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YOUR STRESS
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Our mission at Team Stressman is to become the
preferred supplier of quality computational analyses. Our
passion for the job is what drives us.
An important aspect of Team Stressman is our
team's flexibility to cover both our organisation
and our clients respectively, enabling us to
work proactively together to produce the best
outcomes.
At Stressman, all projects are completed in-house
and we benefit from owning all of the necessary
software, licenses and insurances as standard, in
order to function independently.
Aside from primarily being of industrial heritage,
Porsgrunn also happens to be one of the sunniest
spots in Norway.
The industrial background of Porsgrunn has seen
it become home to several educational institutes,
pioneering Mechanical Engineering, Process
Technology, Chemistry and more. Our team has
built strong connections with the University
College of Southeast Norway, enabling us to pool
our resources and maximise productivity.
We believe strongly in our slogan:
"Relax, let us handle your stress".
We take pride in our methods of providing clients
with assurance and credible, reliable solutions

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Globally
Over time we have recognised our potential to “ High quality, extensive
knowledge and great
grow our business outside of our native Norway.
And in order to compete with the lower cost
Asian countries, we have collated all our
knowledge and systemised it through the use of efficiency combined
macro systems and internal work processes.
with passion for the
Our goal is to one day be recognised as the
worldwide leader in Mechanical Analysis. science, is the key to
success for both our
clients and ourselves.”

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Main advantages
of using Stressman
Engineering
Through our determination to become
the leading, go-to Mechanical Analysis
company, we are always looking for ways
to improve our services and efficiency.

Our employees' sheer passion
for Physics and Stress Analyses
provides the catalyst for everything
we take on, and our efficient
methods.
Focus on system and
efficiency solutions
Whenever we take on a new project,
we always emphasise that the
most synergies will be when we
have conducted as many of the
mechanical analyses as possible.
When we get to calculating for
example piping, pipe support and
structure of a skid, it is very easy
for us to optimise the overall
performance, as we have full
control of the boundaries and loads.
have benefited from a range of
educational backgrounds and
experience. This safeguards our
diversity and ensures a number of
employees have secured hands-on
experience in the field.
We believe strong ties to our local
education institution is a must.
Master degree students with a
mechanical bachelor degree and
the relevant experience are offered
valuable internships within our
organisation. We are also able to
provide students with suggestions
and support whilst they are
undertaking their Master's Thesis.
Relying purely on theoretical
knowledge is not good so we have
on several occasions benchmarked
our analyses against real world
tests.
conducting internal research and
development sessions in order to
further our current projects. We
endeavour to share our findings
through our website and published
articles.
In several cases we have been
invited to review and suggest
changes to major O&G companies
with regards to how their guidelines
for analysis are written.
Quality - ISO9001
Stressman Engineering has been
certified in accordance with ISO9001
since 2012. Our quality management
system is incorporated in all of our
processes to ensure the continued
good quality of our services.

Large software park Knowledge about standards.

Stressman has a large software
base which we employ as necessary
in each project. We do not charge
extra if we find we need to use a
different in-house software than
what we specified in the quote.
Theoretical knowledge
When hiring new engineers in
Stressman, we are always looking
at the individual's capacity of
understanding and formulating
the problems, rather than at their
degree, as we have found we
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Having a detailed understanding
of the How of Why of industry
standards, both historically and
currently, has meant we utilise them
more effectively and even challenge
them on occasion.
This is also very important when
in discussion with third party
organisations.
Research & Development
Whilst our knowledge and resources
are extensive, there is always
more to learn. And so we are often
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Services

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We like to say that because we know the physics, we can come up with the solution. The list
below provides a breakdown of our competence and ability in the most common mechanical
engineering analysis fields.

 eneral static and dynamic physical

G F
 inite Element Analysis (FEA)
Mathematical modeling (Software: SolidWorks Simulation Premium
(Software: Maple, MathCad) ANSYS Enterprise)

