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Investigation on scour protection of submarine piggyback pipeline
Yang, S. Shi, B. Yang, L.
Yang, S.
Shi, B.
Yang, L.
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2019-06-15
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
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2019-04-27
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This paper presents the results of laboratory experiments and numerical simulations to investigate the effect of different piggyback pipeline configuration on the morphology of local seabed scour subject to steady currents. Piggyback pipeline configuration investigated includes the commonly used piggyback pipeline, namely a small pipe attached on the top of large pipe and new form of piggyback pipeline proposed in this study in which a small pipe is attached to the large pipe on the upstream and downstream side, respectively. Pressure gradient, drag coefficient, lift coefficient and scour extent around pipelines are measured and analyzed for a range of pipelines and current conditions. Results show that the vortex strength downstream of the commonly used piggyback pipeline is larger than that for a single as well as the new piggyback pipeline under the same condition. This new type piggyback pipeline can effectively reduce the depth and width of the scour hole. In particular, when the ratio of the small pipe diameter over the large pipe diameter is greater than 0.3, little scour under this new type piggyback pipeline occurs for the test conditions. The bed topography downstream of the pipe has also been altered to favor the backfill.
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Yang S, Shi B, Guo Y et al (2019) Investigation on scour protection of submarine piggyback pipeline. Ocean Engineering. 182: 442-450.
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