Research on the Effects of In-line Oscillatory Flow on the Vortex-induced Motions of a Deep Draft Semi-submersible in Currents

A Deep Draft Semi-submersible (DDS) under certain flow conditions could be subjected to Vortex-Induced Motions (VIM), which significantly influences the loads on and life fatigue of the moorings and the risers. To investigate the VIM of a DDS with four rectangular section columns in waves coupled with a uniform current, a numerical study using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method was conducted. The issues of the VIM of multi-column floaters can be conveniently converted to the issues of oscillating cylinders in fluid cross flows. This paper looks into the CFD numerical simulation of infinite cylinders having rectangular sections in a two-dimensional sinusoidal timedependent flow field coupled with a uniform current. The resulted hydrodynamic forces and motion responses in different oscillatory flows plus currents both aligned in the same direction for the incidence of 135° of the DDS relative to the flow are compared with the ones in current only cases. The results show that the VIM response of this geometric arrangement of a DDS with four rectangular columns in a current combined with oscillatory flows is more evident than that in the current only case. The oscillatory flows and waves have the significant influence on the VIM response, forces and trajectory, in-plane motions of the DDS.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-017-0032-3
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2017, Chinese Ocean Engineering Society and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
• Authors:
  • Wu, Fan
  • Xiao, Long-fei
  • Liu, Ming-yue
  • Tian, Xin-liang
• Publication Date: 2017-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 272-283
• Serial:
  • China Ocean Engineering
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Chinese Ocean Engineering Society
  • ISSN: 0890-5487
  • EISSN: 2191-8945
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/13344

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deep draft ships; Deep submergence vehicles; Fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Moorings; Ocean currents; Oscillation; Simulation; Submersibles; Vortices
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01639532
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 2017 2:39PM