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Ship Structural Design of FPSO and FSO Vessels
Viking Systems – a leading provider of structural design services - provides its clients with timely solutions using advanced analysis design tools and classification society requirements for ships and floating marine structures. Viking Systems has applied its extensive knowledge of structural design of ships to the development of SAGA, its proprietary structural engineering software.

Conversion Design and Classification:

Viking Systems performs analysis work related to conversion of single-skin tankers to FSO/FPSO Vessel.  We perform analysis of structural finite element models of the entire vessel with the purpose of accurately verifying the proposed scantlings and to propose modifications to obtain a cost/schedule-effective design.  We perform structural evaluation and verification to the rules of all major classification societies. 

Loading Analysis:

Viking Systems software loads the vessel with required load components including wave loading, dynamic pressures, vessel accelerations, and tank loading.

Stress Result Assessment:

Viking Systems’ SAGA software is used to evaluate the structure of the vessel against classical yielding and buckling rules.  The view on the right shows a bulkhead evaluated for a number of rules and a number of load cases.

Fatigue Analysis of Ship Structures 

Viking Systems has implemented a methodology for fatigue evaluation of structural details.  The method is based on long-term distribution of hull girder wave loading to produce a statistical stress spectrum via probability density functions.  The system can also analyze a number of load cases resulting from a motion analysis.  The results are presented as a stress damage ratio for each detail.  The damage ratio results are processed to give a visual understanding:

 
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