The invention relates to an experimental device and method for simulating scouring and vortex-induced vibration of a flexible pipeline. The experimental device comprises a circulating water tank, a support frame, a pipeline model, a
universal joint, a water tank wall, a high-speed camera, a
laser displacement sensor,
fiber bragg
grating strain sensors, measuring probes, a guide plate, a tension meter, weights, a moving rail, pulleys, a hanging beam, a multi-beam echosounder, an ultrasonic
current meter ADV, a sliding rail and a fixed rail; a plurality of measuring probes are installed at the bottom of the pipeline model, strain measuring points are determined on the surface of the pipeline model at equal intervals along the axial direction, each strain measuring point is equipped with a left
fiber bragg
grating strain sensor and a right
fiber bragg
grating strain sensor in the circulating water tank along the
water flow direction, and the left and right
fiber bragg grating strain sensors are symmetrically arranged on the horizontal outer surface of the pipeline model; one end of the sliding rail is connected with the pipeline model, the other end of the sliding rail is connected with a steel
wire rope, and the sliding rail can slide back and forth relative to the support. The device and the method can be used for research of the flexible pipeline and local scouring extension and measurement of the vortex-induced vibration frequency, the amplitude and the pipeline strain.