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JEE484 Assignment II
Alex Fuglsang
Date 02/10/1014
I.
INTRODUCTION
100
0.75-0.2
METHODS
A. Lazy S riser
To determine the best case of lowest maximum effective line
tension, and greatest minimum bend radius, 15 cases in both the
near and far load case scenarios. The list of different
configurations is displayed in Table II.
A total line length of 190m is kept constant, without
considering the line running over the MWA. If the base case
line lengths were set at even lengths: 95m/95m, the maximum
effective tension and minimum bend radius results were outside
the operating range of the Technip[2] riser at extreme line
combinations, so the lengths in Table II were used to ensure
riser survival during all simulations.
TABLE II. LIST OF CASES USED FOR BOTH NEAR AND FAR CONDITIONS
MWA Position
Midpoint between
vessel and anchor
10m towards
vessel
TABLE III. LIST OF LAZY WAVE CASES FOR BOTH NEAR AND FAR CONDITIONS
Pitch
(m)
2.25
70/70
75/65
80/60
60/80
65/75
2.5
70/70
75/65
80/60
60/80
65/75
3.0
70/70
75/65
80/60
60/80
65/75
3.25
70/70
75/65
80/60
gT 2
2 d
tanh
60/80
65/75
3.5
70/70
75/65
80/60
CDT
CD1 NI Db2
4( D1L)
(1.2)
HgT sinh(k ( z d )
sin
2 cosh(kd )
(1.3)
wT
Db
K C 15.7
KC
(1.4)
(1.1)
CD1 1.15
0.833 0.5
0.9 1.15
1.0 0.5
CD1 0.98
(1.5)
CDT
Re
vDb
(1.6)
Figure 5. Drag coefficient for fixed circular cylinder in steady flow [3]
Figure 11. Comparing minimum bend radius for lazy wave riser
Figure 12. Comparing maximum effective tension for lazy wave riser
Figure 13 displays the minimum bend radii for all near loading
cases. A clear pattern can be observed in these cases: the
minimum bend radius decreases as the pitch is increased, and
increases as the floatation section is moved lower in the riser
length. It is clear that the best case for the minimum band
radius occurs in case 5, with a value of 7.76m.
Figure 10. Both the diectreted and smeared risers implemented in OrcaFlex
Lazy S
Lazy Wave
(Smeared)
Lazy wave
(discretised)
Allowable
limit
10.5
7.76
7.89
2.02
92.1
95.6
95.4
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IV.
CONCLUSIONS
Figure 15. The plot of both load conditions for lazy wave
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