Numerical simulation of the flow in pipes of pile extractor of jack-up platform

Author

Fan, Yu-bin ; Pang, Xing-he ; Li, Xin-xiao ; Li, Zhao-yun ; Wang, Hua-ming ; Li, De-tang ; Huang, Yong-sheng

Author_Institution

Downhole Service Co., Shengli Oil Field, Dongying, China

fYear

2011

fDate

24-26 June 2011

Firstpage

4219

Lastpage

4222

Abstract

The flow field in the pipe system of pile extractor of a jack-up oil platform is simulated by solving Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, which is closed by two equation turbulence model. Several different kinds of fluid were considered in the numerical simulation. Pressure distribution on the inner surface of the pipes and the jetting flow rate were calculated, and some flow details were shown. The design of the pile extractor of jack-up platform can be optimized by analyzing the characteristics of the flow in the pipe system.

Keywords

Navier-Stokes equations; foundations; jets; numerical analysis; pipe flow; turbulence; Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations; jack-up oil platform; jetting flow; numerical simulation; pile extractor; pipe flow; pressure distribution; two equation turbulence model; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Numerical simulation; Radio access networks; Jack-up platform; RANS; jetting pipe; numerical simulation; pile extractor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9172-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RSETE.2011.5965260

Filename

5965260