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DIGITAL SOLUTIONS

SESAMTM
For moorings and risers

Improving safety and performance of deepwater floating systems

Sesam is a proven software solution for deepwater floating systems, marine operations and SURF
(subsea, umbilical, riser, flowline) analysis. It is known in the offshore oil and gas industry for its
efficiency, speed and accuracy, with the mooring and riser systems of many recently installed
platforms having been designed and/or verified using the software.
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Sesam™ incorporates state-of-the-art methods of predicting the global motion response of float-
ing vessels for deepwater oil exploration and production. These methods are more
advanced and more accurate than traditional computational methods.

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Multi-body coupled analysis Single body coupled analysis Riser design

The methods used in the software have been extensively Coupled and uncoupled analysis
validated and include unique multi-body capabilities for As uncoupled analyses can only partially account the effects
complex field layouts involving several floaters, including from the mooring and riser systems, e.g. the static restoring
side-by-side moored systems. forces as a function of floater offset, coupled analysis approach
becomes increasingly important in a time-domain floating
A complete software system for mooring and riser analysis system analysis. A coupled analysis can accurately account for
Sesam’s capabilities in this area range from riser and mooring current forces, damping due to dynamics, inertia forces from the
design to analysis of marine operations. In addition, the system dynamics of the riser and mooring systems, effects of sea-floor
supports design and fatigue analysis of umbilicals, which sets friction and effects of riser-hull contact.
Sesam apart in the market.
Sesam is capable of automatically including the coupling effect
Sesam has been designed to predict the extreme response and from mooring and riser systems on the global response of the
fatigue damage to mooring and riser systems under wave, wind, floating vessel itself. Coupled and uncoupled analysis can be
and current loading conditions, automatically taking the coupling integrated in the Sesam module DeepC, and it is easy for users
effect and other important non-linearities into account. to switch from one to the other. A time-domain air gap analysis
can be also performed based on either coupled or uncoupled
Also supported is efficient simplified riser design approach analysis, which might provide more confidence when low
(uncoupled) as well as mooring analysis in the frequency domain. frequency motions are of concern, such as for semi-submersible
platforms.
Fast, accurate solvers
Sesam is known for its market-leading speed and accuracy. Coupled simulations in combination with model basin tests are
Multi-core computers are supported and the fast, robust solvers (the a prerequisite for new deepwater projects. When model basin
Sesam modules Riflex and Simo) give the designer the necessary tests are conducted with a truncated mooring/riser system, the
tools to undertake design iterations. The graphical modelling of coupled analysis becomes indispensable as a tool for verifying
risers and moorings is quick and efficient. All of these attributes the system performance at the real water depth.
contribute to saving users significant man-hours. Included
functionality enables quick estimates (based on regular waves) Riser design
prior to detailed analyses, thereby saving time and resources. Sesam offers fast and reliable riser design, computing riser
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Umbilical design Coupled analysis for Spar platform Complex riser system

motions, stresses and fatigue life as well as performing code “As the oil and gas fields get deeper, the
check of the risers. Riflex is the market’s fastest solver for riser
installations of deepwater platforms become
analysis. For the deep and ultra-deep water scenarios, a steel
more challenging. The coupling effects
catenary riser design adopting prescribed displacements from
coupled analyses will provide more realistic and optimum re-
between a floater and its moorings become
sults, compared to a more traditional uncoupled analysis. more pronounced and more important. Sesam
is an excellent tool for analysing the interaction
Umbilical design between hull, moorings and risers.”
Sesam also offers umbilical design, including detailed cross
section fatigue analysis. The module Helica is an umbilical
design program offered as one of the Sesam packages for Andy Kyriakides, Project Manager, MODEC International LLC
risers and moorings. It uses the global analysis response to carry
out detailed fatigue analysis and capacity check for each
individual component in an umbilical cross section. Helica
enables engineers to do non-linear cross section analysis within In addition, a traditional but efficient frequency domain
hours, increasing the precision level in the bidding process as approach is supported, available in Sesam’s mooring and riser
well as in the detailed engineering phase. module Mimosa. The program is a market leader in mooring
analysis and offers a variety of options such as calculation of the
Mooring analysis vessel’s wave-frequency and low-frequency motions and
The time domain coupled analysis in the DeepC module mooring line tensions.
provides a comprehensive and accurate analysis for mooring
systems. With abundant components, different types of mooring Several options are available for analysis of mooring systems and
systems, such as spread mooring, single point turret mooring, individual mooring lines. Mimosa is up-to-date with calculations
and Soft Yoke system (which is quite widely used in some required by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD) and the
shallow water areas) can be properly simulated in an efficient American Petroleum Institute (API) for approval of positioning
way. With deeper knowledge of the solvers, thrusters and systems.
dynamic positioning (DP) systems can also be simulated and
analysed simultaneously with other slender structures.
Sesam modules for mooring & riser analysis
Sesam offers modules for coupled analysis (DeepC, Simo and
Riflex), riser analysis (DeepC and Riflex), umbilical analysis THE GOOD REASONS FOR CHOOSING SESAM

(Helica) and mooring analysis in the frequency domain (Mimosa

only). Simo, Mimosa and Riflex are owned, developed and 1. Fast and accurate results give flexibility in design
maintained by MARINTEK. These products are commercialized 2. Advanced and accurate computational methods
and marketed by DNV GL as part of Sesam. 3. Covers the range from riser and mooring design to marine
operations
4. Unique multi-body capabilities for complex field layouts
5. Supports design and fatigue analysis for umbilicals
6. Options for analysis of mooring systems and individual
mooring lines
7. Covers the range from riser and mooring design and analysis
to design of umbilicals
8. Designed to predict extreme response and fatigue damage to
mooring and riser systems
9. Quick and efficient graphical modelling of risers and moorings

DNV GL AS, [email protected], www.dnvgl.com/digital August 2018