Experimental Study on Vortex-Induced Vibration of Floating Circular Cylinders With Low Aspect Ratio

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo T. Gonçalves ◽  
André L. C. Fujarra
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Structural Damping ◽  
End Effects ◽  
Vortex Induced Vibration ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Ratio Range

Experiments regarding vortex-induced vibration on floating circular cylinders with low aspect ratio were carried out in a recirculation water channel. The floating circular cylinders were elastic supported by a set of linear springs to provide low structural damping on the system. Eight different aspect ratios were tested, namely L/D = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0. These aspect ratios were selected to cover the aspect ratio range of the main offshore circular platforms, such as spar and monocolumn. The aims were understanding the VIM of such platforms; due to this, the cylinders were floating, or m* = 1. The range of Reynolds number covered 2,800 < Re < 55,400. The amplitude results showed a decrease in amplitude with decreasing aspect ratio in both directions. The frequency results confirm a different behavior for cylinders with L/D ≤ 0.5; in these cases, the cylinder free-end effects were predominant. The resonant behaviour was no longer observed for L/D ≤ 0.2. The decrease in Strouhal number with decreasing aspect ratio is also verified. All the results presented here complement the work presented previously for stationary circular cylinder with low aspect ratio presented by Gonçalves et al. (2013), Experimental Study on Flow around Circular Cylinders with Low Aspect Ratio, OMAE2013-10454.

Experimental Study on Vortex-Induced Vibration of Floating Circular Cylinders With Low Aspect Ratio and Different Free-End Corner Shapes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo T. Gonçalves ◽  
Keigo Sakata ◽  
Dennis M. Gambarine ◽  
Murilo M. Cicolin ◽  
Shinichiro Hirabayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Structural Damping ◽  
End Effects ◽  
Vortex Induced Vibration ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio ◽  
End Conditions ◽  
Elastically Supported

Experiments regarding vortex-induced vibration (VIV) on floating circular cylinders with low aspect ratio, L/D = 0.5, and different free-end conditions were carried out in a recirculation water channel. The floating circular cylinders were elastically supported by a set of linear springs to provide low structural damping on the system. Four different free-end corner shape conditions were tested, namely r/R = 0.0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0; where r/R is the relation between chamfer rounding radius, r, and the radius of cylinder, R. These different free-end conditions were selected to promote changes in the structures shedding around the free end of the cylinder. The aims were to understand the free-end effects on the VIV of floating circular cylinders with very low aspect ratio. The range of Reynolds number covered 2,800 < Re < 55,400. All the results presented here complement the work presented previously for a floating circular cylinder with L/D = 2.0 by Gambarine et al. (2016) [6] - Experimental study of the influence of the free end effects on vortex-induced vibration of floating cylinder with low aspect of ratio, OMAE2016-54623. The present results showed that the amplitudes in both directions were the highest for the semi-sphere case, r/R = 1.0. The amplitudes were almost the same for the other radius values, 0.0 < r/R ≤ 0.5; in which the maximum amplitudes decreased with increasing the corner radius. A critical value, L/Dcrit = 0.5, in which only the free-end structures affect the VIV behavior of the cylinder piercing the free-surface could be stated. The conclusion was that the cylinder free-end affects the VIV behavior for cylinders with very low-aspect ratio.

Experimental Study on Flow-Induced Vibration of Floating Squared Section Cylinders With Low Aspect Ratio: Part I — Effects of Incidence Angle

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo T. Gonçalves ◽  
Dênnis M. Gambarine ◽  
Felipe P. Figueiredo ◽  
Fábio V. Amorim ◽  
André L. C. Fujarra
Keyword(s):  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Ocean Basin ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Structural Damping ◽  
Flow Induced Vibration ◽  
Double Frequency ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Elastically Supported

Experiments regarding flow-induced vibration on floating squared section cylinders with low aspect ratio were carried out in an ocean basin with rotating-arm apparatus. The floating squared section cylinders were elastically supported by a set of linear springs to provide low structural damping to the system. Three different aspect ratios were tested, namely L/D = 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0, and two different incidence angles, namely 0 and 45 degrees. The aims were to understanding the flow-induced vibration around single columns of multi-column platforms, such as semi-submersible and TLP. VIV on circular cylinders were also carried out to compare the results. The range of Reynolds number covered was 2,000 < Re < 27,000. The in-line and transverse amplitude results showed to be higher for 45-degree incidence compared with 0-degree, but the maximum amplitudes for squared section cylinders were lower compared with the circular ones. The double frequency in the in-line motion was not verified as in circular cylinders. The yaw amplitudes cannot be neglected for squared section cylinders, maximum yaw amplitudes around 10 degrees were observed for reduced velocities up to 15.

