Steel design

Our services covers all stages from ideas and concept development, material specifications, welding procedures, to detailed and advanced structural analyses, and writing documentations intended for approval by class societies (e.g. DNV, Lloyds, and ABS) and public authorities (e.g. IMO, Kystverket, and Vegdirektoratet). These services together with close co-operation with designers/producers, make sure that the final product meet all the requirements of our customers.

FiReCo perform the necessary advanced design calculations for almost any type of structure to be built in steel, e.g. ships, vessels, bridges, vehicles and many more. We are specialists in finite element (FE) analysis and can perform the following analyses:

  • Linear and non-linear static analysis
  • Vibration and Eigenvalue analysis
  • Linear and non-linear dynamic analysis
  • Blast and shock analysis
  • Fatigue analysis
  • Structural fire protection philosophy