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Rev. 5.06 Bug Fixes
REV NO: REV 506.001
DATE: May 15, 1997 Discovered By: Eric Magne
Description Of Problem

The last fix in rev5.05 did not completely fix the pressures.

REV NO: REV 506.002
DATE: May 21, 1997 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold
Description Of Problem

The "tensioner" does not work properly for a "j lay".

REV NO: REV 506.003
DATE: May 22, 1997 Discovered By: Tim Nolte
Description Of Problem

The CG of a tank should zero when it is empty.

REV NO: REV 506.004
DATE: May 22, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

On some machines, the force raos for a pulley connector may not be correct.

REV NO: REV 506.005
DATE: May 23, 1997 Discovered By: G. McLelland
Description Of Problem

If a tank is flooded via -SIMPLE, and the vessel has a trim, the free surface correction has a slight error.

REV NO: REV 506.006
DATE: May 29, 1997 Discovered By: G.P. McLelland
Description Of Problem

Sometimes, a &describe compartment ... -minimum will yield bad results when it is "sloshed".

REV NO: REV 506.007
DATE: May 29, 1997 Discovered By: G.P. McLelland
Description Of Problem

For a "non level" vessel, the KM values are not correct.

REV NO: REV 506.008
DATE: May 30, 1997 Discovered By: Gerogina Maldonado
Description Of Problem

If one issues &compartment (or some other internal commands) inside the static process menu, the previous events will be lost.

REV NO: REV 506.009
DATE: June 03, 1997 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold
Description Of Problem

If one uses "gaps" on rollers which are neither 0 nor "infinity" then they will not work properly.

REV NO: REV 506.010
DATE: June 03, 1997 Discovered By: Peter Lai
Description Of Problem

By reporting added radii of gyration, one cannot tell if the added inertia for roll, pitch and yaw are negative. This is a check for irregular frequencies.

REV NO: REV 506.011
DATE: June 04, 1997 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold
Description Of Problem

If one uses &instat -event with a pipe, the pipe solution may not be found within tolerance.

REV NO: REV 506.012
DATE: June 10, 1997 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold
Description Of Problem

For small time steps or large masses, rigid connectors may not work correctly; i.e. the reactions may be too small and the constraint may not be satisfied.

REV NO: REV 506.013
DATE: June 10, 1997 Discovered By: Alexandre Beldi
Description Of Problem

The force due to rollers and a tensioner are not applied to the correct location (and maybe body).

REV NO: REV 506.014
DATE: June 13, 1997 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold
Description Of Problem

The bottom friction does not work for a rod.

REV NO: REV 506.015
DATE: June 17, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

This fix serves two purposes. First, the last fix was not quite correct. Second, for some pipe problems, the torsion can corrupt the real results.

REV NO: REV 506.016
DATE: June 18, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

Two PC problems were induced in the last several fixes. They will normally not bother anyone, but prevent PCs from considering a pipe with a davit, or doing something silly in repositioning.

REV NO: REV 506.017
DATE: July 01, 1997 Discovered By: Barry Miller
Description Of Problem

The stress contribution due to My and Mxy are not included in the plate stresses.

REV NO: REV 506.018
DATE: July 01, 1997 Discovered By: Barry Miller
Description Of Problem

The von Mises stress is incorrect for a plate.

REV NO: REV 506.019
DATE: July 01, 1997 Discovered By: ETPM
Description Of Problem

The STRUDL converter does not convert some loads correctly.

REV NO: REV 506.020
DATE: July 02, 1997 Discovered By: ETPM
Description Of Problem

The command &describe node_nas does not work well at all. In fact, it corrupts the results.

REV NO: REV 506.021
DATE: July 02, 1997 Discovered By: Bruno Salinas
Description Of Problem

The predicted 3 hour extremes are incorrect by a factor of the square root of 2.

REV NO: REV 506.022
DATE: July 02, 1997 Discovered By: ETPM
Description Of Problem

The inertia relief for systems with rigid connectors is not correctly done. This normally does not cause a problem unless one is trying to do something really strange like solving a problem with no motion.

REV NO: REV 506.023
DATE: July 02, 1997 Discovered By: ETPM
Description Of Problem

If one computes hydrodynamic pressures before using generalized dofs, then uses gdof, and attempts lcase -rao, he will get a segment violation.

REV NO: REV 506.024
DATE: July 06, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

These are minor additions to the previous fixes which have to do with pipe connectors.

REV NO: REV 506.025
DATE: July 06, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

Program MAINTAIN does not properly change the executable on WINDOWS 95.

REV NO: REV 506.026
DATE: July 06, 1997 Discovered By: Tim Nolte
Description Of Problem

If one has a large problem, he may get an error message on a PC after he issues a BODSOLVE.

