Research Article

VIV Fracture Investigation into 3D Marine Riser with a Circumferential Outside Surface Crack

Table 1

Parameters of the riser model in experiment.

ParameterValueParameterValue

Outside diameter (m)0.030Mass ratio2.5
Depth of water (m)7.9Axial stiffness (N)1.45E7
Inside diameter (m)0.027Structural damping ratio0.3
Young’s modulus (Pa)1.08E11Top tension (N)2943
Length/diameter ratio263Mass per unit length (kg/m)1.768
Bending stiffness (N/m2)1476.763Natural frequency (Hz)2.27