Hello all,

Saw a useful resources and information in this forum. I am working on the global buckling of subsea pipeline placed in about 4km seabed profile in water depth of 370m using PSI elements in Abaqus. Wonder if you came across or know how to create the model. I have problem in the beginning of how to build the seabed and pipe configuration with the pipe and spring elements. The pipeline is initially assumed at above seabed profile and applied self weight to move down and embedded to seabed and then applied IC, LC etc.

I got the methodology and like to find someone who got experiences in the actual modelling to build up the model. Many thanks.