Vortex-Induced Loads on Subsea Pipelines Due to Marine Biofouling
摘要
Marine biofouling is a major economic and technical concern worldwide for nearly all industries operating in water. The current work considers several geometrical configurations of the plants growing along the circumference of the stationary structure. Using the numerical computational fluid dynamics model, the effect on the fluctuating fluid forces, pressure field and vortex-shedding patterns is identified.