Modelling of flow around a near-bed pipeline with a spoiler

✍ Scribed by L. Cheng; L.W. Chew

• Book ID: 104159054
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 338 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0029-8018
• DOI: 10.1016/s0029-8018(02)00148-8

✦ Synopsis

Flow around a pipeline with and without a spoiler near a smooth wall is simulated by solving the Navier-Stokes equations. Finite-difference formulation with a second-order upwind scheme in a curvilinear coordinate system is employed. The influences of the spoiler on hydrodynamic forces, pressure distribution, vortex shedding frequency, velocity profile under the pipe, as well as shear stress on the wall are investigated. The attachment of a spoiler significantly increases drag, root-mean-square (RMS) lift, flow through the gap between the pipe and the wall and shear stress on the seabed around the pipe. The spoiler also generates a nonzero mean downward force on the pipeline, which may enhance the self-burial of the pipeline.