RISER SPAN VERIFICATION ANALYSIS

This objective of this spreadsheet is to perform the allowable span length calculation at the riser in accordance
with DNV 1981
REFERENCE
1. DNV 1981, "Rules for Submarine Pipeline System"
2. DNV RP F105, "Free Spanning", 2006
3. N.D.P. Baltrop & A.J. Adams, 1991. "Dynamic of Fixed Marine Structures"
Phase : Hydrotest (1 yr return period wave + 1 yr return period current)
1.0 GENERAL DATA
cond 1 = Installation

cond 2 = Hydrotest

cond 3 = Operating

cond "2"

1.1 RISER PARAMETER

Outer diameter

Drs 168.275mm

Wall Thickness

trs 14.275mm

Corrosion Allowance

CA 3mm

Young modulus of steel

Est 207000MPa

Density of Steel

st 7850kg m

Density of Content

cont

0kg m

1025kg m

if cond = "1"
3

77.53kg m

Corrosion Coating Thickness

tcorr 2.5mm

Corrosion Coating Density

corr 950kg m

Marine Growth Thickness

tmg ( wd)

if cond = "2"
if cond = "3"

100mm if 0m wd 12m
50mm if 12m wd 21m
0mm if wd 21m

Marine Growth Density

mg 1400kg m

Damping Ratio

0.02

Span end to end condition

span 3

1="pinned-pinned", 2="pinned-fixed", 3="fixed-fixed

1.025 10 kg m

1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

Minimum water depth

d 54.1m

Water depth range distribution

wd 0m 1m d

Seawater Density

sw 1025kg m

Kinematic Viscosity

0.96 10

Wave Height

Hs

m s

1.88m if cond = "1" cond = "2"

1.88 m

4.58m if cond = "3"

Peak period of wave

Tp

6.46s if cond = "1" cond = "2"

10.36s if cond = "3"

Wave angle relative to riser

w 90deg

Current Velocity at Surface

Ur 0.5973m s

Current angle relative to riser

c 90deg

Reference height of current

zr 0m

Added mass coefficient

Ca 1

1.2 CLAMP DATA

Position of clamp 1

clamp1 12ft

Position of clamp 2

clamp2 30ft

Position of clamp 3

clamp3 75ft

Position of clamp 4

clamp4 125ft

Position of clamp 5

clamp5 171.052ft

6.46 s

2.0 CALCULATION
2.1 RISER WEIGHT CALCULATION
Actual wall thickness

tst

trs if cond = "1" cond = "2"

14.275 mm

trs 100% CA if cond = "3"

Internal Diameter

ID D rs 2 tst

ID 139.725 mm

Corrosion coating diameter

Dcorr D rs 2 tcorr

Dcorr 173.275 mm

Marine growth diameter

Dtot( wd) Drs 2 tcorr 2 tmg( wd)

4
4
Ist
D
ID

64 rs

Ist 2.065 10

Intertia moment

Mst

Mass of steel
Mass of corrosion coating
Mass of marine growth

Mcorr

Mass of displaced water

st

Dcorr D rs

Mmg( wd)
Mcont

Mass of content

Drs ID

corr

ID cont

Mdisp( wd)

Dtot( wd)

Mst 54.215 kg m

D tot( wd) D corr

Mcorr 1.274 kg m

mg
Mcont 15.717 kg m

sw

Madd( wd) Ca Mdisp( wd)

Total Mass / Effective Mass

Meff ( wd) Mst Mcorr Mmg( wd) Mcont Madd( wd)

2.2 HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETER CALCULATION

Define numerical integration parameter
i 1 2 1000

Angular spectral peak frequency

(Ref. [2], Section 3.3.3)
Therefore,
max 10 p

max
i max

i i

2
Tp

Added mass

imax 1000

p 0.973

1
s

Peakedness parameter
(Ref. [2], Section 3.3.3)

Tp s

1.394

Hs m

5 if 3.6
e

( 5.75 1.15 )

if 3.6 5

1 if 5
2

Generalised Philip's constant

(Ref. [2], Section 3.3.3)

5 Hs p
p

( 1 0.287 ln( ) )
2
16
g

Spectral width parameter

(Ref. [2], Section 3.3.3)

p if p 0.07 0.09

Spectral density function for JONSWAP or

Pierson-Moskowitz (Ref. [2], Section 3.3.3)

a p e

2 p

5
2

5 e

p g i

Wave number
(Ref. [2], Section 3.3.5)

ki

k 1 m

a p
i

i cosh ki Dtot( d )

Wave induced velocity spectrum

(Ref. [2], Section 3.3.5)

SUU Gi S

Significant flow velocity amplitude at pipe level

(Ref. [2], Section 3.3.6)

Us 2

sinh ki d

coth( k d)

