Using CFD to Study the effects of staggered buoyancy on drilling riser VIV

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 749-755

  Holmes, Samuel ^a   Oakley Jr , Owen H ^b   Raghavan, Kamaldev ^b   Constantinides, Yiannis ^b  

^a Red Wing Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY MODULES; CFD SIMULATIONS; DEEPWATER DRILLING RISER; DIRECT REDUCTION; DRILLING RISER; FIELD EXPERIENCE; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FREE VIBRATION CHARACTERISTIC; INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MARINE RISERS; MECHANICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; UNDERWATER DRILLING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BUOYANCY;

EID: 77958020472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-57434     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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3. Vandiver, J. K, Swithenbank, S. B., Jaiswal, V. and Jhingran, V, (2006), "Fatigue Damage from High Mode Number Vortex-Induced Vibration," OMAE2006-92409, Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.
4. Vandiver, J. K, J. K, Swithenbank, S. B., Jaiswal and Marcollo, H.(2006) "The Effectiveness of Helical Strakes in the Suppression of High-Mode-Number VIV," OTC 18276, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston.
5. Constantinides, Y., Oakely, O. H. and Holmes, S., (2007), "CFD High L/D Riser Modeling Study," OMAE2007-29151, Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.