Experimental Study on Flow Around Circular Cylinders With Low Aspect Ratio

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo T. Gonçalves ◽  
Guilherme F. Rosetti ◽  
Guilherme R. Franzini ◽  
André L. C. Fujarra
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Strouhal Number ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Piv Measurements ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Fluctuation Frequency ◽  
Six Degree Of Freedom

Experiments were carried out in a recirculating water channel regarding the flow around stationary circular cylinders with low aspect ratio piercing the water free surface. Eight different aspect ratios were tested, namely L/D = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0; this range corresponds to aspect ratio related to circular offshore systems, such as spar and monocolumn platforms. Force was measured using a six degree-of-freedom load cell and Strouhal number is inferred through the transverse force fluctuation frequency. The range of Reynolds number covers 10,000 < Re < 50,000. PIV measurements were performed in some aspect ratio cases, namely 0.3, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 for Reynolds number equal to 43,000. The results showed a decrease in drag force coefficients with decreasing aspect ratio, as well as a decrease in Strouhal number with decreasing aspect ratio. The PIV showed the existence of an arch-type vortex originated in the cylinder free end.

Experimental Comparisons to Assure the Similarity Between VIM (Vortex-Induced Motion) and VIV (Vortex-Induced Vibration) Phenomena

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo T. Gonc¸alves ◽  
Ce´sar M. Freire ◽  
Guilherme F. Rosetti ◽  
Guilherme R. Franzini ◽  
Andre´ L. C. Fujarra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Water Displacement ◽  
Transform Method ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Vortex Induced Vibration ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio ◽  
Induced Motion

Vortex-Induced Motion (VIM) is another way to denominate the Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) in floating units. The main characteristics of VIM in such structures are the low aspect ratio (L/D < 4.0) and the unity mass ratio (m* = 1.0, i.e. structural mass equal water displacement). The VIM can occur in MPSO (Monocolumn Production, Storage and Offloading System) and spar platforms. These platforms can experience motion amplitudes of around their characteristic diameters. In such cases, the fatigue life of mooring and riser systems can be greatly reduced. Typically, the VIM model testing campaigns are carried out in the Reynolds range between 200,000 and 400,000. VIV model tests with low aspect ratio cylinders (L/D = 1.0, 1.7 and 2.0) and unity mass ratio (m* = 1.0) have been carried out at the Circulating Water Channel facility available at NDF/EPUSP. The Reynolds number range covered in the experiments was between 10,000 and 50,000. The characteristic motions (in the transverse and in-line direction) were obtained using the Hilbert-Huang Transform method (HHT) and then compared with results obtained in experiments found in the literature. The aim of this investigation is to definitely establish the similarity between the VIM and VIV phenomena, making possible to increase the understanding of both and, at same time, allowing some analytical models developed for VIV to be applied to the VIM scenario on spar and monocolumn platforms, logically under some adaption.

Experimental Study of Very Low Aspect Ratio Wings in Slender Bodies

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Arevalo-Campillos ◽  
S. Tuling ◽  
L. Parras ◽  
C. del Pino ◽  
L. Dala
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Vortex Sheet ◽  
The Body ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio ◽  
Moderate Reynolds Number ◽  
Slender Bodies ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio Wings

The dynamics of very low aspect ratio wings (or strakes) vortices in slender bodies are complex due to the interaction of the shed vortex sheet and the body vortex. For missiles at supersonic speeds these interactions are not easily predicted using engineering level tools. To shed some new light onto this problem, an experimental study in a water channel for moderate Reynolds number (Re = 1000) was performed for a 19D body and strake configuration with strakes having a span to body diameter ratio of 1.25. Comparisons to numerical simulations in supersonic flow are also performed. Flow visualisation has been carried out to characterize the vortex dynamics at different angles of attack; these being 11°, 16°, 22° and 27°. The comparison between a slender body without strakes and the body-strake configuration has given some key indicators in relation to the vortex position of the core. Furthermore, unsteady wing-body interference has been observed at angles of attack above 20° for both experimental and numerical simulations. Consequently, the average position of the vortex core is located at larger distances from the missile in comparison to the body without strakes. The numerical simulations show good correlation with the experimental tests even though the dynamic convective interactions between the body vortex and strake vortex sheet are not predicted.

