Model Reference Adaptive Vibration Control of an Offshore Platform Considering Marine Environment Approximation

Abstract

Adaptive control methods are suitable for offshore steel structures subject to harmful vibrations, as they employ reference models to adapt to coastal and nearshore physics. To decrease the dependence on the accurate characteristics of the offshore platform, a compensating measure containing the ocean environment is proposed in the adaptive control scheme. With incomplete states as the driving input, external loads are approximated using a wavelet neural network frame. Numerical experiments are conducted on a platform model with varying parameters to test the performance of the proposed adaptive controller. It is shown that the adaptive weights derived from the chosen Lyapunov function are qualified both theoretically and practically. The system-output-based adaptive controller overcomes the disadvantage of state loss. The compensated disturbance environment guarantees the reliability of the restored reference system based on mismatched physics. The designed estimator as a part of the adaptive controller compensates for the deviations of the environment between the reference and the practical, resulting in a desirable reduction in the excessive vibration.

Coastal Engineering: Sustainability and New Technologies

“…The vibration test was based on a lab-scale wind turbine jacket foundation associated primarily with an offshore environment. For offshore steel structures subject to harmful vibrations, Zhang et al [11] proposed a compensating measure containing the ocean environment in the adaptive control scheme, and presented numerical experiments conducted on a platform model with varying parameters in order to test the performance of the proposed adaptive controller. Piles are widely utilized in the foundation of streetlamp posts, coastal trestle bridges, and offshore wind power poles since they can bear vertical and lateral loads.…”