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List of BFLEX2010 example cases

A set of example cases are presented below.

Table 1. Example cases
Model Features Modules

Basic pipe52 model

stub model, flexcross

bflex2010, bpost2010

Bend stifffener with pipe52

flexcross, bend stiffener

bflex2010, bpost2010

Bend stifffener with pipe52 and hshear352

flexcross, bend stiffener

bflex2010, bpost2010

Bellmouth

flexcross, bell mouth

bflex2010, bpost2010

3 point bending of pipe

Manual modelling, roller contact, shear2helix, fricvisc material

bflex2010, bpost2010

Transition to old bflex, pflex and boundary

flexcross, bend stiffener, itcode21

bflex2010, bpost2010, pflex, boundary, bpost

Repeated Unit Cell model

353flexcross, new friction model, RUC, thickwall

bflex2010, bpost2010, dynpostb

Repeated Unit Cell model

353flexcross, old friction model, RUC

bflex2010, bpost2010

3-phase Power Cable

hshear355, hcont455

bflex2010

4-point Bending of Powercable

general geometry, hshear353, shear2helix, roller (cont164)

bflex2010, bpost2010

Broken armour wires

hshear353, elhist

bflex2010

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