Wave forces and moments on an intake well |
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| Institution: | 1. Ocean Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India;2. Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam, India;1. Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600036, India;2. Coastal Management Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat, 13109, Kuwait;3. Civil Engineering Department, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, Safat, 13060, Kuwait |
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| Abstract: | A sea water intake well of size 20 m diameter and 15.5 m height in a water depth of 9.8 m is proposed north of the Visakhapatnam Port for a project to extract magnesia from sea water. A 1:25 scale model of the intake well was tested in the wave basin of the Ocean Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras to measure the wave forces and moments on the intake well and the variation of water levels inside and outside the well. Accordingly, an intake well model of 0.8 m diameter and 0.62 m height was fabricated and fixed over a false bottom in a wave basin. The well model was subjected to the action of both regular waves for two test conditions, intake well inlet closed during installation and intake well inlet open. The experimental results on wave forces and moments were compared with the results of the Linear Diffraction Theory. The water level inside the well was measured to determine the submergence of suction pipes of pumps and location of the inlet opening of the intake well. The wave crest elevation in front of the well was also measured in order to fix the deck level of the well so as to avoid water overspill onto the deck. The salient results of the present study are presented and discussed in this paper. |
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