Experimental Study on Extreme Hydrodynamic Loading on Pipelines. Part 1: Flow Hydrodynamics

Ghodoosipour Ghodoosipour,Stolle Stolle,Nistor Nistor,Mohammadian Mohammadian,Goseberg Goseberg

doi:10.3390/jmse7080251

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Abstract

Over the past two decades, extreme flood events generated by tsunamis or hurricanes have caused massive damage to nearshore infrastructures and coastal communities. Utility pipelines are part of such infrastructure and need to be protected against potential extreme hydrodynamic loading. Therefore, to address the uncertainties and parameters involved in extreme hydrodynamic loading on pipelines, a comprehensive experimental program was performed using an experimental facility which is capable of generating significant hydraulic forcing, such as dam-break waves. The study presented herein examines the dam-break flow characteristics and influence of the presence of pipelines on flow conditions. To simulate conditions of coastal flooding under tsunami-induced inundation, experiments were performed on both dry and wet bed conditions to assess the influence of different impoundment depths and still water levels on the hydrodynamic features.

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IntroductionThe number of people experiencing such catastrophic coastal flood events has been compounded by climate change and the ever-increasing urbanization of low-lying coastal areas all around the world [1]
The results of this study constitute the first part of a two-part work, presenting an experimental study on the impact of dam-break tsunami-induced hydraulic bores interacting with horizontally-mounted pipelines
For the dry bed condition, the bore front celerity increased with an increase in the impoundment depth. α = 1.2 was suggested to be used in Equation (4) for the bore front celerity expression

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The number of people experiencing such catastrophic coastal flood events has been compounded by climate change and the ever-increasing urbanization of low-lying coastal areas all around the world [1]. This provided increased interest for research around the topic of extreme impacts on infrastructure. Field and numerical modelling of the 1993 Hokkaido-Nansei-Oki Tsunami revealed water depths of 5–15 m and flow velocities of 3–15 m/s Results from such detailed surveys provide invaluable sources of hydrodynamics data for further analysis and comparison with experimental data or available analytical or empirical formula

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