DOCAN

How are you today? Tell us what you want to hear from us. If you want to stay up-to-date with us, follow our Page. And great news for DOCAN - we had our annual #BSI #ISO9001:2015 audit of our Quality Management System on Friday and #passed with no NC's! Rest assured - when you work us, we deliver on quality and added value!

Did you know: Approx. 12.5% (5883 MW) of Power Generated in the UK comes from #Nuclear. In #France, this is a whopping 65% (4394 MW), in the #USA around19%, in #China around 5% (53MW), and in #India 3.1% (8180MW). Ref WIKI. At DOCAN - we have completed various projects within the Nuclear industry were our skills, experience, and technology are fully employed. One such project was for #Moltex #Flex. Salt Reactor Technology. If you would like to know more how we can support you in R&D, Design, Engineering, Operations and Decommissioning, come and talk to the team. [email protected] 44(0)1606212330 https://lnkd.in/e5BdUv3N

The world is not #Static or #linear. Many companies will ignore #dynamics, but quite often it is very important to truly understand what is going on. Subsequently as #Designers, #Engineers and #Consultants, we are often asked to deal with real world dynamic non-linear problems to solve our client problems. Within the world of structural mechanics we use the latest technology, from the likes of #ABAQUS and #ANSYS. We also use #ADINA (advanced dynamic incremental nonlinear analysis), which has a cutting edge multi-discipline solver covering structural mechanics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics and electromagnetism, which can all be coupled. We have completed a fair few crush analyses recently - this analysis is an #ADINA benchmark which can be solved in both implicit and explicit solvers - and if we need to, we can switch between if the physics require. This problem is fully non-linear, highly dynamic time history, non-linear materials, large geometry, self contact. Some dynamic projects we have completed and coming through the system include rock crushing machine design, design of high tech screens accounting for impact, energy absorbers and crushing, high energy slugging loads and design for pipelines, vibration segregation machine design, structural harmonic design of structural systems for machine placement, rotating equipment and associated structural assessment and design, piping, structural and equipment dynamic response, and more. If you need Consultants to support your dynamic issues - don't stay steady state and static. Jump up and give us a call! [email protected] 44(0)1606212330 #Dynamics #Impact #Balistics #Seismic #Vibration

DOCAN have a strong history within #Civil and #Structural Engineering particularly in #assessment and #design. We have been using Bentley #STAAD for a number of years, and have also used #ADINA for many years. Since ADINA is now a #Bentley product, we are also looking at the STAAD to ADINA capabilities which will boost our ability to deal with complex #Civil / #Structural problems. #Seismic #Response and #Dynamics are not new to DOCAN, and in this benchmark example, we apply response spectrum loads to the bridge foundations and then review the overall dynamic response of the bridge. Imagine being able to get into the connection details directly from the STAAD model and into a real dynamic FEA model natively. (disclosure - we no longer sell ADINA, but we believe its a great system, and proudly talk about it, similar to the other technology we use). For further information on our Civil / Structural capabilities, please talk to the team: [email protected] 44(0)1606212330

Did you know - DOCAN are heavily invested in #technology. In the space of #design and digital #twins, we use the latest technology, from providers such as #Dassault, #Siemens, #Autodesk, #leica, #faro and #Hexagon. This enables us to design in the various spaces for #systems, #product, #equipment, #structural, and #plant #design. Our #Designers and #Engineers are highly skilled and experienced and can change your idea into reality! [email protected] 44(0)1606212330 #piping #equipment #vessels #silos #products #machines #scanning #surveying #structures #FPSO #refining #nuclear #chemicals #sc02 #hydrogen #PID #Mechanical #Structural #Civil #Process #tekla #revit #cloudworx #cyclone https://lnkd.in/eAYZpASB

#CREEP - the phenomena where a material goes through permanent deformation over time whilst under stress, generally with stress below yield. DOCAN have completed many project where CREEP is a key feature of design, life and failure. In one of our benchmarks - we completed a CREEP assessment with FEA. In this case we use the cutting edge #ADINA #FEA system from #Bentley to model CREEP and determine the CREEP strain over time, which we then use in real complex modelling of systems. Hand in hand, we also use replication within metallurgy to assess actual CREEP #damage which then leads to failure. CREEP is seen in #metals, #polymers, #concrete and many other materials - and is not always associated with #hot!! If you have a complex #structural #mechanics issue, whether it is related to #CREEP, #Fracture, #Collapse, #Vibration, #Fatigue, #Ratcheting, #Buckling, #Dynamics or some other failure mode, come and talk to the team at DOCAN [email protected] 44(0)1606212330

How do you know your #piping system has been #designed correctly? There are key stages to go through which enable a straight line design (not necessarily straight lines): -Process Engineering and Thermo Fluid Sizing -Development of a P&ID -Correct selection and verification of a Piping Specification -Design of the Piping system via a skilled and experienced Piping Designer -Pipe Stress Analysis (or not) by a skilled and experienced Pipe Stress Engineer -Design Reviews (#HAZOP, etc) -Compliance to relevant codes and standards (#PSSR/ #PED/ #ASME/ #BSI/ #DNV, etc) At DOCAN we have successfully designed many #structural, #mechanical, #process and #Piping Systems, and have the relevant technology, skills and experience to successfully design your systems. If you want to discuss with the team, come and discuss with the team: [email protected] 44(0)1606212330 #nuclear #oil #gas #renewables #chem #pharma #caesarii #hysis #autoplant #cadworx #cloudworx #digital #cad #hydraulics #dyanmics #seismic #psa #stress #sif #markl #b31 https://lnkd.in/enwjZWHU

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#Tanks and #Fires - A bad combination especially when the contents of the tank is combustible. Check out one of our past projects were the aim was to determine if the tank could be put back into service after a fire. Fitness for Service (#FFSA) is one of our areas of work - if you would like help in this area, get in touch with the team at: [email protected] 44(0)1606212330 https://lnkd.in/e-dwnPa4

Have you ever tried to #design #equipment or a #product which includes repeated #impacts, but still need to account for #Fatigue #Life and #Damage Tolerance. Some of our clients have this issue and some of their equipment would fail catastrophically - working with them, we have been able to make their equipment work, gave them the life and the damage tolerance they needed (not the first project, and not the last of this complex nature). Using traditional, #implicit #FEA for this #dynamic event would be impossible, however by using #explicit FEA we are able to capture the full transfer of #energy through the system and the relative #speeds of all of the different components at any point in time.  The #impact event puts large loads through some components, giving a single #high #tensile stress value. Other components it causes to #vibrate, which can accumulate many reversed stress #cycles in a single strike. How do we know which stresses are most damaging and where we should focus our design effort? DOCAN's experienced engineers use complementary pieces of software which allows us to use an #advanced #fatigue #life algorithm accounting for mean stress correction, bilinear stress states, and complex loading cycles on every single element of the model producing a contour plot of life for the entire system, which can be readily interrogated and the design adjusted where necessary to achieve the required life. Using DOCAN's technology stack, we can complete full implicit, and in this case Explicit analysis, and also use special algorithms to assess fatigue for these extremely dynamic events, where many vibrations waves can occur potentially causing damage. As such we are uniquely positioned with our expert engineers and our technology to help design your complex equipment. If you have complex dynamic problems which keep causing failures and need a resolution, or have new equipment, products or designs which need to account for dynamics of all kinds, and still function later on, come and talk to the team. DOCAN's AET, or our Advanced Engineering Team will sort you out. [email protected] 4401606212330