Catenary Risers

Analytical approaches

Brasil – Japan Cooperative Courses

Celso P. Pesce
Professor of Mechanical Sciences
PhD in Ocean Engineering, MSc Marine Hydrodynamics, Naval Architect
ceppesce@usp.br

LMO - Offshore Mechanics Laboratory

Escola Politécnica
University of São Paulo
Brazil
 Catenary lines

TLP
FPSO

junta
flexível enrijecedores de Bending stiffener
flexão
flexible joint

bóia
intermediária
Floaters
Subsurface buoy
flutuadores

Steel catenary riser

riser de aço
Lazy-wave riser

Bending restrictors
restritor de Weight anchor
curvatura poita
 Riser Dynamics research scenario
• Structural dynamics:

– Formulation and numerical methods: On going

• Nonlinear boundary conditions at riser top: OK
• Nonlinear boundary conditions a TDZ: on going
– Riser-soil elastic interaction: OK
– Riser-soil nonlinear contact interaction: on going

– Clashing and impact loading: on going

– Instabilities and post-critical behaviors: on going

• Hydroelastic interactions:
– VIV: on going
• Fundamentals: still open
• Mitigation: on going
• Multiple scales nonlinear interactions: still open

– Wake interferences and instabilities: on going

– Internal flow interactions: on going
 Basics on Catenary Risers - Analytical approaches

Schedule and outline

Date Lecture Theme Topic File

Statics Lecture SCR CPesce #01ª
June 6th 2016 1 Global Analysis Dynamics Lecture SCR CPesce #01B
Modal Analysis Lecture SCR CPesce #01C

TDZ Kinematics
Local Analysis at TDZ TDZ ‘dynamics’ Lecture SCR CPesce #02
June 8th 2016 2
and TOP
Linear soil effect
TOP Local ‘dynamics’
 References and further reading
1. Pesce, C. P. Mecânica de cabos e tubos submersos lançados em catenária: uma abordagem analítica e experimental.
Tese de livre docência (in Portuguese), Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo – EPUSP, 1997.
2. Aranha, J.A.P, Martins, C.A., Pesce, C.P. Analytic Approximation For The Dynamic Bending Moment At The Touchdown
Point of A Catenary Riser. International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, ISOPE, Golden, Colorado, USA, v. 7,
n.4, p. 241-249, 1997.
3. Pesce, C.P., Aranha, J.A.P., Martins, C.A., Ricardo, O.G.S, Silva, S. Dynamics Of Curvature In Catenary Risers At The Touch-
Down Point Region: An Experimental Study And The Analytical Boundary-Layer Solution. International Journal of
Offshore and Polar Engineering, ISOPE, Golden, Colorado ,USA, v. 8, n.3, p. 302-310, 1998.
4. Pesce, C.P., Aranha, J.A.P., Martins, C.A. The Soil Rigidity Effect in the Touch-Down Boundary-Layer of a Catenary Riser:
Static Problem. In: International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference,, Montreal. v. 2. p. 207-213, 1998.
5. Pesce, CP, et al., Analytical and Closed Form Solutions for Deep Water Riser-Like Eigenvalue Problem, Proceedings of
the 9th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE’99, Vol. 2, pp. 255-264, 1999.
6. Pesce, C.P.; Martins, C.A. Numerical Computation of Riser Dynamics. In: Chakrabarti, S.K. (Ed.) Numerical Methods in
Fluid Structure Interaction, Advances in Fluid Mechanics vol. 42, WIT Press, 429 pp, Chapter 7, pgs 253-309, 2005.
7. Pesce, C.P., Martins, C.A. and Silveira, L.M.Y., Riser-Soil Interaction: Local Dynamics at TDP and a Discussion on the
Eigenvalue and the VIV Problems, J Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 128, pp.39-55, 2006.
 References and further reading
8. Silveira, L.M.Y, Martins, C.A., Cunha, L.D., Pesce, C.P., An Investigation on the Effect of Tension Variation on VIV of Risers,
26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2007, San Diego, USA, June 2007.
9. Chatjigeorgiou, I. K. Application of the WKB method to catenary-shaped slender structures. Mathematical and
Computer Modelling, 48, pp. 249–257, 2008.
10.Chatjigeorgiou, I. K. Solution of the boundary layer problem for calculating the natural modes of riser type slender
structures. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 130, 2008.
11.Pereira, F.R., Pesce, C.P., Gonçalves, R.T., Franzini, G.R., Fujarra, A.L.C., Salles, R., Mendes, P.. Risers Model Tests: Scaling
Methodology and Dynamic Similarity In: ISOPE2012, 2012, Rhodes, Greece. Proceedings of the 22th International
Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. , 2012. v.2. p.439 – 445, 2012.
12.Pereira, F.R., Gonçalves, R.T., Pesce, C.P., Fujarra, A.L.C., Franzini, G.R., Mendes, P. A Model Scale Experimental
Investigation on Vortex-Self Induced Vibrations (VSIV) of Catenary Risers In: OMAE2013, 2013, Nantes. Proceedings of
the 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. NY: ASME, 2013.
13.Pesce, C.P. Riser Dynamics: experiments with small scale models. LabOceano - Ten-Years Anniversary Celebration
Workshop. April 29-30, 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013.
14.Morooka, C.K., Tsukada, R.I. Experiments with a Steel Catenary Riser Model in a Towing Tank. Applied Ocean Research,
v. 43, 244-255, 2013.
15.Mazzilli, C. E. N., Lenci, S., Demeio, L. Nonlinear free vibrations of tensioned vertical risers. In Proceedings of 8th
European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference - ENOC2014, 2014.
 References and further reading
16. Quéau, L.M., Kimiaei, M., Randolph, M.R., Dimensionless groups governing response of steel catenary risers. Ocean
Engineering, v. 74, 247-259, 2013.
17.Quéau, L.M., Kimiaei, M., Randolph, M.R., Analytical estimation of static stress range in oscillating steel catenary risers
at touchdown areas and its application with dynamic amplification factors. Ocean Engineering, v.88, 63-80, 2014.
18.Quéau, L.M., Kimiaei, M., Randolph, M.R., Approximation of the maximum dynamic stress range in steel catenary risers
using artificial neural networks. Engineering Structures, v.92, 172-185, 2015.
19.Franzini, G., Pesce, C.P., Salles, R., Gonçalves, R.T., Fujarra, A.L.C., Mendes, P. Experimental Analysis of a Vertical and
Flexible Cylinder in Water: Response to Top Motion Excitation and Parametric Resonance. Journal of Vibration and
Acoustics, v. 137, p. 031010, 2015.
20.Franzini, G.R., Pesce, C.P., Gonçalves, R.T., Fujarra, A.L.C., Mendes, P. Experimental investigations on vortex-induced
vibrations with a long flexible cylinder. Part I: modal-amplitude analysis with avertical configuration. 11th Int Conference
on Flow-Induced Vibration, FIV 2016, Den Haag, 2016.
21.Franzini, G.R., Pesce, C.P., Gonçalves, R.T., Fujarra, A.L.C., Mendes, P. Experimental investigations on vortex-induced
vibrations with a long flexible cylinder. Part II: effect of axial motion excitation in a vertical configuration. 11th Int
Conference on Flow-Induced Vibration, FIV 2016, Den Haag, 2016.
22.Franzini, G.R., Pesce, C.P., Gonçalves, R.T., Fujarra, A.L.C., Mendes, P. Experimental investigations on vortex-induced
vibrations with a long flexible cylinder. Part III: modal-amplitude analysis with a catenary configuration. 11th Int
Conference on Flow-Induced Vibration, FIV 2016, Den Haag, 2016.
 Research on Riser Dynamics
at University of São Paulo

