Philip DaiMay 312 min readInstalling Salome Meca on Windows 11 using WSL2References: Installing official Salome Meca on Windows 10/11 using WSL2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMrkfl_QR6Q&t=371s Salome Meca...
Philip DaiFeb 61 min readAI Insight about humansSaw this from Lex clips on Youtube. Very impressive answers from all AI. This is from DS R1, beautifully written. It is even more...
Philip DaiFeb 31 min readPoor Richard's AlmanackPoor Richard's Almanack was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym "Richard Saunders." It was first...
Philip DaiOct 24, 20243 min readsurface type clinderData lines to define surfaces created with TYPE=CYLINDER: First line (leave blank if this surface is being defined within a part or a...
Philip DaiOct 22, 20242 min readUEL for HFW pipesUniform Elongation (UEL) For all tensile tests (MPQT & Production tests), in addition to recording / reporting the YS, TS, and YS/TS, the...
Philip DaiOct 15, 20243 min readRemote Interview Video PodcastBased on the following link: (Ref: https://www.vidyard.com/blog/interview-videos/?gdpr-consent=674 ) To record a quality interview,...
Philip DaiAug 29, 20245 min readConversation with Copilot: keep your options open for both STEM and humanities courses at universityHere are some universities known for their strong programs in Maths, Further Maths, Physics, and English Literature: United Kingdom...
Philip DaiAug 23, 20244 min readSchool preferences (Conversation with Copilot)There could be several reasons why you prefers a school that you perceive as worse compared to a better one. Here are a few...
Philip DaiAug 22, 20242 min readCopilot: A-Level CombinationsCombining Maths, Further Maths, and Physics is a strong foundation for many STEM fields. Here are a few complementary subjects you might...
Philip DaiMay 22, 20241 min readCatenary calculationsLet a catenary be embedded in a cartesian plane so that the 𝑦-axis passes through the lowest point of the catenary. (The word catenary...
Philip DaiMay 21, 20241 min readNominal bending strain for pipeOrcaflex: (half the pipe diameter) / (radius of curvature) Abaqus thin pipe: (pipeline MR) / Radius_of_curvature pipeline MR = (half the...
Philip DaiMay 21, 20241 min readthin and thick pipe hoop stress due to pressureIn Abaqus, the effective axial section force for beams subjected to pressure loading is defined as: thin pipe theory: Hoop stress S22 =...
Philip DaiApr 18, 20241 min readConnector Elasticity to define rotational stiffness** *Node 1, 0., 19121.25, 0. *Element, type=CONN3D2 1, 1, Beam_CS-1.1 *Connector Section, elset=Wire-1-Set-1,...
Philip DaiMar 21, 20241 min readStraightening Process for Reel Lay System and RCMThe straight settings produce a pipe whose OOS is less than 0.15%L typically, ±9mm when L is taken as 6m (i.e., radius of curvature:...
Philip DaiMar 19, 20242 min readNonlinear isotropic/kinematic hardening modelIn the most analyses, the plasticity model we used for offshore pipelines, only have the following lines: *material, name=mat *Density...
Philip DaiMar 19, 20241 min readPIPE31(H) for offshore pipelinesThe pipeline is normally modeled using PIPE31(H) elements. The shear flexible (Timoshenko) pipe elements are good for finite axial...
Philip DaiFeb 1, 20241 min readOut-Of-Straightness (OOS) for under-straight pipeTarget radius of curvature: R [m] Target curvature: 1/R [1/m] Nominal strain: (OR-t/2)/R (ABAQUS) or OR/R (Orcaflex) Pipe length to...
Philip DaiFeb 1, 20242 min readOvality of pipeline The out-of-roundness (OOR) for pipe ends is determined as the difference between the largest outside diameter and the smallest outside...
Philip DaiJan 3, 20241 min readAn Abaqus Error with Altair Compute ManagerWhen submitting jobs with Altair Compute Manager, one mistake I have often made is using a running folder name with space, for instance,...
