SESAM

Platework
Stiffened steel plate design
Yield and buckling codechecks according to DNV, API and NPD
Platework is an interactive program for code checking of plane stiffened steel plate structures based on results from an FE analysis. The program has features for manual input of code check data and extensive automatic features for extraction of such data from FE analyses. It may also be used as a design tool independently of an FE analysis

How Platework is used:

A finite element analysis is first carried out to determine stresses in all locations of the structure. Platework is then used to code check the plate, stiffeners and girders of flat rectangular plate areas by automatically extracting the properties and loads of the specified plate area. It is also possible to manually define stiffeners and girders, change the material and thickness properties, and add in additional local loads. The code check features are mainly buckling checks, with some yield check facilities. Platework is based on Capacity Model concept using the following Capacity Model types: The stiffeners can be modelled by beam or plate elements in the FE analysis. The user may also work in a mixed mode; using automatic recognition of plates combined with manual insertion of girders and stiffeners. The individual Capacity Models can be assembled into a stiffened panel called a Capacity Model Assembly representing a flat, rectangular area with main girders running parallel to two of the sides in the rectangle. The stiffeners run in the direction defined by the two remaining sides in the rectangle, while the plates occupy the area between the stiffeners and girders. Stresses and forces computed in the FE analysis are automatically transformed into loads consistent with the code checking principles for each of the capacity models specified.

Simple, non-stiffened plate Stiffener Girder Uniaxial stiffened panel Orthogonal stiffened panel

capacity model

stiffeners girder

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The following code checks may be performed:

Other Platework features:

Loads may be manually defined or changed Stresses can be automatically extracted from an FE
analysis

API, DNV, NPD plate yield and buckling API, DNV, NPD stiffener yield and buckling API, DNV, NPD girder yield and buckling API uniaxial stiffened panel buckling API orthogonal stiffened panel buckling

A load combination may be specified as a

combination of FE analysis results and manually defined loads

User control of how moments should be accounted

for in code checking of stiffeners and girders

Girder and stiffener section data may be changed Plate thickness may be changed Materials may be changed Non-rectangular plate shapes can be stretched into
rectangular shapes through shape idealisation

Print and display of selected results on screen and

file with several options for sorting and filtering

over-utilised

For further information contact your local DNV office or DNV Software: Veritasveien 1, N-1322 Hvik, Norway Tel: +47 67 57 76 50 Fax: +47 67 57 72 72 Email: dnv.software@dnv.com

www.dnv.com/software

02.01.26/Rev.1

Example of result presentation