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Neuro-fuzzy control strategy for an offshore steel jacket platform subjected to wave-induced forces using magnetorheological dampers

Sarrafan, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s12206-012-0212-2
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. Magnetorheological (MR) damper is a prominent semi-active control device to vibrate mitigation of structures. Due to the inherent non-linear nature of MR damper, an intelligent non-linear neuro-fuzzy control strategy is designed to control wave-induced vibration of an offshore steel jacket platform equipped with MR dampers. In the proposed control system, a dynamic-feedback neural network is adapted to model non-linear dynamic system, and the fuzzy logic controller is used to determine the control forces of MR dampers. By use of two feedforward neural networks required voltages and actual MR damper forces are obtained, in which the first neural network and the second one acts as the inverse dynamics model, and the forward dynamics model of the MR dampers, respectively. The most important characteristic of the proposed intelligent control strategy is its inherent robustness and its ability to handle the non-linear behavior of the system. Besides, no mathematical model needed to calculate forces produced by MR dampers. According to linearized Morison equation, wave-induced forces are determined. The performance of the proposed neuro-fuzzy control system is compared with that of a traditional semi-active control strategy, i. e., clipped optimal control system with LQG-target controller, through computer simulations, while the uncontrolled system response is used as the baseline. It is demonstrated that the design of proposed control system framework is more effective than that of the clipped optimal control scheme with LQG-target controller to reduce the vibration of offshore structure. Furthermore, the control strategy is very important for semi-active control
  6. Keywords:
  7. Clipped optimal control system ; Magnetorhelogical damper ; Neuro-fuzzy control strategy ; Semi-active control ; Wave-induced vibration ; Control force ; Control strategies ; Forward dynamic ; Fuzzy logic controllers ; Inverse dynamics ; Magneto-rheological dampers ; Morison equation ; MR dampers ; Neurofuzzy control ; Non-linear dynamic systems ; Nonlinear behavior ; Optimal control scheme ; Semi-active control devices ; Semiactive control ; Steel jacket platforms ; System framework ; Uncontrolled systems ; Wave-induced force ; Computer simulation ; Damping ; Drilling platforms ; Feedforward neural networks ; Fuzzy logic ; Linear control systems ; Mathematical models ; Offshore structures ; Optimal control systems ; Vibrations (mechanical) ; Fuzzy control
  8. Source: Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology ; Volume 26, Issue 4 , 2012 , Pages 1179-1196 ; 1738494X (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12206-012-0212-2