Research Article

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

Table 2

Properties and size parameters of X65 material for pipeline steel.

ParameterValueParameterValue

Outside diameter (m)0.5588Flow stress (MPa)526
Thickness (m)0.00127Crack semiangle0.785
Outside flow velocity (m/s)0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0Inside fluid density (kg/m3)1200
Structural damping ratio (%)0.3Pipe material density (kg/m3)7900
Yield strength of base metal (MPa)478Yield strength of welding seam (MPa)486
Tensile strength of base metal (MPa)572Tensile strength of welding seam (MPa)587
Sea water density (kg/m3)1025Additional mass coefficient1.0
Inside flow velocity (m/s)0,10,20,40Crack depth (mm)0.002
Poisson ratio0.3Crack length (mm)0.01
Young’s modulus (GPa)207Strain index4.33
Riser length (m)300, 400, 500, 600Strain constant4.06
Coefficient of top tension1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5Internal pressure (MPa)10