Gi

Zero up-crossing period of oscilating flow at

pipe level (Ref. [2], Section 3.3.6)

g k

Frequency transfer function

(Ref. [2], Section 3.3.5)

root i

p 9.299 10

SUU

Us 0.02 m s

SUU

Tu 2

SUU

Tu 8.125 s

Reduction factor of current velocity

(Ref. [2], Section 3.4.1)

Rc sin c

Using 1/7th power law velocity, find

current velocity at reference depth

d wd
Ur( wd) Ur

Mean current velocity acting to the pipe

(Ref. [2], Section 3.2.6)

Uc( wd) R c Ur( wd)

Rc 1

2.3 SPAN LENGTH DUE TO VORTEX SHEDDING

Logaritmic decrement of structural
damping

Stability parameter
(Ref. [1], Section A.2.1.6)

Ks( wd)

0.126
2 Meff ( wd)
sw D tot( wd)

Reduced velocity (Ref. [1], Fig A.3) (as function of stability parameter)

Vr_il( wd)

1 if Ks( wd) 0.22

4

1.3498 Ks( wd) 4.9624 Ks( wd) 7.6566 Ks( wd) 6.2743 Ks( wd) 0.0828 if 0.22 Ks( wd) 1.2
2.2 if Ks( wd) 1.2

In accordance with Ref. [1], Section A.2.2.1, In-line vortex shedding induced oscillation may occur for:
1.0 < Vr < 3.5 and Ks < 1.8
In accordance with Ref. [1], Section A.13.3 and A.2.3.1, cross-flow oscillation may occur for:
4.7 < Vr < 8.0 and Ks < 1.8
Reynold Number
(Ref. [1], Sec. A.3.1.1)

Re ( wd)

Us Uc( wd) Dtot( wd)

Re ( d ) 3.679 10

Strouhal number
(Ref. [1], Fig A.2)

St 0.22

Reynold Number
(Ref. [1], Sec. A.3.1.1)

fv( wd)

(as function of Reynold number)

St U s U c( wd)
Dtot( wd)

C1 = 9.87 for pinned-pinned condition at both end span

C1 = 15.4 for pinned-fixed condition at both end span
C1 = 22.4 for fixed-fixed condition at both end span
C1

9.87 if span = 1
15.4 if span = 2
22.4 if span = 3

22.4

Critical span length for in-line

Lil( wd)

C1
2

Est Ist
Meff ( wd)

Dtot( wd)

Vr_il( wd)
U s U c( wd)

To check if there is cross-flow motion, Plot Re (Reynold Number) against Vr in this following
figure (Figure A.5 DNV 1981 - Ref. [1])

Reduced Velocity (onset of

cross-flow motion)
(Ref. [1], Fig. A.5)
Critical pipe span due to onset
cross-flow

Reduced Velocity (peak of

cross-flow motion)
(Ref. [1], Fig. A.5)
Critical pipe span due to peak
cross-flow

Vrcf_on 5

Lcf_on( wd)

(as function of Reynold number)

C1
2

Vrcf_pk 6

Lcf_pk( wd)

Est Ist
Meff ( wd)

Dtot( wd)

Vrcf_on
U s U c( wd)

(as function of Reynold number)

C1
2

Est Ist
Meff ( wd)

Dtot( wd)

Vrcf_pk
U s U c( wd)

3.0 CALCULATION RESULT

wd

Uc( wd)

0 m

0.597 m

0.596 s

2
3
4
5
6
7
8

0.594
0.592
0.591
0.589
0.587
0.586
0.584

Vr_il( wd)

1.64
1.64
1.64
1.64
1.64
1.64
1.64
1.64
1.64

Lil( wd)

21.043 m

Re ( wd)

2.402105

Lcf_on( wd)

Lcf_pk( wd)

