CHEFEM 3: CHEMICAL–MECHANICAL SIMULATOR
Reduce Testing Costs
CheFEM 3 predicts how polymers and composites perform in demanding chemical and process environments.
Evaluate permeation, swelling, mechanical degradation and failure risk virtually—before committing to extensive physical testing or field deployment.
Engineering Outcomes
■ Chemical & Mixture Permeation
■ Exposed Stiffness & Strength
■ Service Life & Failure Assessment
■ Annulus Prediction (API 17J)
■ Rapid Gas Decompression (RGD)
■ Chemical-Thermal Spiking
■ Fugitive Emissions
■ FEM Loads & Constraints
■ Exposed Stiffness & Strength
■ Service Life & Failure Assessment
■ Annulus Prediction (API 17J)
■ Rapid Gas Decompression (RGD)
■ Chemical-Thermal Spiking
■ Fugitive Emissions
■ FEM Loads & Constraints
Core Technologies
- Calibrated EOS (SL, GIM, R-K)
- Built-in 8-node FEM Mesher
- Server-Based Platform (NL Hosted)
- Chemical Transport & Sorption
- Abaqus API, Ansys API, Excel API
- Chemical-Mechanical Interaction
- Matrix Mechanical Data (MMD)
CheFEM 3 Evaluation
Explore CheFEM 3 with an evaluation licence tailored to your engineering application.
CheFEM 3 Demos & TutorialsScientific Publications & Validation
2026
COPPE/UFRJ Experimental Validation
CO₂ permeability measurements on PA11 after 18 years of offshore service compared with CheFEM 3 predictions.
2017
JEC Composites Hygrothermal Strength
Chemical-exposure strength knock-down and Tsai–Wu failure envelopes for dry and moisture-exposed carbon composites.
2014
GE Oil & Gas Deepwater Composite Pipes
CheFEM analyses of CO₂ swelling, fibre–matrix interactions and RGD in an ultra-deepwater pipe study.
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