoring, and managing all your OrcaFlex simulations. The resource-aware queuing system manages job execution based on available licence and compute/RAM availability, so engineers focus on engineering rather than file management.
- Real-time job status and progress monitoring
- Resource-aware queue management based on licence and compute/RAM availability
- Priority-based job scheduling
- Access from any device on your network
Wave Search & Screening
Wave Search runs time-domain simulations focused on a specific area of interest, such as the crane tip, vessel chute, or hang-off location, across multiple realisations to identify critical wave events within a sea state. These governing events can then be applied to full dynamic analyses with all elements present, reducing individual simulation run times from hours to minutes while maintaining accuracy and conservatism.
- Screen areas of interest across multiple wave realisations
- Identify critical wave events within long sea states
- Apply filtered wave train to full dynamic analyses with significantly reduced run times
Static & Dynamic Analysis
Run static and dynamic time-domain simulations for cables, pipelines, mooring systems, and lifting operations directly through FlexDeck. Configure DNV code checks and factors, build case variations through our case builder feature, make and optimise pre-tensions of mooring patterns and set environmental conditions through structured input forms.
- Built-in DNV-ST-F101 code checks
- Automated batch processing across thousands of load cases
- Automated UF=1 and flooded pipe checks, yaw/sway sensitivity
- Mooring pre-tensioning, single line failure, and midline buoy case generation
- Mooring winch pull/brake capacity visualisation
- Built-in anchor library with UHC calculation for typical anchor types
- Built-in midline buoy library
Fatigue Analysis
Fatigue analysis supporting both Regular and Rainflow counting methods from OrcaFlex .sim files, or via .csv time history results (Rainflow only). Automatically process thousands of sea states to determine fatigue life across the full metocean climate.
- Homogenous Pipe Stress mode with DNV-RP-C203 S-N curves, built-in library, and visualisation
- Stress Factors mode with built-in library or custom values, visualisation, and mean stress correction
- Mooring fatigue analysis with built-in damage calculation
- Histogram generation for external post-processing via user code
- Scatter diagram binning with automated dynamics job batch execution across all sea state bins
Automated Post-Processing
Post-processing is handled automatically at the end of every job. Configure your default .xlsx output format once in the web portal and results are generated consistently across every project without scripts, version control headaches, or reloading simulation files.
- Results extracted directly from cases held in memory with no reloading of .sim files
- Default output format configured once in the portal
- No input files, scripts, or manual intervention required
- Automatic extrema summary and workability table generation
- Time series extraction with configurable output parameters
Automated Case Builder
Build and configure analysis cases through structured input forms rather than manual OrcaFlex model editing. For cable lay and pipelay projects, the case builder enables engineers to set water depth (WD) and touch-down point (TDP) tension targets to systematically build out base models across the full route profile. Multi-processing workflows distribute model generation across available compute resources, producing hundreds of parametric base cases in minutes rather than hours. The platform also includes an automated scour protection case builder for generating protection profiles at OSP or WTG foundations, alongside a mooring pattern builder with proprietary optimisers for pre-tension and pattern geometry.
- Cable lay and pipelay case builders with WD and TDP tension target definition
- Multi-processing workflows for parallel case generation across available resources
- Automated scour protection case builder for OSP and WTG foundation profiles
- Automatic handling of single-line failure case generation based on most loaded line or step-wise
- Mooring pattern builder with visual layout editor and proprietary pre-tension and anchor spread optimisers
DP Capability Analysis
Dynamic positioning capability analysis for DP vessels and floating systems. Assess station-keeping performance and determine operational limits under varying environmental loading conditions.
- Level 1 analysis in accordance with DNV-ST-0111
- Level 2 analysis coming soon
- Level 3 analysis coming soon
Weather Downtime Analysis
Assess weather-related downtime and operability windows directly from FlexDeck simulation results. Combine metocean data with operational limits derived from completed analyses to determine workability across seasonal and long-term climate conditions.
- Operability assessment from completed FlexDeck dynamic simulation results
- Seasonal and annual workability breakdown across the full metocean climate for P50, P80 and P100
- Automated weather window identification for critical offshore operations
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