Nonlinear Analysis of Vortex Induced Dynamic Response of Marine Riser

Abstract

Vortex-induced dynamic response is the most important issue influencing marine riser. This paper presents an investigation on the vortex-induced nonlinear dynamic response of marine riser subjected to combined waves,currents and platform movement. The in-line force was solved by Morison equation under combined waves,currents and platform movement while cross-flow force was solved by wake oscillator model. Updated Lagrangianmethod was used to solve the nonlinear problem.The governing equations were discretized by finite element method and solved by Newmark-β method in time domain. Influence of nonlinearity, comparisons of vortex-induced dynamic responses under different boundary conditions and different flow profiles were discussed.