Nonlinear System Identification in Offshore Structural Reliability

Author:

Spanos P. D.1,Lu R.2

Affiliation:

1. Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251

2. Hudson Engineering Corporation, Houston, TX 77218

Abstract

Nonlinear forces acting on offshore structures are examined from a system identification perspective. The nonlinearities are induced by ocean waves and may become significant in many situations. They are not necessarily in the form of Morison’s equation. Various wave force models are examined. The force function is either decomposed into a set of base functions or it is expanded in terms of the wave and structural kinematics. The resulting nonlinear system is decomposed into a number of parallel no-memory nonlinear systems, each followed by a finite-memory linear system. A conditioning procedure is applied to decouple these linear sub-systems; a frequency domain technique involving autospectra and cross-spectra is employed to identify the linear transfer functions. The structural properties and the force transfer parameters are determined with the aid of the coherence functions. The method is verified using simulated data. It provides a versatile and noniterative approach for dealing with nonlinear interaction problems encountered in offshore structural analysis and design.

Publisher

ASME International

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Ocean Engineering

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