A numerical model for local scour below pipelines is employed to investigate the Reynolds-number dependence of the two-dimensional scour beneath offshore pipelines in steady currents. A novel wall function is proposed in calculating the suspended sediment transport rate in the model. Scour developments beneath a model pipeline and the corresponding prototype pipeline are simulated under the same undisturbed Shields parameter but different values of Reynolds number. The effects of the Reynolds number difference on the scour profile development are investigated. It is found that scour depths for prototype pipelines are about 10-15% smaller than those for model pipelines. The flow phenomena that causes this difference are discussed by means of flow visualization. The normalized time scales are found to be approximately the same. The simulated scour profiles for the model pipelines agree well with the experimental results from an independent study.


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    Title :

    Numerical study of the Reynolds-number dependence of two-dimensional scour beneath offshore pipelines in steady currents


    Additional title:

    Numerische Untersuchung des Einflusses der Reynolds-Zahl auf die zweidimensionale Sedimentauswaschung unterhalb stationär umströmter Unterwasserpipelines


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    Published in:

    Ocean Engineering ; 32 , 13 ; 1590-1607


    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    18 Seiten, 17 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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