<s>
Sesam	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
software	O
suite	O
for	O
structural	O
and	O
hydrodynamic	O
analysis	O
of	O
ships	O
and	O
offshore	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
displacement	O
formulation	O
of	O
the	O
Finite	B-Application
Element	I-Application
Method	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Sesam	B-Algorithm
was	O
developed	O
at	O
NTH	O
,	O
now	O
Norges	O
Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige	O
Universitet	O
(	O
NTNU	O
Trondheim	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1960s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sesam	B-Algorithm
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Det	O
Norske	O
Veritas	O
,	O
now	O
DNV	O
,	O
in	O
1968	O
and	O
commercialized	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
SESAM-69	O
in	O
1970	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sesam	B-Algorithm
was	O
thus	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
structural	O
analysis	O
tools	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Finite	B-Application
Element	I-Application
Method	I-Application
available	O
and	O
when	O
it	O
came	O
to	O
capability	O
of	O
analysing	O
large	O
and	O
complex	O
structures	O
it	O
outclassed	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
offshore	O
oil	O
fields	O
in	O
the	O
North	O
Sea	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Sesam	B-Algorithm
for	O
fixed	O
offshore	O
platforms	O
grew	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Sesam	B-Algorithm
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
SESAM'80	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
today	O
's	O
Sesam	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
1990s	O
Sesam	B-Algorithm
was	O
further	O
enhanced	O
with	O
a	O
high-level	O
concept	O
modelling	O
technique	O
together	O
with	O
a	O
design-oriented	O
and	O
unified	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
name	O
was	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
simplified	O
to	O
merely	O
"	O
Sesam	B-Algorithm
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
recent	O
years	O
with	O
frequent	O
new	O
releases	O
is	O
focused	O
on	O
improving	O
Sesam	B-Algorithm
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
all	O
phases	O
of	O
offshore	O
and	O
maritime	O
structures	O
from	O
design	O
,	O
through	O
transportation	O
,	O
installation	O
,	O
operation	O
and	O
modification	O
to	O
life	O
extension	O
,	O
requalification	O
and	O
finally	O
decommissioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sesam	B-Algorithm
consists	O
of	O
several	O
modules	O
of	O
which	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Sesam	B-Algorithm
is	O
developed	O
in	O
Norway	O
by	O
DNV	O
with	O
focus	O
on	O
solution	O
of	O
structural	O
and	O
hydrodynamic	O
engineering	O
problems	O
within	O
the	O
offshore	O
and	O
maritime	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
