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CygnusMultiMode Measuremetal&materials
UltrasonicThickness thicknessTHROUGH
coatingsaccurately&
Gauges reliably

Doesanyoneknowofanycommerciallyavailableliftanalyissoftware ?

InparticularsomethingwhichworksintermsofstructurallineelementsandnotFEA.WehaveFEApackagesthatcandoitbutthetimescaleissuchthatthereisnevertimeto
developthemodel.

Atthemomentweusegeneralframeanalysissoftware forthiswhichworksfinewhenyouhaveslingsconnecteddirecttoastructurebutisnousewhenyouhavemore
complicatedarrangementsusingspreadersandthelike.

Theproblemoccursthattheforcesareresolvedintothecomponentsandwithoutanexternal restraintthestiffnessmatricbecomesnonvalid.Thereisnowaytotakeinto
accountthemutipledegreesoffreedomassociatedwithropeshackledtoropeshackledtoropeswingingfreelyuntilitreachesequilibrium.

"Theworldkeepsturning,itkeepsmeinmyplacewhereIstandisonlythreemilesfromspace"
Spiritualized

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Analysis

Youmightseeif"UltraMarine"isstillaround.TheyusedtohaveaprogramcalledOSCARthatwoulddothis.

RichardAy
COADE,Inc.

Inmycompany theyuseSACSforliftinganalysis,itiscommercialandwidelyusedinoffshoreanalysis
www.sacsedi.com

Ussuri,Ihavefoundagoodfreespreadsheetprogram ,
SlingPro,availablefromengineeringspreadsheets.co.uk
thatdoes4legslingdesigninaccordancewiththemajor
offshorecodes.Youselectthecode,thentheloadand
apexanglethenselectthe3components:Masterlink
assembly,wirerope,andshackleonthebasisof
componentloadcapacity>=theappliedload.
Otherwiseifthisprogramcan'tdoitIusea
standardstucturalanalysisprogram.

Modellingofspreaderbarscanbeachievedinageneralframeanalysis.

Asyouhavestated,thereareeffectivelydegreesoffreedomwhichneedrestrainttoachieveequilibrium,butinpracticeneedtomovelaterally.Thewaytodealwiththeseistouse
asoftspringasasupportfortherelevantdegreeoffreedomasopposedtoarigidrestraint.Thisenablesarelativelylargemovementwithsmallreactionforceandthefinite
elementmatrixremainsstable.

Youdoneedtohaveareasonableideaofwhattheliftconfigurationshouldlookliketomodelitinitially.Anylargeforcesordisplacementsatthespringswouldindicatethatyour
initialguessofthebehaviourwasbadlywrong,andyoushouldconsideradjustingthemodeltopreventinaccuraciesintheanalysis.

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