Version 9 introduced an implicit time domain solver. The earliest versions of OrcaFlex, from version 1 to 8, offered dynamic analysis by explicit time domain integration. What follows is a brief introduction to each of the new features that we consider to be of most significance. As always there are a great many more enhancements which are documented in the What’s New topic for 10.0. These are the most significant developments. Contact stiffness may now be nonlinear.Slamming and water exit loads can be applied to lines.It is now possible to connect lines directly to other lines and to form chains of connections. Version 10.0 introduces much new functionality, including: All clients with up-to-date MUS contracts should receive the new version early in November. We are currently preparing the installation program, and will then dispatch the software. The software was finalised and built on 20 th October. This year, for the first time since 2006, sees an increment to the major version number! We are delighted to announce the 2015 release of OrcaFlex, version 10.0. Once again, it’s the time of year when we issue a new release of OrcaFlex.
