Modal Parameters Identification of A Real Offshore Platform From the Response Excited by Natural Ice Loading

• Published in: China ocean engineering 2020-08, Vol.34 (4), p.558-570
• Main Authors: Yang, Wen-long, Wang, Shu-qing
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Coastal Sciences; Covariance; Damping; Damping ratio; Engineering; Feasibility studies; Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Identification; Identification methods; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Modal identification; Numerical and Computational Physics; Oceanography; Offshore; Offshore drilling rigs; Offshore Engineering; Offshore platforms; Parameter identification; Ratios; Segments; Simulation; Subspace methods; Time domain analysis
• ISSN: 0890-5487; 2191-8945
• DOI: 10.1007/s13344-020-0050-4

This paper investigates the possibility of utilizing response from natural ice loading for modal parameter identification of real offshore platforms. The test platform is the JZ20-2MUQ jacket platform located in the Liaodong Bay, China. A field experiment is carried out in winter season, as the platform is excited by floating ices. The feasibility is demonstrated by the acceleration response of two different segments. By the SSI-data method, the modal frequencies and damping ratios of four structural modes can be successfully identified from both segments. The estimated information from both segments is almost identical, which demonstrates that the modal identification is trustworthy. Furthermore, by taking the Jacket platform as a benchmark, the numerical performance of five popular time-domain EMA methods is systematically compared from different viewpoints. The comparisons are categorized as: (1) stochastic methods versus deterministic methods; (2) high-order methods versus low-order methods; (3) data-driven versus covariance-driven stochastic subspace identification methods.