简介:Accordingtothecharacteristicsofdeepwatertoptensionedrisers,asimplifiedmodelispresentedtopredictthemulti-modalresponseofvortex-inducedvibration(VIV)innon-uniformflowbasedonenergyequilibriumtheoryandtheexperimentaldatafromVIVself-excitedandforcedoscillationsofrigidcylinders.Theresponseamplitudeofeachmodeisdeterminedbyabalancebetweentheenergyfedintotheriseroverthelock-inregionsandtheenergydissipatedbythefluiddampingovertheremainders.Comparedwiththepreviouspredictionmodels,thismethodcantakefullyaccountoftheintrinsicnatureofVIVforlowmassratiostructuresonlock-inregions,addedmassandnonlinearfluiddampingeffect,etc.Moreover,itisthefirsttimetoproposetheaccuratecalculatingprocedureforVIVamplitudecorrectionfactorbysolvingenergyequilibriumequationandaclosedformsolutionispresentedforthecaseofariserofuniformmassandcross-sectionoscillatinginauniformflow.ThepredictedvaluesshowareasonableagreementwithVIVexperimentsofrisermodelsinsteppedandshearedcurrents.
简介:Anumericalstudybasedonawakeoscillatormodelwasconductedtodeterminetheresponseperformanceofvortex-inducedvibration(VIV)onalongflexiblecylinderwithpinned-pinnedboundaryconditionssubjectedtolinearandexponentialshearflows.Thecouplingequationsofastructuralvibrationmodelandwakeoscillatormodelweresolvedusingastandardcentralfinitedifferencemethodofthesecondorder.TheVIVresponsecharacteristicsincludingthestructuraldisplacement,structuralfrequency,structuralwavenumber,standingwavebehavior,travellingwavebehavior,structuralvelocity,liftforcecoefficientandtransferredenergyfromthefluidtothestructurewithdifferentflowprofileswerecompared.ThenumericalresultsshowthattheVIVdisplacementisacombinationofstandingwavesandtravellingwaves.Forlinearshearflow,standingwavesandtravellingwavesdominatetheVIVresponsewithinthelow-velocityandhigh-velocityzones,respectively.Thenegativevaluesofthetransferredenergyonlyoccurwithinthelow-velocityzone.However,forexponentialshearflow,travellingwavesdominatetheVIVresponseandthenegativeenergyoccursalongtheentirelengthofthecylinder.
简介:Amodelbasedonthedatafromforcedvibrationexperimentsisdevelopedforpredictingthevortex-inducedvibrations(VIV)ofelasticallymountedcircularcylindersinflow.Theassumptionsforfreeandforcedvibrationtestsareexploredbriefly.Energyequilibriumistakenintoaccounttosetuptherelationshipbetweenthedynamicresponseofself-excitedoscillationsandtheforcecoefficientsfromforcedvibrationexperiments.Thegapbetweenthesetwocasesisbridgedstraightforwardlywithcarefultreatmentofkeyparameters.Givenreducedmassmandmaterialdampingratioζofanelasticallymountedcircularcylinderinflow,theresponsecharacteristicssuchasamplitude,frequency,lock-inrange,addedmasscoefficient,cross-flowfluidforceandthecorrespondingphaseanglecanbepredictedallatonce.InstanceswithdifferentcombinationofreducedmassandmaterialdampingratioarecomparedtoinvestigatetheireffectsonVIV.Thehysteresisphenomenoncanbeinterpretedreasonably.ThepredictionsandtheresultsfromrecentexperimentscarriedoutbyWilliamson'sgroupareinrathergoodagreement.
简介:-Withtherapiddevelopmentoftheoffshoreoilindustries,submarineoil/gaspipelineshavebeenwidelyused.Underthecomplicatedsubmarineenvironmentalconditions,thedynamiccharacteristicsofpipelinesshowsomenewfeaturesduetotheexistenceofbothinternalandexternalflows.Thepaperisintendedtoinvestigatethevortex-inducedvibrationofthesuspendedpipelinespanexposedtosubmarinesteadyflow.Especially,theeffectsoftheflowinsidethepipelinearetakenintoaccount.Itsinfluencesontheamplitudeofpipelineresponse,andthenonthefatiguelife,aregivenintermsofthevelocityoftheinternalflow.
