Hi all,

Appreciate if anyone could advise me if Ceaser II can performe the above stated calculation??

We like to spell it 'Caesar'.

I guess that you are dealing with an FPSO or similar.

Presuming that you can get deflection data for all your support and restraint locations, either replace them all with specified displacements or define a cnode at each point and define a displacement at the cnode.

You may need to define several different displacements at the same point. That's no problem, use D1, D2 D3 etc. to identify each case.

Cheers.

I wouldn't replace restraints with displacements unless the restraint is linear. For example, displacing a +Y support downward 1 inch (to displace supports use a Cnode and displace the Cnode) is not the same as displacing the pipe downward 1 inch. In the first case the pipe could still lift off the support and in the second case it cannot move in the vertical, but is fixed with a negative 1-inch displacement.