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A New Energy-Absorbing Device for Motion Suppression in Deep-Sea Floating Platforms

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  • Xiaohui Zeng

    (Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China)

  • Yang Yu

    (Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China)

  • Liang Zhang

    (Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China)

  • Qingquan Liu

    (Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China)

  • Han Wu

    (Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China)

Abstract

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 Damper (TLCD) has been invented for the suppression of the horizontal motion and vertical in-plane rotation of a deep-sea floating platform. A conventional tuned liquid column damper has a U-shaped water tunnel to absorb the excessive energy of the main structure. The application of U-shaped dampers in deep-sea floating platforms is difficult due to the restriction of a large horizontal length. A novel S-shaped damper is proposed to retain the same amount of liquid using a shorter S-shaped tunnel. Theoretical and experimental works are conducted and prove that an S-shaped damper needs less than half the horizontal length to provide the same suppression as a U-shaped damper. A coupling calculation model is proposed and followed by the sensitivity analysis. The study demonstrates the applicability of the novel S-shaped damper for the motion suppression in deep-sea floating platforms.

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  • Xiaohui Zeng & Yang Yu & Liang Zhang & Qingquan Liu & Han Wu, 2014. "A New Energy-Absorbing Device for Motion Suppression in Deep-Sea Floating Platforms," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-22, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:8:y:2014:i:1:p:111-132:d:43999
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