Lateral Vibration Behavior Analysis and TLD Vibration Absorption Design of the Soft Yoke Single-Point Mooring System |
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Authors: | LYU Bai-cheng WU Wen-hu YAO Wei-an and DU Yu |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Structural analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China,State Key Laboratory of Structural analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China,State Key Laboratory of Structural analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China and State Key Laboratory of Structural analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China |
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Abstract: | Mooring system is the key equipment of FPSO safe operation. The soft yoke mooring system is regarded as one of the best shallow water mooring strategies and widely applied to the oil exploitation in the Bohai Bay in China and the Gulf of Mexico. Based on the analysis of numerous monitoring data obtained by the prototype monitoring system of one FPSO in the Bohai Bay, the on-site lateral vibration behaviors found on the site of the soft yoke subject to wave load were analyzed. ADAMS simulation and model experiment were utilized to analyze the soft yoke lateral vibration and it was determined that lateral vibration was resonance behaviors caused by wave excitation. On the basis of the soft yoke longitudinal restoring force being guaranteed, a TLD-based vibration damper system was constructed and the vibration reduction experiments with multi-tank space and multi-load conditions were developed. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed TLD vibration reduction system can effectively reduce lateral vibration of soft yoke structures. |
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Keywords: | FPSO soft yoke mooring system vibration absorption TLD prototype monitoring system Bohai Bay |
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