Causes and Treatment Measures of Submarine Pipeline Free-Spanning
Submarine pipelines, as arteries for offshore oil and gas transportation, play a particularly important role in the exploitation of offshore oil and gas resources. Since the world’s first submarine pipelines were laid in the Gulf of Mexico, numerous failures have been caused by pipeline free-spannin...
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| description | Submarine pipelines, as arteries for offshore oil and gas transportation, play a particularly important role in the exploitation of offshore oil and gas resources. Since the world’s first submarine pipelines were laid in the Gulf of Mexico, numerous failures have been caused by pipeline free-spanning. This paper provides a review of the causes and treatment measures for the free span of submarine pipeline. Various factors cause the free span of submarine pipelines, including wave flow scouring, fluctuations in seabed topography, residual stress or thermal stress of pipelines, and human activities. The scour of the wave current is the main factor affecting free span; the research on sediment starting and equilibrium depth during scour is reviewed in-depth. For the span treatment of submarine pipelines, the main measures available at present include the re-digging trench burying, structural support, covering bionic water plants, and choke plate self-burying. For each, the principle, advantages, disadvantages, and research are discussed. This review provides a convenient resource for understanding the causes of submarine free-spanning pipelines and choosing suitable treatment measures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e59192ffe6b94df581bb722700103e9f2023-11-19T23:45:41ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122020-05-018532910.3390/jmse8050329Causes and Treatment Measures of Submarine Pipeline Free-SpanningBo Zhang0Rui Gong1Tao Wang2Zhuo Wang3College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of MechanicalEngineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaSubmarine pipelines, as arteries for offshore oil and gas transportation, play a particularly important role in the exploitation of offshore oil and gas resources. Since the world’s first submarine pipelines were laid in the Gulf of Mexico, numerous failures have been caused by pipeline free-spanning. This paper provides a review of the causes and treatment measures for the free span of submarine pipeline. Various factors cause the free span of submarine pipelines, including wave flow scouring, fluctuations in seabed topography, residual stress or thermal stress of pipelines, and human activities. The scour of the wave current is the main factor affecting free span; the research on sediment starting and equilibrium depth during scour is reviewed in-depth. For the span treatment of submarine pipelines, the main measures available at present include the re-digging trench burying, structural support, covering bionic water plants, and choke plate self-burying. For each, the principle, advantages, disadvantages, and research are discussed. This review provides a convenient resource for understanding the causes of submarine free-spanning pipelines and choosing suitable treatment measures.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/8/5/329oil and gas transportationsubmarine pipelinesfree-spanningcausestreatment measuresscour |
| spellingShingle | Bo Zhang Rui Gong Tao Wang Zhuo Wang Causes and Treatment Measures of Submarine Pipeline Free-Spanning Journal of Marine Science and Engineering oil and gas transportation submarine pipelines free-spanning causes treatment measures scour |
| title | Causes and Treatment Measures of Submarine Pipeline Free-Spanning |
| title_full | Causes and Treatment Measures of Submarine Pipeline Free-Spanning |
| title_fullStr | Causes and Treatment Measures of Submarine Pipeline Free-Spanning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Causes and Treatment Measures of Submarine Pipeline Free-Spanning |
| title_short | Causes and Treatment Measures of Submarine Pipeline Free-Spanning |
| title_sort | causes and treatment measures of submarine pipeline free spanning |
| topic | oil and gas transportation submarine pipelines free-spanning causes treatment measures scour |
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