SACS 5.4 for Wind Farm, Oil/Gas Structures Available from Bentley Systems

By DE Editors

Bentley Systems released the latest version of its SACS software for the analysis and design of new and existing fixed offshore oil and gas structures and wind farm structures. SACS 5.4 supports wave, wind, and earthquake dynamic response analysis; special high-end analysis for severe accidental loadings such as dynamic blast, ship impact, and structural collapse; and fatigue evaluations on jacket structures,  foundations, and topside. It also provides designers and operators of wind farms with coupled analysis of the entire turbine structures via tight integration with GH Bladed software.

The system provides greater reuse of data within structural engineering analysis and detailed 3D construction modeling workflows, saving time,  empowering the exploration of more design alternatives, reducing errors, and increasing operational safety.

New features include two-way integration with Bentleys Integrated Structural Modeling (ISM) methodology that allows automated updates between engineering and construction 3D models; extended support of international codes to include Eurocode 5 and Canadas CSA S16; and multicore processing, which reduces the time it takes to complete comprehensive fatigue damage and impact analysis by 80 percent.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.