| Project
Number |
601 |
| Date of Summary |
March 17, 2009 |
| Subject |
Seabed Scour and Buried-Pipeline Deformation due to Ice Ridges |
| Performing Activity |
Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) |
| Principal Investigator |
Drs. Sypros Kinnas, Richard Mercier, and John Tassoulas |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
May 31, 2009 |
|
Description |
The objective is to study factors affecting soil and pipeline deformation
below scouring ice ridges in the Arctic
environment. The study will provide:
- detailed
characterization of moving ice-ridge morphology on the basis of
available observations and measurement reports,
- response
simulations of ice-ridge-soil-pipeline systems by means of
computational-fluid-dynamics representations and finite-element models
that capture flow and deformation in porous media,
and
- development of recommendations regarding the
minimum required burial depth for pipeline protection from scouring
ice ridges.
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| Progress |
The work under Phase I of this study is complete with the draft final report now under review by the OTRC Administrator. Phase II activities have been suspended pending MMS review of Phase I findings. |
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