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The ANSYS ASAS packages provide a number of special features intended to make

the simulation process as efficient and effective as possible.

Integrated database: Results from the various solvers are written onto a database

so individual modules will always work with correct data.

Direct interfaces from Microsoft® Excel® and Mathcad®: When ANSYS ASAS

software is installed, additional functions are added enabling all the ANSYS ASAS results to be accessed and retrieved for report writing or further post-processing.

ANSYS ASAS Toolkit: This is a collection of routines that are provided within the installation in the form of a library and .dll. The library is used in conjunction with the user's own FORTRAN routines.

ASAS-VISUALIZER: This is a graphical post-processor that has been especially written for ANSYS ASAS software. Beyond displaying model information and results, the visualizer can make use of ANSYS ASAS sets for model clarity. Facilities exist to

scan results for worst cases and present these in a concise format for report generation.

► Single pile or pile group

► Variable pile cross-sections

► Automatic subdivision of piles based on pile cross-section and number of soil layers

► Automatic calculation of Mindlin

coefficients for pile groups

► Automatic generation of P-Y and T-Z curves

► Efficient nonlinear solution for soil-pile-structure interactions via superelement approach

► Stress recovery to structural elements following convergence

► Tangent and secant stiffness

methods for iterating with nonlinear P-Y and T-Z curves for soil

► Skewed system option for

constraints or loading

► Non-tubular cross-sections and

tubes within tubes

► Linearized pile cap stiffness option

► Tubular framed structures subject to waves and current or wind

including wind gusts

► Scott-Weigel, Jonswap, Pierson-

Moskowitz or user-defined wave spectra

► Empirically derived stress

concentration factors including Efthymiou influence functions

► User-defined stress concentration factors for both box and tubular

members

► Wave spreading effects

ANSYS ASAS is a software package that is part of the ANSYS comprehensive range of applications that collectively satisfy the demanding engineering and design requirements of the offshore industry. Other software packages include ANSYS® AQWA™ for the simulation of multi-body floating structures including diffraction-radiation, mooring configurations and articulations and ANSYS® AutoReaGas™ for the simulation of explosion and blast effects on topside modules and similar configurations. The ANSYS ASAS suite is supported by ANSYS® Mechanical™ simulation tools and ANSYS® CFX® plus FLUENT® computational fluid

dynamics packages. ANSYS offers the most complete range of solutions for the

offshore industry from front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies through

global analysis to component design. Solutions are available for contractors, consultants, fabricators, certification authorities, operators and equipment manufacturers.

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