Athree-stepfiniteelementmethod(FEM)togetherwithLargeEddySimulation(LES)isap-pliedtoincompressibleturbulentflowaroundseabedpipelinesatrelativelyhighReynoldsnumbers.Bothtwo-dimensionalandthree-dimensionalnumericalsimulationiscarriedouttodeterminethethree-dimensionaleffect.Theresultsofnumericalsimulationagreequitewellwiththewaveforcesactingonpipelinemodelsmeasuredinphysicalmodeltest.