Experimental Comparison of Two Degrees-of-Freedom Vortex-Induced Vibration on High and Low Aspect Ratio Cylinders with Small Mass Ratio

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo T. Gonçalves ◽  
Guilherme F. Rosetti ◽  
André L. C. Fujarra ◽  
Guilherme R. Franzini ◽  
César M. Freire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Small Mass ◽  
Experimental Comparison ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Vortex Induced Vibration ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio ◽  
Aspect Ratios

Vortex-induced motion (VIM) is a specific way for naming the vortex-induced vibration (VIV) acting on floating units. The VIM phenomenon can occur in monocolumn production, storage and offloading system (MPSO) and spar platforms, structures presenting aspect ratio lower than 4 and unity mass ratio, i.e., structural mass equal to the displaced fluid mass. These platforms can experience motion amplitudes of approximately their characteristic diameters, and therefore, the fatigue life of mooring lines and risers can be greatly affected. Two degrees-of-freedom VIV model tests based on cylinders with low aspect ratio and small mass ratio have been carried out at the recirculating water channel facility available at NDF-EPUSP in order to better understand this hydro-elastic phenomenon. The tests have considered three circular cylinders of mass ratio equal to one and different aspect ratios, respectively L/D = 1.0, 1.7, and 2.0, as well as a fourth cylinder of mass ratio equal to 2.62 and aspect ratio of 2.0. The Reynolds number covered the range from 10 000 to 50 000, corresponding to reduced velocities from 1 to approximately 12. The results of amplitude and frequency in the transverse and in-line directions were analyzed by means of the Hilbert-Huang transform method (HHT) and then compared to those obtained from works found in the literature. The comparisons have shown similar maxima amplitudes for all aspect ratios and small mass ratio, featuring a decrease as the aspect ratio decreases. Moreover, some changes in the Strouhal number have been indirectly observed as a consequence of the decrease in the aspect ratio. In conclusion, it is shown that comparing results of small-scale platforms with those from bare cylinders, all of them presenting low aspect ratio and small mass ratio, the laboratory experiments may well be used in practical investigation, including those concerning the VIM phenomenon acting on platforms.

An Experimental Study of Surface-Mounted Bluff Bodies Immersed in Deep Turbulent Boundary Layers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen A. Amorin ◽  
Xingjun Fang ◽  
Mark F. Tachie
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Open Water ◽  
Step Height ◽  
Bluff Bodies ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Reattachment Length ◽  
Aspect Ratios

This paper reports an experimental study conducted to investigate the effects of aspect ratio on the reattachment length and statistical properties in turbulent flow over three-dimensional surface-mounted bluff bodies. This study focuses on a surface-mounted body whose height is significantly smaller than the thickness of the approaching turbulent boundary layer. The studied aspect ratios of the step range from w/h = 0.5 to 20, where w and h denote the spanwise width and height of the step, respectively. All experiments were carried out in an open water channel, and the velocity measurements were performed using a time-resolved particle image velocimetry (TR-PIV) system. The Reynolds number, based on the freestream of the approach boundary layer and step height, is 12540, while the ratio of the boundary layer to step height is 4.83. Two distinct regions of separation are observed on top of the step and downstream of the step. In both separation regions, the reattachment length increases monotonically as aspect ratio increases from w/h = 0.5 to 8, and the reattachment length reaches an asymptotic value and does not vary significantly with aspect ratio larger than 8. The effects of aspect ratios on the mean velocities and Reynolds stresses were also examined.

Vortex-induced vibration of floating circular cylinders with very low aspect ratio

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 234-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo T. Gonçalves ◽  
Júlio R. Meneghini ◽  
André L.C. Fujarra
Keyword(s):  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Vortex Induced Vibration ◽  
Low Aspect Ratio

Oscillatory Natural Convection of a Liquid Metal in Circular Cylinders

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kamotani ◽  
F.-B. Weng ◽  
S. Ostrach ◽  
J. Platt
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Liquid Metal ◽  
Oscillatory Flow ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Flow Structures ◽  
Supercritical Flow ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Oscillation Frequencies ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers

An experimental study is made of natural convection oscillations in gallium melts enclosed by right circular cylinders with differentially heated end walls. Cases heated from below are examined for angles of inclination (φ) ranging from 0 deg (vertical) to 75 deg with aspect ratios Ar (height/diameter) of 2, 3, and 4. Temperature measurements are made along the circumference of the cylinder to detect the oscillations, from which the oscillatory flow structures are inferred. The critical Rayleigh numbers and oscillation frequencies are determined. For Ar=3 and φ = 0 deg, 30 deg the supercritical flow structures are discussed in detail.

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