Hydrodynamic forces acting on objects in a moonpool

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Autorschaft

  • Leiv Aspelund
  • Bjørnar Pettersen
  • Jan Visscher
  • Tor Bjørn Idsøe Næss

Externe Organisationen

  • Subsea 7
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
  • Norsk Marinteknisk Forskningsinstitutt AS (Marintek)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksOffshore Technology
Herausgeber (Verlag)American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
ISBN (elektronisch)9780791845387
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2014
Extern publiziertJa
VeranstaltungASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2014 - San Francisco, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 8 Juni 201413 Juni 2014

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NameProceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
Band1B

Abstract

Traditionally, it has often been assumed that the flow conditions in a moonpool are only moderately altered when an object is introduced therein. Moreover, the hydrodynamic forces acting on the object has typically been estimated by Morison's equation for small volume structures, using the fluid kinematics of the empty moonpool as a basis and applying correction factors for the confined flow conditions, as for an object in a tube or a channel. To investigate the validity of the traditional approach, an experimental study on the forces acting on objects in a moonpool was performed at NTNU/MARINTEK in Trondheim, Norway in 2013. The experiments were done using a simplified 2-dimensional moonpool model which was given a forced heave motion. Two objects, both with square cross sections but of different sizes, were put inside the moonpool one at the time. The resulting wave elevations inside the moonpool and the forces acting on the objects were recorded and analyzed. To get a deeper understanding of the flow characteristics in the moonpool, PIV measurements were used to obtain the fluid velocity fields. The experiments revealed that even moderately sized objects (relative to the size of the moonpool) change the fluid motions in the moonpool to a large extent; the overall wave elevation amplitude is strongly reduced and the resonance period is altered. A consequence of this is that there is a large discrepancy between the hydrodynamic forces acting on the objects measured in the experiments and the forces calculated using the traditional approach. The PIV results showed the formation of vortices at the inlet of the moonpool and at the edges of the objects, which is the main source of non-linear damping of the wave elevation inside a moonpool.

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Hydrodynamic forces acting on objects in a moonpool. / Aspelund, Leiv; Pettersen, Bjørnar; Visscher, Jan et al.
Offshore Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), 2014. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE; Band 1B).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Aspelund, L, Pettersen, B, Visscher, J & Næss, TBI 2014, Hydrodynamic forces acting on objects in a moonpool. in Offshore Technology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE, Bd. 1B, American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2014, San Francisco, USA / Vereinigte Staaten, 8 Juni 2014. https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2014-24694
Aspelund, L., Pettersen, B., Visscher, J., & Næss, T. B. I. (2014). Hydrodynamic forces acting on objects in a moonpool. In Offshore Technology (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE; Band 1B). American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2014-24694
Aspelund L, Pettersen B, Visscher J, Næss TBI. Hydrodynamic forces acting on objects in a moonpool. in Offshore Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME). 2014. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE). Epub 2014 Okt 1. doi: 10.1115/OMAE2014-24694
Aspelund, Leiv ; Pettersen, Bjørnar ; Visscher, Jan et al. / Hydrodynamic forces acting on objects in a moonpool. Offshore Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), 2014. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE).
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