简介:ANonlinearFluidDamping(NFD)intheformofthesquare-velocityisappliedintheresponseanalysisofVortex-InducedVibrations(VIV).Itsnonlinearhydrodynamiceffectsonthecoupledwakeandstructureoscillatorsareinvestigated.AcomparisonbetweenthecoupledsystemswiththelinearandnonlinearfluiddampingsandexperimentsshowsthattheNFDmodelcanwelldescriberesponsecharacteristics,suchastheamplificationofbodydisplacementatlock-inandfrequencylock-in,bothathighandlowmassratios.Particularly,thepredictedpeakamplitudeofthebodyintheGriffinplotisingoodagreementwithexperimentaldataandempiricalequation,indicatingthesignificanteffectoftheNFDonthestructuremotion.
简介:Anumericalsimulationandanexperimentalstudyonvortex-inducedmotion(VIM)ofanewtypeofdeepdraftmulti-columnsfloatingdrillingproduction,storageandoffloading(FDPSO)arepresentedinthispaper.Themaindimension,thespecialvariablecross-sectioncolumnandthecabinarrangementoftheoctagonalpontoonareintroducedbasedontheresult.Thenumericalsimulationisadaptedtostudytheeffectsofcurrentincidenceanglesandreducedvelocitiesonthisplatform'sswaymotionresponse.The300mwaterdepthequivalenttruncatedmooringsystemisadoptedforthemodeltests.Themodeltestsarecarriedouttocheckthereliabilityofnumericalsimulation.Theresultsconsistofsurge,swayandyawmotions,aswellasmotiontrajectories.Themaximumswayamplitudesfordifferenttypesofoffshoreplatformisalsostudied.Themainresultsshowthatthepeakfrequenciesofswaymotionunderdifferentcurrentincidenceanglesandreducedvelocitiesvaryaroundthenaturalfrequency.TheanalysisresultofflowfieldindicatesthatthechangeofdistributionofvortexinverticalpresentssignificantinfluencesontheVIMofplatform.ThetrendofswayamplituderatiocurveofthisnewtypeFDPSOdiffersfromtheothertypesofplatform.Under45°currentincidenceangle,theswayamplitudeofthisnewtypeofFDPSOismuchsmallerthanthoseofothertypesofoffshoreplatformat4.4≤Vr≤8.9.Thetypical'8'shapetrajectorydoesnotappearintheplatform'smotiontrajectories.
简介:ItiswellknownthattheReynoldsnumberhasasignificanteffectonthevortex-inducedvibrations(VIV)ofcylinders.Inthispaper,anovelin-line(IL)andcross-flow(CF)couplingVIVpredictionmodelforcircularcylindershasbeenproposed,inwhichtheinfluenceoftheReynoldsnumberwascomprehensivelyconsidered.TheStrouhalnumberlinkedwiththevortexsheddingfrequencywascalculatedthroughafunctionoftheReynoldsnumber.ThecoefficientofthemeandragforcewasfittedasanewpiecewisefunctionoftheReynoldsnumber,anditsamplificationresultedfromtheCFVIVwasalsotakenintoaccount.TheoscillatingdragandliftforcesweremodelledwithclassicalvanderPolwakeoscillatorsandtheirempiricalparametersweredeterminedbasedonthelock-inboundariesandthepeak-amplitudeformulas.Anewpeak-amplitudeformulafortheILVIVwasdevelopedundertheresonanceconditionwithrespecttothemass-dampingratioandtheReynoldsnumber.Whencomparedwiththeresultsfromtheexperimentsandsomeotherpredictionmodels,thepresentmodelcouldgivegoodestimationsonthevibrationamplitudesandfrequenciesoftheVIVbothforelastically-mountedrigidandlongflexiblecylinders.ThepresentmodelconsideringtheinfluenceoftheReynoldsnumbercouldgenerallyprovidebetterresultsthanthatneglectingtheeffectoftheReynoldsnumber.
简介:Inthiswork,westudythecoupledcross-flowandin-linevortex-inducedvibration(VIV)ofafixedlymountedflexiblepipe,whichisfreetomoveincross-flow(Y-)andin-line(X-)directioninafluidflowwherethemassandnaturalfrequenciesarepreciselythesameinbothX-andY-direction.Thefluidspeedvariesfromlowtohighwiththecorrespondingvortexsheddingfrequencyvaryingfrombelowthefirstnaturalfrequencytoabovethesecondnaturalfrequencyoftheflexiblepipe.Particularemphasiswasplacedontheinvestigationoftherelationshipbetweenin-lineandcross-flowvibration.Theexperimentalresultsanalyzedbyusingthesemeasurementsexhibitsseveralvaluablefeatures.
