Loading on a vertical cylinder in multidirectional waves
Loading on a vertical cylinder in multidirectional waves
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DOI:
10.1115/1.2827083
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发表时间:
1995-08
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
J. Chaplin;K. Subbiah;M. B. Irani
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作者:
J. Chaplin;K. Subbiah;M. B. Irani
This paper presents laboratory measurements of local and total loading on an isolated vertical cylinder in irregular unidirectional and multidirectional waves. Maximum Keulegan-Carpenter numbers in individual waves were about 16, and maximum reynolds numbers about 3 {times} 10{sup 4}. It is shown that in these conditions, existing theoretical and numerical models underestimate the reduction in loading on a cylinder due to wave spreading. Besides the changes that are predicted when Morison`s equation is used with constant coefficients, there are hydrodynamic influences that contribute further force reductions. Comparisons with Dena`s (1977) hybrid approach suggest that in the present conditions these reductions are in the region of 3 and 6 percent for a spreading function cos{sup 2s} {theta}, with s = 8 and s = 2, respectively. Larger reductions can be expected at higher Keulegan-Carpenter numbers, though scale effects are likely to become more important in the drag-dominated regime.