Mechanical behavior analysis of a marine riser considering mass and velocity changes of three-phase internal mixture in air-lift pump for seabed mining
摘要
In this paper, mechanical behaviors of a marine riser considering air–water–solid three-phase internal flow in air-lift pump for seabed mining are investigated numerically. First, the average mass and velocity changes of the air–water–solid three-phase mixture according to the water depth generated in airlift pump are considered. Comparing with the three-phase flow in air-lift pump and single-phase flow in conventional deepwater drilling riser, the mass and velocity of the single-phase internal fluid does not be changed according to water depth but in the case of three-phase flow changes. Thus, it is needed to consider this effect in strength design of the riser under the three-phase internal flow in air-lift pump. Second, considering ocean waves, ocean currents and the three-phase internal flow, the government equation of the riser is established based on the Newton’s second law and then this analysis model is numerically solved by the Newmark-