Helical Wire Stress Analysis of Unbonded Flexible Riser Under Irregular Response

A helical wire is a critical component of an unbonded flexible riser prone to fatigue failure. The helical wire has been the focus of much research work in recent years because of the complex multilayer construction of the flexible riser. The present study establishes an analytical model for the axisymmetric and bending analyses of an unbonded flexible riser. The interlayer contact under axisymmetric loads in this model is modeled by setting radial dummy springs between adjacent layers. The contact pressure is constant during the bending response and applied to determine the slipping friction force per unit helical wire. The model tracks the axial stress around the angular position at each time step to calculate the axial force gradient, then compares the axial force gradient with the slipping friction force to judge the helical wire slipping region, which would be applied to determine the bending stiffness for the next time step. The proposed model is verified against the experimental data in the literature. The bending moment–curvature relationship under irregular response is also qualitatively discussed. The stress at the critical point of the helical wire is investigated based on the model by considering the local flexure. The results indicate that the present model can well simulate the bending stiffness variation during irregular response, which has significant effect on the stress of helical wire.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11804-017-1404-z
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2017, Harbin Engineering University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
• Authors:
  • Wang, Kunpeng
  • Ji, Chunyan
• Publication Date: 2017-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 208-215
• Serial:
  • Journal of Marine Science and Application
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Harbin Engineering University
  • ISSN: 1671-9433
  • EISSN: 1993-5048
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11804

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending; Bending moments; Failure; Friction; Simulation; Stiffness; Wire
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01636339
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 2017 11:31AM