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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Rodney H. Masters, Houston, TX (US);
Randy W. Masters, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Sykes, Spring, TX (US);
Steven J. Leverette, Richmond, TX (US);
Kenneth J. Schaudt, Katy, TX (US);
Rodney H. Masters, Houston, TX (US);
Randy W. Masters, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Sykes, Spring, TX (US);
Steven J. Leverette, Richmond, TX (US);
Kenneth J. Schaudt, Katy, TX (US);
VIV Suppression, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Seahorse Equipment Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A fairing for the reduction of vortex-induced vibration and the minimization of drag about a substantially cylindrical element immersed in a fluid medium. The fairing also eliminates the galloping phenomenon typically associated with a teardrop-shaped fairing. The fairing having a U-shaped cylindrical shell with opposing edges defining a longitudinal gap and parallel fins extending outwardly from the opposing edges of the shell, the parallel fins being positioned so as to reduce vortex-induced vibration, minimize drag and to eliminate the galloping phenomenon on the cylindrical element. Preferably, the length to diameter ratio of the fins is 1.5 to 2.50.