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Part 0 - General

Cargo rail Modelling in GeniE

SESAM User Course in Curved Structure Modelling Genie Workshop: Local model of cargo rail

The purpose of this workshop is to create a model intended for stress analysis of a cargo rail on a floating vessel. The focus is primarily on making the structure and not the loads nor detailed mesh control. There are four loadcases covering selfweight, wet surface loads and a combination. It is assumed that the user is familiar with structure modelling (beams and plates using snap to point modelling techniques). Furthermore, it is required that the user has basic knowledge on GeniEs user interface and how the user may interact with the model to derive necessary information (such as length, positions, properties, display settings and so on). Some detailed guidance is given in the beginning of the tutorial to exemplify how to work with GeniE

The workshop is also accompanied with input files for GeniE (Journal file) You need to make mesh and run analysis to see results

This workshop should be viewed on-line or on colour print out to best see the property colour coding. All pictures have been created using paper background Default viewing settings have been modified

The structural data as well as the loads are fictitious This tutorial has been made with GeniE version D5.3-06 (March 2011) it may be that you need this or a later version to complete this workshop

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Part 0 - General

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Part 0 General introduction to the workshop Pages 1 - 3 Part 1 Design premise Define the units, material, section types and thicknesses. Import data from library files. Pages 4 - 8 Part 2 Guiding geometry Define the guiding geometry needed to define the outer hull and deck levels. Pages 9 - 12 Part 3 Web frames Model the web frames interactively. Pages 13 - 20 Part 4 Hull Create the hull Page 21 - 22 Part 5 Decks Create the decks Page 23 - 24 Part 6 Cargo rail Create the cargo rail structure Pages 25 - 30 Part 7 Copy the section Extend the model by copying the modelled section Pages 31 Part 8 Mirror the model Mirror the model to create the complete model Pages 32 Part 9 Named sets Create named sets Pages 33 34 Part 10 Boundary conditions Create boundary conditions Pages 35 Part 11 Loads and loadcases Create surface loads on wet surfaces and make a combination of loadcases Pages 36 39

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Part 0 - General

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Part 12 Run analysis Run the analysis and see how the mesh and results changes when performing changes in the global mesh settings. Learn how to work with sets in results presentation and open the results in Xtract Pages 40 Part 13 Results presentation Present the results in various ways. Learn to work with sets in results presentation and open the results in Xtract Pages 41 - 42

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Part 1 Design premise

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Define units meters and N Start the program and open a new workspace File | New Workspace. Specify name Cargo_rail_tutorial and use the default values for database units. Click OK when done. Notice, if you want FE results in other units than N and m, you need to change now.

Define materials Use the command Edit | Properties and select Material. Select Create/Edit Material to give the details for St52 (remember to tick Allow edit). Set the material type to default and click OK when done.

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Part 1 Design premise

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Define section properties All sections except the rails are to be imported from a library. Use the command Edit|Properties and select Section. Select Create/Edit section to start defining the sections. Select Section Library.

Find the right section library from Browse and select the library with default path C:\Program Files\DNVS\GeniE\Libraries\bulb.xml (a library containing some typical ship profiles). Change the filter type to see the file in the directory.

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Part 1 Design premise

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Filter and select the sections as shown. Click Apply to import.

Use the Name Match filter and add the following sections: HPbulb300x11x43x13x13, Fbar150x12, Fbar300x20. Still in Create/Edit Cross Section select the Pipe tab and manually create a pipe profile called Rails using d=0.2m and t=0.1m.

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Part 1 Design premise

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Define plate thicknesses Click Edit|Properties and select Thickness. Click Create/Edit Thickness and define the thicknesses shown in the table.

Name Th09 Th10 Th11 Th12 Th13 Th15 Th20

Thickness 0.009m 0.010m 0.011m 0.012m 0.013m 0.015m 0.020m

Set default property to HPbulb200x10x28x8x8, default material to St52 and default thickness to Th08.

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Part 1 Design premise

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Define a default global mesh density Click the Edit | Properties | Mesh Property tab and use Create/Edit Mesh Property to define a mesh density of 0.7m. Select the mesh property afterwards and click the Set Global Default button.

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Part 2 Guiding geometry

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Insert a guiding plane Use Insert | Guiding Geometry | Guide Plane Dialog and enter the values as shown.

Make a copy of the guiding plane by transforming it 20m in x-direction. First select the guiding plane, then RMB to Copy and fill in the Translation Vector.

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Part 2 Guiding geometry

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Select Insert | Guiding Geometry | Poly Curve, then select five points on GuidePlane1 in the shown order to create a guiding curve for the hull.

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Click same point twice to end input

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Select Insert | Guiding Geometry | Guide Line and create two straight curves.

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Part 3 Web frames

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Select the three guiding curves and use RMB to Cover Curves. This will create a plate inside the curves.

