PROCESSES OF ICE SCOUR EVENT AND CONTROL METHODS OF TEST CONDITIONS
PROCESSES OF ICE SCOUR EVENT AND CONTROL METHODS OF TEST CONDITIONS
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冰冲事件过程及试验条件控制方法
DOI:
10.2208/prooe.18.749
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发表时间:
2002
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通讯作者:
H. Saeki
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作者:
S. Kioka;Yoshikatu Yasunaga;Yuko Matuo;H. Saeki
In addition to our previous experiments on ice-scour event including the medium-scale model test (Kioka et al., 2000, 2001a,b), we have performed many series of model tests under various conditions. We examined the main factors for scour-processes, and obtained many results needed for a future work (numerical simulation of scour events) as described later. In all cases, the scour depth or the scour curve depended on the attack angle. As the attack angle decreased, the model keel moved upward due to the slip between the seabed and the model keel. While we showed that the bulldozing force related to the excess pore water pressure, and it was proportional to the square of velocity of the keel and to the inverse of the coefficient of permeability from a simple model, we also proved this relationship by the experimental results. In order to conduct a small-scale model test, these results showed that the grain size of sand of seabed and the velocity of the keel should be controlled. We then examined its scale-effect. INTRODUCTION Ice-Scour Event is a phenomenon that occurs when ice comes into contact with seabed. Ice-scour has been reported to cause damage to communication cables and water intake pipelines. Since oil and natural gas exploration projects in offshore areas of (sub)arctic seas are becoming popular, more care must be taken over the design and installation of oil/gas pipelines in such areas in order to avoid accidents due to ice-scour. It will be very important to acknowledge the mechanisms (ice motions, sub-seabed conditions on scour events). In addition to our previous tests including the medium-scale model test (Kioka et al., 2000, 2001a,b), we have performed many series of model tests under various conditions. We examined the main factors for Scour-process, and obtained many results needed for a future work (numerical simulation of ice-scour event) as described later. We also examined the control methods of test conditions due to an excess pore water pressure that influences the scour-processes, including its scale-effect. 1 Port and harbor eng. division, Civil Engineering Research Institute of Hokkaido, Hiragishi 1-3-1-34, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, 062-8602, Japan 2 MAEDA Corporation, Fujimi 2-10-26, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8151, Japan 3 Division of Environmental Resources Eng. Hokkaido University, N-13 W-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan