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List of BFLEX2010 example cases

A set of example cases are availiable with the standard BFLEX2010 installation. The input files are located in an example folder under the folder that BFLEX 2010 have been installed in. A description of each test case can be found 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

bflex2010, bpost2010, pflex, boundary, bpost, itcode21

Repeated Unit Cell model

353flexcross, new friction model, RUC, thickwall

bflex2010, bpost2010, dynpostb

Repeated Unit Cell model

353flexcross, old friction model, RUC

bflex2010, bpost2010

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