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February 22nd, 2010
Matrix is pleased to announce that we have officially passed the accreditation requirements of ISO 9001:2008 and have been awarded a certificate of registration by SAI Global. Read More
February 1st, 2010
Investors fortunate enough to have received an allocation of shares in the recent float of Matrix Composites & Engineering Ltd have seen their investment double in value in the 10 weeks since the Company was listed on the Australian Stock exchange on November 16th 2009. Read More
October 20th 2009
Matrix Composites & Engineering has completed the delivery of several major deepwater buoyancy contracts to major international OEM’s and Drilling Contractors.Read More
October 20th 2009
Matrix Composites & Engineering Limited announced today that it is undertaking the construction of a new state of the art facility in the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) Subsea Cluster at Henderson, south of Perth.Read More
October 18th 2009
Matrix Composites & Engineering Limited announced today that it will construct a fully instrumented 52 MPa ( approximately 7500PSI) full scale test chamber capable of testing subsea equipment.Read More
MarineShield™ VIV Supression Systems
It is common for long slender tubular members such as risers and drill strings to be exposed to hydrodynamic loading from both wave and current flow. In current dominated conditions, risers and drill strings may experience motions resulting from the periodic shedding of vortices as the fluid passes around the cylindrical member.
The shedding vortices may result in a phenomenon called Vortex Induced Vibrations (VIV). The presence of VIV in a riser or drill string can result in the riser/drill string being subject to high oscillating stresses and eventually result in premature fatigue failure of the riser or drill string. It is therefore essential that the VIV be minimised or if possible removed from the system.
The effect of VIV can be avoided through the design of through the use of VIV suppression systems. Matrix Composites & Engineering has combined the company's technology and capabilities in the field of Advanced Materials and Subsea Equipment Manufacturing with AMOG's experience and history in Fluid Dynamic Modelling and Subsea Engineering to provide the offshore industry with custom engineered solutions and product for VIV suppression.
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VIV Suppression Systems Brochure
