Reply To: ANSYS AQWA JACKET LAUNCH SAMPLE FILE

[Yu Bi]

Hi, ChongLau, regarding your questions:
sorry, how do the tubular tiecans look like or function? In Aqwa, we have rigid joints which fix two structures together.
from 2019R1, we can define internal tanks in the Aqwa. So, yes, you can define tanks inside the jacket legs, but please note the jacket leg and tanks should not share the same surface.
I think it can be possible although Aqwa is not like other Mechanical products that have more advanced joints and contact solutions. The way I can think of is to use two or three-hinged joints to constrain the movement as you wish.
Yes, for the model you showed, we used fenders at each critical nodeto simulate the contact behaviour between jacket and barge.
Hope this helps.