简介:Anexperimentalstudyonabareflexiblecylinderaswellascylindersfittedwithtwotypesofcross-sectionedhelicalstrakeswascarriedoutinatowingtank.Themainpurposeofthispaperistoinvestigatetheeffectsofstrakes'crosssectiononthevortex-inducedvibrations(VIV)suppressionofaflexiblecylinder.Thesquare-sectionedandroundsectionedhelicalstrakeswereselectedintheexperimentaltests.Theuniformcurrentwasgeneratedbytowingthecylindermodelsalongthetankusingatowingcarriage.TheReynoldsnumberwasintherangeof800–16000.Thestrainresponsesweremeasuredbythestraingagesincross-flow(CF)andin-line(IL)directions.Amodalanalysismethodwasadoptedtoobtainthedisplacementresponsesusingthestrainsignalsindifferentmeasurementpositions.Thecomparisonoftheexperimentalresultsamongthebarecylinder,square-sectionedstrakedcylinderandroundsectionedstrakedcylinderwasperformed.Thehelicalstrakescaneffectivelyreducethestrainamplitude,displacementamplitude,responsefrequenciesanddominantmodesofaflexiblecylinderexcitedbyVIV.Andthemeandragcoefficientsofstrakedcylinderswereapproximatelyconsistentwitheachother.Inaddition,thesquaresectionedandround-sectionedstrakesnearlysharethesimilarVIVreductionbehaviors.Sometimes,thestrakeswithround-sectionrepresentmoreexcellenteffectsontheVIVsuppressionofresponsefrequencythanthosewithsquaresection.
简介:Wepresentastudyofthenonlinearcouplinginternalresonancefortheheaverollandpitchperformanceofasparplatformunderthewaveandvortex-inducedloadswhentheratioofthefrequenciesofheave,rollandpitchareapproximately2:1:1.Inconsiderationofvaryingwetsurface,thethreeDOFsnonlinearcoupledequationsareestablishedforthesparplatformundertheeffectofthefirst-orderwaveloadsintheheaveandpitch,andvortexinducedloadsintheroll.Byutilizingthemethodofmulti-scaleswhenthevortex-inducedfrequencyisclosetothenaturalrollfrequency,thefirst-orderperturbationsolutionisobtainedanalyticallyandfurthervalidatedbythenumericalintegration.Sensitivityanalysisisperformedtounderstandtheinfluenceofthedampingandtheinternaldetuningparameter.Twocaseswithinternalresonanceareshown.Thefirstcaseisthatnosaturationphenomenonexistsundersmallvortex-inducedloads.Thefirstorderperturbationsolutionillustratesthatonlythevortex-inducedfrequencymotioninrollandthesuper-harmonicfrequencymotioninheaveareexcited.Thesecondcaseisthatthevortex-inducedloadsarelargeenoughtoexcitethepitchandasaturationphenomenonintheheavemodefollows.Theresultsshowthatthereisnosteadyresponseoccurrenceforsomecases.Forthesecaseschaosoccursandlargeamplitudesresponsecanbeinducedbythevortex-inducedexcitation.
简介:ThisarticlepresentstheresultsofanumericalsimulationonthevortexinducedvibrationofvariousfinnedcylindersatlowReynoldsnumber.Thenon-dimensional,incompressibleNavier-Stokesequationsandcontinuityequationwereadoptedtosimulatethefluidaroundthecylinder.Thecylinder(withorwithoutfins)influidflowwasapproximatedasamass-springsystem.Thefluid-bodyinteractionofthecylinderwithfinsanduniformflowwasnumericallysimulatedbyapplyingthedisplacementandstressiterativecomputationonthefluid-bodyinterfaces.Bothvortexstructuresandresponseamplitudesofcylinderswithvariousarrangementsoffinswereanalyzedanddiscussed.TheremarkabledecreaseofresponseamplitudefortheadditionsofTriangle60finsandQuadrangle45finswasfoundtobecomparablewiththatofbarecylinder.However,theadditionsofTriangle00finsandQuadrangle00finsenhancetheresponseamplitudegreatly.Despitetheassumptionoftwo-dimensionallaminarflow,thepresentstudycangiveagoodinsightintothephenomenaofcylinderswithvariousarrangementsoffins.
