The invention discloses an
underwater stand
pipe vortex induced vibration inhibiter adopting a rotatable
cowling, belonging to the technical field of ocean stand
pipe facility laying. In the invention, the rotatable
cowling capable of changing own direction along with the current flow direction is installed on an
underwater stand
pipe and comprises a pair of rotating modules, a
cowling fixing pad and a cowling. The inhibiter is characterized in that the front part of the cowling is round, the rear part of the cowling is pointed, the surface of the cowling is smooth, and the shape of the cowling is similar to a water drop. The circular arc part of the cowling is coaxial to the stand pipe and is connected with a main pipe by the rotating module which is convenient to install and disassemble to cause the circular arc part to freely rotate around the stand pipe. A small-density buoyant material is added in the hollow part of the cowling, and the
structural deformation and pivoting friction resistance brought by the asymmetric gravity of the cowling can be eliminated. Because of effectively inhibiting vortex induced vibration, the
underwater stand pipe vortex induced vibration inhibiter can improve the
fatigue resistance of the underwater stand pipe, thus greatly lowering the
engineering cost. Meanwhile, the inhibiter overcomes limitation on incoming flow directions by various vortex induced vibration inhibiters, and has high application value in the environments with frequently changed flow directions of oceans, rivers and the like.