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    Unburied offshore pipelines often have sections that span above the seafloor, known as free spans, due to uneven seabed terrain and scouring around the pipe. Free spans can cause fatigue failures in pipelines through resonance, which occurs when environmental frequencies match the natural frequency of the free-spanning pipe section. To reduce risk, engineers must determine a maximum allowable length for free spans using formulas that calculate fatigue based on span characteristics.

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    Unburied offshore pipelines often have sections that span above the seafloor, known as free spans, due to uneven seabed terrain and scouring around the pipe. Free spans can cause fatigue failures in pipelines through resonance, which occurs when environmental frequencies match the natural frequency of the free-spanning pipe section. To reduce risk, engineers must determine a maximum allowable length for free spans using formulas that calculate fatigue based on span characteristics.

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    Unburied offshore pipelines often have sections that span above the seafloor, known as free spans, due to uneven seabed terrain and scouring around the pipe. Free spans can cause fatigue failures in pipelines through resonance, which occurs when environmental frequencies match the natural frequency of the free-spanning pipe section. To reduce risk, engineers must determine a maximum allowable length for free spans using formulas that calculate fatigue based on span characteristics.

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    FREE SPAN FATIGUE ANALYSIS

    January 31, 2013

    Construction of unburied pipeline is the most common method in offshore pipeline system.
    Unburied pipeline should be designed appropriately due to the bathymetry condition. And it
    is inevitable founding the existence of free span. Free spanning in offshore pipelines mainly
    occurs as a consequence of uneven seabed and local scouring due to flow turbulence. An
    illustration of free span is showed by the figure below:

    According to Fredso and Sumer (1997), resonance is the main problem for offshore pipelines
    laid on the free spanning. Resonance happens when the environment’s frequency becomes
    equal to the pipe natural frequency. Resonance may lead to develop more fatigue on
    pipelines. In order to reduce the risk caused by free spanning, a maximum allowable length of
    free span should be determined. Span length is described with the following image:

    An allowable length of free span can be calculated by the following formula (DNV 1998 &
    ABS 2001)

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