Thanks for your reply.
We thought about this solution already, making the roll braces tension-only. However, we have roll braces on both sides of the barge. Therefore, in a roll case, half the braces on one side of the barge would work to resist roll in tension, and the other half of the braces...
This is an offshore-related post. I realize I am in the wrong forum but here is where I figure I find the most advanced SACS users. I explain some of the terminology for your convenience, not to patronize. Please let me know if you have questions, want to see drawings, etc., and I'll do what I...
We are using SACS to try to design our seafastening for a 4000mt module on a 350' barge.
Generally you load the module onto the barge and then fit/weld roll braces and other seafastening onto the module to the barge grillage.
The problem is, when you model this in SACS the roll braces are...
