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Longitudinal Vibration of Deep Water Drilling Riser in Disconnected Mode

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A drilling riser is a connecting channel in deep water drilling technology. The riser may undergo significant axial vibrations during disconnection, which in turn can lead to failure. In order to investigate the longitudinal vibration behavior of a drilling riser, we constructed a mathematical model based on the classical wave equations, solved using a finite-difference method. We have simulated the longitudinal vibration parameters for a riser under production conditions in the South China Sea as a function of location, top tension, damping coefficient, lower marine riser package (LMRP) weight, riser inner diameter, and riser length. The research results showed that longitudinal vibration increases with distance from the water surface to the LMRP and the vibration amplitude also increases with increasing top tension, riser inner diameter, and riser length, and decreases with increasing LAMP weight. As the damping coefficient increases, over time the vibration amplitude decreases compared with the initial value.

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This research was performed with the financial support of the Young Scientists Support Fund of Southwestern Petroleum University (SWPU) (201599010089) and the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 51604235).

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  1. School of Oil & Natural Gas Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, Sichuan, China

    Huohai Yang, Zhaozhong Yang & Liangjie Mao

  2. College of Energy Resources, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

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Translated from Khimiya i Tekhnologiya Topliv i Masel, No. 3, pp. 78 – 82, May – June, 2018.

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Yang, H., Yang, Z. & Mao, L. Longitudinal Vibration of Deep Water Drilling Riser in Disconnected Mode. Chem Technol Fuels Oils 54, 372–381 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-018-0935-6

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