Numerical modeling of local scour below a piggyback pipeline in currents
Numerical modeling of local scour below a piggyback pipeline in currents
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DOI:
10.1061/(asce)0733-9429(2008)134:10(1452
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2008-10-01
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Cheng, Liang
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Zhao, Ming;Cheng, Liang
Local scour below a piggyback pipeline in steady currents is investigated numerically. A piggyback pipeline comprises two pipelines that are arranged in the so-called piggyback configuration with the small pipeline being located directly above the large pipeline. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and the transport equation for suspended sediment concentration are solved using a finite element method. The bed scour profile is determined through solving sediment mass conservation equation. The numerical model is validated against experimental data available in literature on scour below a single pipeline. Computations are carried out for the diameter ratio [the small pipe diameter (d) to the larger one (D)] of 0.2 and the gap (G, between the two pipelines) to the large diameter ratio G/D ranging from 0.0 to 0.5. It is found that the flow and the scour profiles are influenced significantly by the gap ratio.