简介:Wakestructuresandvortexinducedvibration(VIV)ofaspring-supportedwide-D-sectioncylinderwereexperimentallyinvestigatedusinganX-wire,anovelphase-lockedparticleimagevelocimetry(PIV),andanaccelerationsensoratalowspeedwindtunnel.Comparedwiththefixedcase,the2P(twopair)vortexmodeasdefinedbyGovardhanandWilliamson(2000)ratherthanS(singlevortex)modeexistsinthewake.Thevelocitydeficitbehindthecylinderismuchlargerthanthatoffixedcase.Themeandragcoefficientincreasesfrom1.42forthefixedcaseto1.64forthevibratingcase.TheReynoldsstresspresentsevendistributionandsmallwithincreaseddistanceofX/D=-2toX/D=-10.Thepowerspectradensitybasedonacceleratorandhotwiredatapresentsahighlightidentical.Itshowsthatafterastronginteractionthecylindervibrationandthevortexsheddingcometoastablestate.Thevortexsheddingistotallylockedonandcontrolledbythecylindervibration.
简介:Shape-inducedphasetransitionofvortexdomainstructures(VDSs)inBaTiO_3(BT)nanodotsunderopencircuitboundaryconditionhavebeeninvestigatedusinganeffectiveHamiltonianmethod.OurcalculationindicatesthetetragonalVDSmissingincubicBTnanodotscanbeinducedbyvaryingtheshapeofananodotfromcubetoplatelet.Interestingly,anovelVDSisfoundinBTnanoplateletsinoursimulations.Furtherinvestigationshowsthatitisaresultofcompromisebetweenthegroundstateandthesymmetryoftheshapeofthenanodot.Furthermore,basedonthenovelVDS,routesofcontrollingVDSsgovernedbyhomogeneouselectricfieldanduniformstressarediscussed.Inparticular,ourresultsshowthepossibilityofdesigningmulti-statesdevicesbasedonasingleVDS.
简介:Thebarotropicandbaroclinicdisturbancesaxisymmetrizedbythebarotropicbasicvortexareexaminedinanidealizedmodelingframeworkconsistingoftwolayers.UsingaWentzel-Kramers-Brillouinapproach,theradialpropagationofabaroclinicdisturbanceisshowntobeslowerthanabarotropicdisturbance,resultinginaslowerlinearaxisymmetrizationforbaroclinicdisturbances.Theslower-propagatingbaroclinicwavesalsocausemorebaroclinicasymmetrickineticenergytobetransferreddirectlytothebarotropicsymmetricvortexthanfrombarotropicdisturbances,resultinginafasteraxisymmetrizationprocessinthenonlinearbaroclinicwavecasethaninthenonlinearbarotropicwavecase.
简介:Theeffectofbaroclinicityonvortexaxisymmetrizationisexaminedwithinatwo-layerdynamicalmodel.Threebasicstatevorticesareconstructedwithvaryingdegreesofbaroclinicity:(i)barotropic,(ii)weakbaroclinic,and(iii)strongbaroclinic.Thelinearandnonlinearevolutionofwavenumber-2baroclinicdisturbancesareexaminedineachofthethreebasicstatevortices.TheresultsshowthattheradialpropagatingspeedofthevortexRossbywaveatthelowerlevelislargerwiththestrongerbaroclinicity,resultinginafasterlinearaxisymmetrizationprocessinthestrongerbaroclinicvortex.Itisfoundthatthenonlinearaxisymmetrizationprocesstakesthelongesttimeinthestrongestbaroclinicvortexamongthethreedifferentbasicvorticesduetotheweakerkineticenergytransferfromasymmetrictosymmetriccirculationsatthelowerlevel.Amajorfindinginthisstudyisthatthesameinitialasymmetricperturbationcanhavedifferenteffectsonsymmetricvorticesdependingontheinitialvortexbaroclinicity.Innumericalweatherpredictionmodels,thisimpliesthatthereexistsasensitivityofthesubsequentstructuralandintensitychangesolelyduetothespecificationoftheinitialverticalshearofthetropicalcyclonevortex.