Scaling of various analyses Stress analysis of components

Vibrational analyses Fluid-Structure interface analyses

Coupled analyses Behavior and Sensitivity analysis

Fracture mechanics
P
 ipe stress analysis
(Software: Triflex Dynamic, Caesar ll) C
 omputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Piping flexibility (Software: OpenFoam, ANSYS Fluent and CFX)
Flange calculations Drag effects
Nozzle loads Pressure drop evaluations
Mixing
Vessel calculations
(Software: PV Elite/FEA) M
 arine Operations and Risers
(Software: Orcaflex, ANSYS AQWA)
S
 tructural calculations
(Software: SAP2000) Offshore lifting
Skids Drilling risers
Structures Mooring
Pipe supports
E
 xplicit Dynamics
(Software: ANSYS ExplicitStr)
C
 onceptual Design / R&D
High speed impacts
Early-phase evaluations
Drop tests.
Optimization
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Our Reference
Portfolio
To date, Team Stressman has completed more than 190
engineering projects, large and small, and our clients
keep coming back.
Industries we have worked with include O&G,
process industries, railroad and power plants.
We can basically work for all types of industries
as long as the problems are well defined and
regulatory demands such as rules, standards and
regulations are given.
The main bulk of our projects have been in the
subsea O&G industry. These projects have a very
high complexity as very often the boundaries
are not well defined and the pressure and
temperatures are high. We have more than
often found the knowledge gathered from these
projects to be directly transferable to other
systems.
Shah Deniz - Subsea Manifold
Team Stressman have been involved in the project since the very
beginning, through several conceptual designs and final design.
Our responsibility was to verify the structural
integrity of the piping and piping components of
the Shah Deniz subsea manifold together with
FMC Technologies. Subsea piping made out of
super duplex is exposed to hydrogen induced
stress cracking (HISC). This complicates the
pipe stress analyses, as in addition to checking
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As previously mentioned, our clients keep
returning, which we judge to be the best sign
of a satisfied customer. The feedback we have
had includes that we are agile, cost efficient and
proactive problem solvers. Most of our projects
are based on a lump sum, providing our clients
with a predictable, secure and most importantly
low risk environment.
During the last few years we have also landed
projects in China and Singapore, confirming
that even though we originate from a high cost
country, we are able to cut the cost down and stay
highly competitive by being system thinkers.
it against ASME B31.8 Chapter VIII, all piping and
components should also be checked against DNV-
RP-F112.
Due to the high pressure of 900bar and HISC, all
of the piping components had to be specially
designed and calculated with elastic-plastic FEA.
Drilling unit - High pressure manifolds
Team Stressman have performed several pipe and structural stress
analyses of high pressure (HP) mud, cement and choke & kill manifolds.
The pipe and structural stress in the mud, imported into the pipe stress analyses with a self-
cement and the C&K manifold was calculated compiled macro system. This reduced the thermal
for an offshore drilling unit equipment supplier. expansion loads on the structure as the flexibility
As we like to look at the tasks from a system increased. The pipe stress and flange loads were
perspective, the stiffness of the structures evaluated in accordance with API 6A, ASME B31.3
and pipe supports was calculated as well as and API-6AF2, and the structure in accordance
including the intermediate pipe routing between with Eurocode 3. DNVGL third party approved the
the manifolds was included. The stiffness was reports.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO:

YEAR PROJECT NAME

2013-2015 Research - Finite Element analyses of piping components simplified down to hand calculations
2011-2011 Study – Vortex Induced Vibrations (VIV) on Complex Piping Structures
2012-2012 Study – SIFs and stresses in bends at different bend angles
2012-2012 Study – SIFs and stresses in branch connections at different branch angles
Ongoing Study – Stresses in induction bent bends versus standard bends
Ongoing Study – Non-linear pipe buckling due to external overpressure
Ongoing Study – Dampening of piping due to external coating/insulation
Ongoing Development – New types of subsea hydro plants powered by river and sea currents

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 “I really enjoyed your workshop a lot and
you are one of my biggest inspirations as a
stress analysis engineer”,
 Mr. Hossain, Mohammad Tanvir,
Sembcorp Marine TK Yard, Singapore

“It was really good to have your wonderful

training course, which provided me a wide
and in-depth understanding on logic and
industrial codes within short time.”,
 Mr. Choi, Sung-Yean,
Lloyds Register, Korea

Dokkveien 10 - 3920 Porsgrunn - Norway

Email: post@stressman.no
Phone: 0047 901 85 676
www.stressman.no