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An experimental investigation by towing tank on VIV of a long flexible cylinder for deepwater riser application

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In this study, the dynamic response of a vertical flexible cylinder vibrating at low mode numbers with combined x−y motion was investigated in a towing tank. The uniform flow was simulated by towing the flexible cylinder along the tank in still water; therefore, the turbulence intensity of the free flow was negligible in obtaining more reliable results. A lower branch of dominant frequencies with micro vibration amplitude was found in both cross-flow and in-line directions. This justifiable discrepancy was likely caused by an initial lock-in. The maximum attainable amplitude, modal analysis and x−y trajectory in cross-flow and in-line directions are reported here and compared with previous literature, along with some good agreements and different observations that were obtained from the study. Drag and lift coefficients are also evaluated by making use of a generalized integral transform technique approach, yielding an alternative method to study fluid force acting upon a flexible cylinder.

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The author would like to thank the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) and the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) Grant No. 2011CB013702 for financial support of this research.

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  1. Ocean Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CP 68508, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-972, Brazil

    Jijun Gu, Marcelo Vitola & Carlos Levi

  2. School of Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, 96201-900, Brazil

    Jairo Coelho & Waldir Pinto

  3. Offshore Oil/Gas Research Center, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China

    Menglan Duan

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Gu, J., Vitola, M., Coelho, J. et al. An experimental investigation by towing tank on VIV of a long flexible cylinder for deepwater riser application. J Mar Sci Technol 18, 358–369 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-013-0213-6

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