To create stiffeners first transform the mid ship guide line 0.7m in y-direction. Then create a single beam using Insert | Beam | Straight Beam Dialog menu using the guide end points as end points for the new beam. Make sure the beam is correctly oriented and flushed, see figure on next page. Changes area made by selecting the beam and RMB to Edit Beam and the Local System and Offset Vectors menus. Make sure current section is set to HPbulb200x10x28x8x8 and current material to St52 before creating the beam.

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Part 3 Web frames

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Translate copies with equal spacing of 0.7m nine times along the plate in y-direction.

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Part 3 Web frames

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Delete the beam along the guide plane spacing line, see previous figure. Create a single beam along the rightmost guide plane spacing line. Then make two copies by translating with equal spacing of 0.5 m in y-direction. Delete the single beam. Alternatively you can copy the rightmost existing beam 1.2m in y-direction first.

Select one of the two beams that extend outside the plate at the fillet, RMB and select use Divide to split it at the fillet curve. Delete the small beam that have been cut off before proceeding. Both beams should be divided.

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Part 3 Web frames

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Select both the guiding plane and the plate and use RMB to make a copy by translating them 5m in x-direction. The figure below shows the preview.

Select the new guiding plane and the plate and press ALT-S to show selection only as visible. Alternatively use RMB to see Visible Model options.

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Part 3 Web frames
Select the plate and RMB to divide the plate using planes through the guide plate points.

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After you have done this, only the shown plates should be kept. Delete the other plates.

Now it should look like this.

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Part 3 Web frames

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Define two cut-out profiles using Tools | Structure | Punch | New Profile as shown.

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Part 3 Web frames
Punch the hole in the web frame using Tools | Structure | Punch.

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Repeat the punch process using the Manhole profile for three different profile start ypositions: 6.6m, 4.5m, 2.5m and 1.0m.

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Part 3 Web frames

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Create Fbar150x12 beams by using Insert | Beams | Straight Beam Dialoge. First click some points on the guiding plane and then edit the y-coordinate before hitting apply. Either type in the coordinate directly or let GeniE calculate the value. Create five beams acccoring to the measures in the figure. Orient and flush the beams.

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Part 3 Web frames

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Repeat creating beams according to the figure.

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Part 3 Web frames

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Copy or mirror the second web frame to the opposite side of the first web frame.

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Part 4 Hull

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Create the hull by skinning curves. Open up Help | Help Topics and search for the words skin curves. Follow the example there to make the hull look like below. Hint: If your model lacks guiding curves to skin, you can copy them from elsewhere or you can double-click a plate, then select the edge you need and then RMB to Create Model Curve. Double-click again to go back to normal display mode. The hull is 13mm thick.

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Part 4 Hull

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Update the thicknesses according to the figure. Select a plate and then click RMB and go to Properties where you first click on the desired thickness and then OK.

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Part 5 Decks

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Create decks using Insert | Plate | Flat Plate. Create a plate by clicking on four corner points. Note the stiffener plates under deck in the first figure. Remember to set the default thickness before creating a plate, see thicknesses shown below.

Repeat this process until all plates are defined.

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Part 5 Decks

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Create deck stifffeners (shown in yellow) with spacing matching existing beams using the HPbulb200x9x28x8x8 cross section for both middle and lower deck and hull. Insert a single beam first and then translate copies. Create deck stiffeners (shown in blue) with equal spacing of 0.7m in y-direction. Verify orientation and flush before proceeding.

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Part 6 Cargo rail

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Create guiding curves and sweep plates by using Insert | Plate | Sweep Curves Dialog to create the deck and wall structure shown in the figure.

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Part 6 Cargo rail

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Now create three different profiles called Door, Windows and Winbdow2 for punching cut-outs. You can either use Tools | Structure | Punch | New Profile or Insert | Profile to open the new profile dialoge. Alternatively you can construct guiding curves (see next pages for postions) and use Tools | Structure | Curve Punch instead. Make sure you try out both alternatives.

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Part 6 Cargo rail

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Use Tools | Structure | Punch to punch out the door, double small windows and double large windows as shown in the figure. The Profile Punch/Cut menu is previously shown. Select the Profile Start Position as the leftmost position and then offset the point by adding know distances as shown. Remember that the profiles are positioned by their centre.

Door

2xWindow

2xWindow2

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Part 6 Cargo rail

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Create rail beams for a crane on the top of the structure using the Rails cross section. Set Rails to default property and use the Straight Beam icon (at the very left of the toolbar), then click the end points. Alternatively you can set the default properties at the bottom of the GUI using the Defaults tab.

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Part 6 Cargo rail

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Create three 8 mm thick and 0.35 m wide stiffener panels at the end of the section by first creating guide lines and then using Insert | Plate | Sweep Curves Dialog. Inside the dialog select a guide curve and then click two points to define a vector that you modify before hitting apply.

