Effects of Strake Coverage and Marine Growth on Flexible Cylinder VIV

In this paper we present some results from the recent SHELL tests at the MARINTEK basin. The tests involved towing densely instrumented flexible cylinders at Reynolds numbers up to 220,000. The main objective is to present the experimental results describing the effectiveness of different amounts of...

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Main Authors: Resvanis, Themistocles L (Contributor), Rao, Zhibiao (Contributor), Vandiver, John Kim (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017-05-23T11:48:24Z.
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