VIV on:
Analytical
Flexible Risers
Steel Catenary Risers
Umbilical
Every slender body
operating at offshore
scenario

VIV VIM Breadth

Depth
Draft (light)
108m
55.00m
23.00m
Draft 42.00m
Numerical Experimental Displ. 372,000t
Aspect ratio 0.21 < L/D < 0.39
Design life 30 years

TPN
 Cooperative Applied Research
Based on:
• Cooperative Applied Research
• Graduate Studies
• Undergraduate Education
Faculty Department Laboratory Expertise
Celso Pesce Mechanical LMO Ocean Engineering
Clóvis Martins Mechanical LMO/NDF Computational Mechanics
Roberto Ramos Mechanical LMO Structural Mechanics
André Fujarra UFSC LMO/TPN Ocean Engineering
Gustavo Assi NA & Ocean Eng LMO/TPN Ocean Engineering
Kazuo Nishimoto NA & Ocean Eng TPN Offshore Systems Design
Eduardo Tannuri Mechatronics TPN Mechatronics & Control
José Aranha Mechanical NDF Fluid Dynamics
Julio Meneghini Mechanical NDF Fluid Dynamics
Alexandre Simos NA & Ocean Eng TPN Marine Hydrodynamics
Claudio Ruggieri NA & Ocean Eng NAVFRAC Fracture Mechanics
Jorge Baliño Mechanical NDF Fluid Dynamics
Jurandir Yanagihara Mechanical LETE Termo Sciences
Carlos Mazzilli Civil LMC Structure Dynamics
Guilherme Franzini Civil LMO Structure Dynamics
Alfredo Gay Neto Civil LMC Computational Mechanics
 Acknowledgements

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FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION AND
OFFSHORE MECHANICS LABORATORY