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Part 6 Cargo rail

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Remove the hull from the display by selecting it and pressing ALT + Minus. Then copy the previously created stiffener plates with a spacing of 0.7m in x-direction all along the section. See the preview below.

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Part 7 Copy the section

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Copy the section once to extend the model. Use the Select Touching icon to select everything except the entities at the end, then RMB and Copy | Translate. The translation vector should be the length of the section, i.e. 10m in x-direction.

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Part 8 Mirror the model

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Mirror the two sections to complete the model. Use the Select Touching icon to select everything except the entities at the mirror plane, then RMB and Copy | Mirror. The point in the mirror plane should be a point in the y=0 plane and the mirror plane normal vector can be 0 1 0.

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Part 9 Named sets

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Create the following named sets by first selecting the entities and then RMB to Named Set The first set to create is called Complete and should contain the whole model. The named sets are also accessible from the tree structure at the bottom under Utilities. Here you can use the visible model options on RMB i.e. ALT+S to view only the selected set. If you want to use the sets when viewing results in other programs than GeniE the names should be max. 8 characters. You may also insert selected structure into existing sets

Named set BL_Tanktop and NWT_frame

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Part 9 Named sets
Named set WT_frame

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Named set Cargo_rail

Named set Hull_part

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Part 10 Boundary conditions

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The boundary conditions along plate members are here assumed to be /fixed, fixed, fixed, fixed, fixed, fixed). Ensure there are guide lines along all relevant edges. Select the edges, RMB and click Create Support Curve You may also insert support curves by using Insert | Support | support Curve. Remember to double click the end point Select the Support Curves, RMB, Properties and change from fixed in all dofs to (fix, fix, fix, fixed, fixed, fixed). Apply the same boundary conditions to the opposite side.

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Part 11 Loads

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Before making the loadcases make an analysis activity. Right click in right browser pane area to access the commands and select New Analysis. Accept the default options.

Create four loadcases called LC1, LC2_sea, LC_CR and LC_sea_CR. Create the loadcases from the browser pane area as shown

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Part 11 Loads

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Include selfweight in LC1 Select Loadcases in the left pane and then select loadcase LC1 in the right pane, RMB and choose Properties. Make sure that Include structure self-weight in structural analysis is ticked.

Create and include the sea wet surface load in LC_sea Select the LC2_sea loadcase, RMB and click Set Current, then RMB again and select Properties. Make sure that Include structure self-weight in structural analysis is ticked OFF in this loadcase. Select plates in green as shown on next page (hull all around), RMB and select Properties, then click the Wet Surface tab as shown below. Use Create/Edit Wet Surface to create the wet surface name WS_sea. After that, back in the properties menu, select the wet surface name WS_sea and RMB to Apply Wet Surface to selection.

Create and include the cargo rail wet surface load in LC_CR Repeat the process above described for the red surfaces (both sides of cargo rail) creating the wet surface WS_CR.

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Part 11 Loads

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Select Properties | Wet Surfaces in the left pane and RMB to Color code all visible properties. The display should look like below.

Create loads on the wet surfaces Use Insert | Explicit Load | Surface Load to define two surface loads as shown below. Surface load SLoad1 should belong to loadcase LC2_sea and SLoad2 to LC_CR. Hint: Move the cursor over the Intensities and Footprint lines to open hidden parts of the menus. Surface load sea called SLoad1:

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Part 11 Loads
Surface load CR called SLoad2:

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Define loadcase LC_sea_CR as a combination of LC2_sea and LC_CR. Use a load factor of 1.0 for both loadcases.

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Part 12 Run analysis

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Run the analysis from Tools | Analysis | Activity Monitor (or by using the shortcut ALT+D) There are several ways of verifying analysis details. The example below shows how to open the listing file from the analysis done by Sestra.

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Part 13 Results presentation

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You may now look at the finite element mesh and results by selecting e.g. the view setting Results with mesh It is not the objective of this tutorial to do results presentation, but the results menu is accessed via Tools | Analysis | Presentation or from using short-cut ALT+P (in this case the displacements are shown for the whole structure using load combination LC_sea_CR).

Note the large displacements displayed. This is due to default scaling of the deformed shape plot. In Results Presentation menu click the deformed shape settings option and change the deform factor to 1.0 for Scale Displacements. Notice the change in the deformed shape plot

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Part 13 Results presentation

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Select the Hull_part set in the right pane and press ALT+S to show this set only. In order to better view the interior of the model, select parts of the model and press ALT + Minus hide the selected parts. Example below shows LC_sea_CR, G-stress, sigxx and top for a subset of the Hull_part set.

Open the results database (R1.SIN) in Xtract to get access to general FE results processing You find the file where you have stored your GeniE model and results You have access to the sets in Xtract as well.

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