简介：Anumericalmodelofthesteelcatenaryriser(SCR)isbuiltbasedontheslenderrodmodel.Theslenderrodmodel,whichdescribesthebehavioroftheslenderriserintermsofthecenterlineposition,cansolvethegeometricalnonlinearityeffectively.Inamarineenvironment,theSCRisunderthecombinedinternalflowandexternalloads,suchaswaveandcurrent.Ageneralanalysisconsidersonlytheinertialforceandthedragforcecausedbythewaveandcurrent.However,theinternalflowhasaneffectontheSCR;itisessentialtoexplorethedynamicresponseoftheSCRwiththeinternalflow.TheSCRalsosufferstheliftforceandthefluctuatingdragforcebecauseofthecurrent.Finiteelementmethodisutilizedtosolvethemotionequations.Theeffectsoftheinternalflow,waveandcurrentonthedynamicresponseoftheSCRareconsidered.TheresultsindicatethattheincreaseoftheinternalflowdensityleadstothedecreaseofthedisplacementoftheSCR,whiletheinternalflowvelocityhaslittleeffectontheSCR.ThedisplacementoftheSCRincreaseswiththeincreaseofthewaveheightandperiod.AndtheincreasingwaveperiodresultsinanincreaseinthevibrationperiodoftheSCR.ThecurrentvelocitychangesthedisplacementsoftheSCRinx-andz-directions.ThevibrationfrequencyoftheSCRiny-directionincreaseswiththeincreaseofthecurrentvelocity.