Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders

Hydrodynamic coefficients for groups of tubular cylinders subjected to regular waves were experimentally investigated in this study. The experiments were carried out at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS wave tank. The experimental hydrodynamic forces on tubular cylinders were measured using wave for...

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Main Authors: Kurian, V.J., Al Yacouby, A. M., Sebastian, A.A., Liew, M. S.
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Published: 2014
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spelling my.utp.eprints.113222017-03-20T01:59:20Z Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders Kurian, V.J. Al Yacouby, A. M. Sebastian, A.A. Liew, M. S. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering Hydrodynamic coefficients for groups of tubular cylinders subjected to regular waves were experimentally investigated in this study. The experiments were carried out at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS wave tank. The experimental hydrodynamic forces on tubular cylinders were measured using wave force sensors, while the theoretical values were estimated using Morison equation. The effects of neighboring cylinders, spacing between the pipes, wave frequency and wave amplitude on the hydrodynamic coefficients of tubular cylinders were analyzed. In this study, the model cylinders were fixed to the soffit of the wave tank bridge as cantilevered beams. The tubular cylinders covered in this study are 1.23 m long galvanized steel pipes with 34 mm diameter and 2.5 mm wall thickness. The immersed length of the cylinder was 850 mm. The pipes were subjected to regular waves with maximum wave height of 100 mm, and the Keulegan- Carpenter number (KC) varied from 9.25 to 14.97. The obtained inertia and drag coefficients are in fair agreement with API and PTS specifications. 2014-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11322/1/14TPC-0120Kurian.pdf http://www.isope2014.org/ Kurian, V.J. and Al Yacouby, A. M. and Sebastian, A.A. and Liew, M. S. (2014) Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders. In: ISOPE 2014, 15-20 June 2014, Busan, Korea. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11322/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
building UTP Resource Centre
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Petronas
content_source UTP Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.utp.edu.my/
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
Kurian, V.J.
Al Yacouby, A. M.
Sebastian, A.A.
Liew, M. S.
Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders
description Hydrodynamic coefficients for groups of tubular cylinders subjected to regular waves were experimentally investigated in this study. The experiments were carried out at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS wave tank. The experimental hydrodynamic forces on tubular cylinders were measured using wave force sensors, while the theoretical values were estimated using Morison equation. The effects of neighboring cylinders, spacing between the pipes, wave frequency and wave amplitude on the hydrodynamic coefficients of tubular cylinders were analyzed. In this study, the model cylinders were fixed to the soffit of the wave tank bridge as cantilevered beams. The tubular cylinders covered in this study are 1.23 m long galvanized steel pipes with 34 mm diameter and 2.5 mm wall thickness. The immersed length of the cylinder was 850 mm. The pipes were subjected to regular waves with maximum wave height of 100 mm, and the Keulegan- Carpenter number (KC) varied from 9.25 to 14.97. The obtained inertia and drag coefficients are in fair agreement with API and PTS specifications.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Kurian, V.J.
Al Yacouby, A. M.
Sebastian, A.A.
Liew, M. S.
author_facet Kurian, V.J.
Al Yacouby, A. M.
Sebastian, A.A.
Liew, M. S.
author_sort Kurian, V.J.
title Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders
title_short Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders
title_full Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders
title_fullStr Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders
title_full_unstemmed Hydrodynamic Coefficients for Array of Tubular Cylinders
title_sort hydrodynamic coefficients for array of tubular cylinders
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11322/1/14TPC-0120Kurian.pdf
http://www.isope2014.org/
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11322/
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