A vortex induced vibration of marine riser in waves

• DOI: 10.1007/s13131-011-0139-y
• Publication Date: 2011-09-09T09:33:04Z
• Authors: Min Lou; Wenyi Dong; Haiyan Guo
• Keywords: Drilling riser; Vortex-induced vibration; Similarity (geometry)

A marine riser transporting fluid in the Bohai Sea was selected as study object, using an experimental and numerical method to study its vortex induced vibration in waves. A similarity theory was used in the experiment to derive the experimental model from a practical model, the dynamic response of a riser model was measured in waves. A corresponding numerical simulation was performed using a finite element method. Comparisons were made with the results between the experiment and the numerical simulation. Some valuable results were obtained.