36.743 m

40.25 m

21.07

2.396105

36.79

40.302

21.098

2.389105

36.839

40.355

21.126

2.383105

36.888

40.409

21.155

2.376105

36.939

40.464

21.185

2.37105

36.99

40.52

21.215

2.363105

37.043

40.578

21.245

2.356105

37.096

40.637

21.277

2.349105

37.151

40.697

0.582

1.64

21.309

2.342105

37.208

40.759

10

0.58

1.64

21.342

2.335105

37.265

40.822

11

0.578

1.64

21.376

2.328105

37.324

40.887

12

0.576

1.658

21.413

1.698105

37.186

40.736

13

0.574

1.658

21.448

1.693105

37.248

40.803

14

0.572

1.658

21.485

1.687105

37.311

40.873

15

0.57

1.658

21.522

1.681105

37.376

40.944

16

0.568

1.658

21.561

1.675105

37.443

41.017

21.6

1.669105

37.512

41.092

21.641

1.663105

37.583

41.17

21.683

1.656105

37.656

41.25

21.726

1.65105

37.731

41.332

21.765

1.042105

37.196

40.746

21.811

1.037105

37.275

40.832

21.859

1.033105

37.356

40.922

17
18
19
20
21
22
23

0.566
0.564
0.562
0.559
0.557
0.554
0.552

1.658
1.658
1.658
1.658
1.712
1.712
1.712

24

0.549

1.712

21.908

1.028105

37.44

41.014

25

0.547

1.712

21.959

1.023105

37.528

41.109

26

0.544

1.712

22.012

1.019105

37.618

41.208

27

0.541

1.712

22.067

1.014105

37.712

41.311

28

0.538

1.712

22.124

1.008105

37.81

41.418

29

0.535

1.712

22.184

1.003105

37.911

41.53

30

0.532

1.712

22.246

9.973104

38.018

41.646

31

0.529

1.712

22.311

9.915104

38.129

41.768

32

0.526

1.712

22.379

9.855104

38.245

41.895

22.45

9.792104

38.367

42.029

22.525

9.727104

38.495

42.169

22.605

9.659104

38.63

42.317

22.688

9.588104

38.773

42.474

22.777

9.513104

38.925

42.64

22.871

9.435104

39.086

42.817

33
34
35
36
37
38

0.522
0.519
0.515
0.511
0.507
0.502

1.712
1.712
1.712
1.712
1.712
1.712

39

0.498

1.712

22.972

9.352104

39.259

43.006

40

0.493

1.712

23.08

9.265104

39.444

43.208

41

0.488

1.712

23.197

9.172104

39.643

43.427

42

0.482

1.712

23.324

9.072104

39.86

43.664

23.462

8.966104

40.096

43.923

23.614

8.851104

40.356

44.208

23.783

8.725104

40.645

44.524

23.973

8.587104

40.97

44.88

24.19

8.434104

41.34

45.286

24.442

8.261104

41.771

45.758

24.743

8.062104

42.284

46.32

25.113

7.826104

42.918

47.014

43

0.476

44

1.712

0.47

45

1.712

0.463

46

1.712

0.455

47

1.712

0.447

48

1.712

0.437

49

1.712

0.426

50

1.712

0.413

1.712

51

0.397

1.712

25.595

7.534104

43.741

47.916

52

0.376

1.712

26.281

7.146104

44.913

49.199

53

0.342

1.712

27.455

6.548104

46.919

51.397

54

0.243

1.712

32.216

4.755104

55.056

60.311

4.0 SUMMARY
Based on the DNV 1981 criteria, following is the VIV check result:
Actual Riser Span
Lact12 12.802 m

Lact23 13.716 m

Lact34 15.24 m

Lact45 14.037 m

dref34 30.48 m

dref45 45.118 m

Reference height at center span

dref12 2.743 m

dref23 16.002 m

4.1 IN-LINE ALLOWABLE SPAN CHECK

Critical span length of in-line

Lil d ref12 21.119 m

Lil d ref23 21.561 m

Lil d ref34 22.277 m

Span Length Verification

Span_length_chk_il_12

"NOT OK" otherwise

Span_length_chk_il_23

"OK"

"OK"

"OK"

"OK" if L act34 Lil d ref34

"NOT OK" otherwise

Span_length_chk_il_45

"OK"

"OK" if L act23 Lil d ref23

"NOT OK" otherwise

Span_length_chk_il_34

"OK" if L act12 Lil d ref12

"OK" if L act45 Lil d ref45

"NOT OK" otherwise

Lil d ref45 23.805 m

4.1 CROSS FLOW ALLOWABLE SPAN CHECK

Critical pipe span due to onset cross-flow

Lcf_on d ref12 36.875 m

Lcf_on d ref34 38.07 m

Lcf_pk d ref34 41.704 m

Lcf_on d ref23 37.443 m

Lcf_on d ref45 40.681 m

Lcf_pk d ref45 44.564 m

Critical pipe span due to peak cross-flow

Lcf_pk d ref12 40.395 m

Lcf_pk d ref23 41.017 m

Span Length Verification

Span_length_chk_cf_12

"NOT OK" otherwise

Span_length_chk_cf_23

"OK"

"OK"

"OK"

"OK"

"OK" if L act34 min Lcf_on d ref34 Lcf_pk d ref34

"NOT OK" otherwise

Span_length_chk_cf_45

"OK" if L act23 min Lcf_on d ref23 Lcf_pk d ref23

"NOT OK" otherwise

Span_length_chk_cf_34

"OK" if L act12 min Lcf_on d ref12 Lcf_pk d ref12

"OK" if L act45 min Lcf_on d ref45 Lcf_pk d ref45

"NOT OK" otherwise