REV NO: REV 506.027
DATE: July 07, 1997 Discovered By: Y. Leipold
Description Of Problem

If one runs a long time domain simulation with a pipe, the results are not good. The moments and shears build up over time due to a small position error in the tensioner which increases over time.

REV NO: REV 506.028
DATE: July 09, 1997 Discovered By: Technip
Description Of Problem

For a truselm defined via -conepy, the derivative is not correct close to zero.

REV NO: REV 506.029
DATE: July 09, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

Raos of the connector forces for Pipe Assemblies in the frequency domain are not correct.

REV NO: REV 506.030
DATE: July 22, 1997 Discovered By: Roger Burger
Description Of Problem

&status -brief produces the incorrect cg for load groups if they have a margin or are partially applied.

REV NO: REV 506.031
DATE: July 23, 1997 Discovered By: Roger Burger
Description Of Problem

If one has a element without any load attributes, it may inherit those of the previous element.

REV NO: REV 506.032
DATE: July 27, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

Fix rev 5.06.031 induced a problem for beams without any intrinsic load attributes, but with applied loads. The applied loads would be lost in a structural analysis with lcase -apply.

REV NO: REV 506.033
DATE: July 28, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

Fix rev 5.06.32 did not completely fix the members which have no load attributes.

REV NO: REV 506.034
DATE: August 12, 1997 Discovered By: G. Le Marichal
Description Of Problem

Sometimes (depending on the names of the compartments), the default locations for longitudinal strength are not set correctly.

REV NO: REV 506.035
DATE: August 12, 1997 Discovered By: John Windus
Description Of Problem

For line containing a spring buoy and with small scope, one may get a "Cannot Find Solution" when building the line table.

REV NO: REV 506.036
DATE: August 21, 1997 Discovered By: John Windus
Description Of Problem

ALINEs which lift buoys out of the water are not treated properly.

REV NO: REV 506.037
DATE: August 22, 1997 Discovered By: Georgina Maldonado
Description Of Problem

The string function &element(od_t .. ) is broken.

REV NO: REV 506.038
DATE: August 28, 1997 Discovered By: Roger Burger
Description Of Problem

If one uses &convert sacs -load, then the loads will not be properly emitted.

REV NO: REV 506.039
DATE: September 02, 1997 Discovered By: Georgina Moldonado
Description Of Problem

The string function &ELEMENT(class ele) give a fatal error "string buffer too small" on a PC.

REV NO: REV 506.040
DATE: September 13, 1997 Discovered By: R. Nachlinger
Description Of Problem

If one inputs a path for the root on a PC, the database is created in the current directory instead of where the path points. The program works properly on all machines except a PC where it is really needed.

REV NO: REV 506.041
DATE: September 22, 1997 Discovered By: Magne Bjoerke
Description Of Problem

The internal commands are not displayed even though &device -idisplay yes is used.

REV NO: REV 506.042
DATE: October 18, 1997 Discovered By: Magne Bjoerke
Description Of Problem

"LINK" connectors give "co-processor faults" or "segment violations" on some machines when computing RAOs.

REV NO: REV 506.043
DATE: October 18, 1997 Discovered By: Alexandre Beldi
Description Of Problem

The string function &BODY(CB -GLOBAL) returns the coordinates of the cb in the body system, not the global one.

REV NO: REV 506.044
DATE: October 19, 1997 Discovered By: Technip
Description Of Problem

A change in tolerance for computing the water surface in "sloshed" tanks (REV 5.022) creates numerical problems for tanks with shape in some circumstances.

REV NO: REV 506.045
DATE: October 24, 1997 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold
Description Of Problem

If one has &dimen -dimen meters and converts a SACS model, then the "small" units will be incorrect.

REV NO: REV 506.046
DATE: October 30, 1997 Discovered By: Mr. Tang
Description Of Problem

"LINK" connectors are not treated correctly during a stress analysis.

REV NO: REV 506.047
DATE: October 30, 1997 Discovered By: Mr. Tang
Description Of Problem

Sometimes on a PC, you will get a co-processor fault when using flexible connectors and doing a stress analysis.

REV NO: REV 506.048
DATE: November 14, 1997 Discovered By: Larilla Templeton
Description Of Problem

If one does tank capacities with many tanks having different depths, the reports for the tanks with less depth will not be correct.

REV NO: REV 506.049
DATE: November 19, 1997 Discovered By: Yvan Leipold
Description Of Problem

Forces in loadgroups are not moved when a part is moved.

REV NO: REV 506.050
DATE: November 20, 1997 Discovered By: Technip
Description Of Problem

If one has an environment with a beginning time greater than 0, then TDOM -RESET will start at the beginning time instead of that specified with the -RESET.

REV NO: REV 506.051
DATE: November 25, 1997 Discovered By: Woon Jeong
Description Of Problem

Buoyancy from a #AREA is not included in the Category Summary.