Risers and Moorings

Click on the links below to view project summaries and available reports for completed projects in the following areas:

Riser and Flowline Dynamics/VIV	Year
CFD Simulation of Riser VIV	2007
A New Incompressible Navier-Stokes Method with General Hybrid Meshes and Its Application to Flow/Structure Interactions	2005
Riser Interaction Model: A Combined Time/Frequency Domain Approach	2004
Vortex-Induced Vibration Seminars for MMS Engineers	2004
Evaluation of the Effect of Contact between Risers and Guide Frames on Offshore Spar Platform Motions	2003
Wake II Model for Hydrodynamic Forces on Marine Pipelines for the Wave Plus Current Case	1999
Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Slender Horizontal Cylinder in Currents and Waves	1998
A Dynamic Response of Marine Risers and Tendons	1997
An Experimental Study of the Flow Structures and Hydrodynamic Forces of a Cylinder in a Reversing Flow	1995
Application of the Hybrid-Frequency-Time Domain Method to Offshore Problems	1994
Experimental Study of a Single Riser in Waves and Currents	1994
Unsteady Flow Simulations Using Adaptive Hybrid Grids	1993
An Incompressible Navier-Stokes Method with Adaptive Hybrid Grids	1992
Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Tendons and Risers	1992
Development of an Educational Software Package for Deep Water Offshore Risers	1991
Effect of Various Parameters on the Dynamic Response of Deep Water Risers	1990
Hydrodynamic Forces on Circular Cylinders in Sinusoidal and Random Oscillating Flow	1990

Coupled Riser/Mooring/Vessel Dynamics	Year
No MODU's Adrift	2008
Numerical Prediction of Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Drift during Hurricanes	2007
Studies on Dynamic Interaction between Deep-water Floating Structures and Their Mooring/Tendon Systems	2002
Hull/Mooring/Riser Coupled Dynamic Analysis of a Deepwater Floating Platform with Polyester Lines	2001

Mooring/Riser Reliability	Year
Reliability of Mooring Systems for Floating Production Systems	2006
Reliability Analysis for Mooring System of a Spar in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico	2004

Mooring Line Dynamics	Year
Dynamic Simulation of Polyester Mooring Lines	2004
Wave Interaction With a Pair of Flexible Cylinders	1993