ollow Cognity
Aberdeen based mechanical design consultants, Cognity, who specialise in mechanical design and advanced analysis, will design and develop the conductor design in-house, using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulation and virtual prototyping software from ANSYS. Design by simulation enables Cognity engineers to replace many iterations of traditional physical testing, and allows Cognity to significantly accelerate the overall design process. A single round of qualification tests and land trials are planned for Q1 2011 before the final design enters offshore service in the Caspian.
Rae Younger, Managing Director of Cognity, said “Castle Rock Engineering Ltd has a groundbreaking concept, and we look forward to working with them in developing this into a world-leading product. This is an extremely exciting award for Cognity, which I’m sure will be both technically challenging as well as very rewarding.”
The complexity of the design, in particular the modelling of the conductor soil interaction, requires specialist hardware and software. Cognity will run the high fidelity analysis models on dedicated High Performance Computing (HPC) workstations, coupled with ANSYS HPC parallel processing software. This combination of hardware and software enables Cognity to run large simulations, increasing throughput, and allows Cognity to explore multiple design ideas – all crucial in making the right engineering decisions early in the design cycle.
About Cognity Limited
As a design consultancy, Cognity offers a unique capability marrying advanced engineering and robust analysis to assist clients in developing new ideas. Cognity offers a range of in-house services which can be combined to meet specific project needs, including detailed mechanical design, structural design, advanced FEA and design draughting. For additional information visit www.cognity.com