Simulation-based robust design of mass dampers for response mitigation of tension leg platforms

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 847-857

  Taflanidis, Alexandros A ^a   Angelides, Demos C ^b   Scruggs, Jeffrey T ^c  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass dampers; Robust reliability based design; Stochastic sea model; Stochastic simulation; Tension leg platform; Tuned mass damper

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; DAMPING; DESIGN; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOORING; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

MASS DAMPERS; ROBUST RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN; STOCHASTIC SEA MODEL; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; TENSION LEG PLATFORM; TUNED MASS DAMPER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TENSION LEG PLATFORM;

EID: 60449104226     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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