Abstract
In this paper, the drag forces on a rigid segment of a twin-tube submerged floating tunnel (SFT) under various Re number and submergence are experimentally investigated with a simplified rigidly connected tandem twin-cylinder model towed in a tank. The effects of the spacing distance between two cylinders and vortex-induced vibration (VIV) on the drag forces are investigated through stationary and self-oscillation towing tests. It is found that, in the stationary cases, the drag forces on the cylinders act in opposing directions when the spacing ratio is 2 and 3, which leads them attracting each other. Under VIV conditions, the drag forces are significantly amplified. The maximum mean drag coefficients of the up- and downstream cylinders increase from 1.27 to 4.1 and 0.43 to 1.7, respectively. As for the submergence effect, it is found that both the VIV response amplitude and mean drag coefficient decrease with the decreasing of the submerged depth, especially when the depth ratio is below 3.7.
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