Trotech Improves Storage Tank Platform Design With Efficient and Interoperable FEA Software
Real-world loading scenarios can be difficult to simulate. Trotech strives to maintain the highest standards of quality and safety throughout the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of above-ground bulk storage tanks and associated supportive equipment, including platforms. With support from Qfinsoft (Pty) Ltd, an Ansys Channel Partner, Trotech integrated efficient finite element analysis (FEA) using multiphysics simulation solutions from Ansys, part of Synopsys. These solutions revealed stress and deflection problems, clarified load paths, and informed platform design upgrades. In addition, the software integrated seamlessly with Trotech’s existing computer-aided design (CAD) software.
“Manual calculations from first principles often require many assumptions and simplifications to solve the problem. Issues arise when the problem is complex and cannot be simplified without heavily impacting the validity of the results. This is where an efficient and user-friendly FEA software becomes important. Ansys Mechanical software provided the best overall experience out of all the FEA software we have used and enabled us to solve these complex problems with confidence.”
Uri Naidoo
Junior Mechanical Engineer / Trotech
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Real-world loading scenarios can be difficult to simulate. Trotech strives to maintain the highest standards of quality and safety throughout the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of above-ground bulk storage tanks and associated supportive equipment, including platforms.
