Offshore floating vertical axis wind turbines, dynamics modelling state of the art. Part II: Mooring line and structural dynamics

M Borg, M Collu, A Kolios - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The need to exploit enhanced wind resources far offshore as well as in deep waters requires
the use of floating support structures to become economically viable. The conventional three …

Kriging metamodeling in seismic risk assessment based on stochastic ground motion models

I Gidaris, AA Taflanidis… - … Engineering & Structural …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient computational framework is presented for seismic risk assessment within a
modeling approach that utilizes stochastic ground motion models to describe the seismic …

Design, analysis and horseshoes chaos control on tension leg platform system with fractional nonlinear viscoelastic tendon force under regular sea wave excitation

AM Ngounou, SCM Feulefack, LMA Tabejieu… - Chaos, Solitons & …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the dynamic response of a Tension Leg Platform (TLP) system with fractional
nonlinear viscoelastic tendon force under regular sea wave is investigated. Analytical and …

TLP structural health monitoring based on vibration signal of energy harvesting system

V Jahangiri, H Mirab, R Fathi… - Latin American Journal of …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Tension Leg Platform (TLP) is very crucial for
preventing catastrophic and sudden collapse of the structures. One of the methods of …

The hydrodynamic performance of a tension leg platform with one-tendon failure

Y Qi, X Tian, X Guo, H Lu, L Liu - Ships and Offshore Structures, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
As one of the most widely used types of deepwater offshore platforms, the Tension Leg
Platform (TLP) has shown excellent motion performance in waves; however, a detailed …

Investigation of the effect of the added mass fluctuation and lateral vibration absorbers on the vertical nonlinear vibrations of the offshore wind turbine

S Ghabraei, H Moradi, G Vossoughi - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
In this article, the effects of the changes in the mass of the floating wind turbine (as a multi-
body system) on its nonlinear vertical vibrations are investigated. The fluctuations of the …

A new energy-absorbing device for motion suppression in deep-sea floating platforms

X Zeng, Y Yu, L Zhang, Q Liu, H Wu - Energies, 2014 - mdpi.com
Deep-sea floating platforms are one of the most important large structures for ocean energy
exploitation. A new energy-absorbing device named S-shaped Tuned Liquid Column …

A conservatism index based on structural reliability and model errors

WJ de Santana Gomes, AT Beck - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Engineering models are known to be approximate representations of reality. When
approximate models are employed in design, it is usually better when they are (slightly) …

A comprehensive study on the serbuoys offshore wind tension leg platform coupling dynamic response under typical operational conditions

Z Ma, N Ren, Y Wang, S Wang, W Shi, G Zhai - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
A new type of offshore wind tension leg platform (TLP) connected with a series of buoys
(Serbuoys-TLP) is proposed. With the consideration of coupling effect, derivations on the …

Probabilistic measures for assessing appropriateness of robust design optimization solutions

JC Medina, A Taflanidis - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2015 - Springer
Robust design optimization (RDO) is a popular framework for addressing uncertainties in the
design of engineering systems by considering different statistical measures, typically the …