CFD simulation of vortex-induced vibrations of free span pipelines including pipe-soil interactions Conference Paper

abstract

• Copyright 2015 by the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE). In this paper, we present numerical simulations of free span pipelines under vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) and pipe-soil interactions. Pipeline is simplified as a tensioned beam with uniformly distributed tension. The flow field around the pipeline is computed by numerically solving the unsteady Navier-Stokes equations. Fluid domain is discretized using an overset grid system including embedding, overlapping and matching grids. Simulation results are compared to experiments for validation in two cases: one for an isolated pipeline in uniform current without boundary effect, and the other for a free span pipeline lying on soil bottom. General agreements are observed.

authors

• Chen, Hamn-Ching

published proceedings

• Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

author list (cited authors)

• Xiao, F., & Chen, H. C.

complete list of authors

• Xiao, F||Chen, HC

publication date

• January 2015

published in

• Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference  Journal

keywords

• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Fluid-structure Interaction
• Free Span Pipelines
• Soil Model
• Vortex-induced Vibrations

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781880653890

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155146

start page

• 1028

end page

• 1034

volume

• 2015-January