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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Cédric Le Cunff, Paris, FR;
Daniel Averbuch, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Marie-hélène Klopffer, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil Malmaison Cedex, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and to a system for limiting vortex-induced vibrations on a riser suspended at one end from a support and subjected to substantially transverse fluid flows. The system comprises suspension means () for hanging the riser from the support, which include displacement means for moving the end in a transverse direction in relation to the principal axis of the riser.