On the fall process of rock during Subsea Rock Installation

1-D modelling of the falling process in the fallpipe

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

M.A. Stoter Mechanical Engineering

Contributors

G.H. Keetels (supervisor 1)
C. van Rhee (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Mechanical Engineering
Copyright: © 2018 Mike Stoter
Numerical model Subsea rock installation Rock dumping
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Published Date

25-09-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

Scarcity of (green) energy resources drives mankind further offshore and towards deeper waters. Protection of subsea infrastructure is of eminent importance in these environments. The key parameter to have a good control over the installation of rock is the falling time. For larger water depths up to 1200 meters, the accuracy of the falling time prediction becomes more important because a small deviation can result in a large difference between prediction and reality.