Research Article

Seismic Performance and Ice-Induced Vibration Control of Offshore Platform Structures Based on the ISO-PFD-SMA Brace System

Table 4

Maximum test results of earthquake excitation of the platform.

EarthquakeStructural typeDisplacement of jacket (cm)Acceleration of lower deck (cm/s2)Acceleration of top deck (cm/s2)

TianjinUncontrolled30.311501750
ISO-SMA7.84 (0.741)558 (0.515)638 (0.635)
ISO-PFD-SMA2.26 (0.925)444 (0.614)467.9 (0.733)

TAFTUncontrolled10.2747914
ISO-SMA4.6 (0.549)377 (0.495)411 (0.550)
ISO-PFD-SMA2.0 (0.804)504.2 (0.325)516.6 (0.436)

El CentroUncontrolled9.525891066
ISO-SMA5.68 (0.403)392 (0.334)468 (0.561)
ISO-PFD-SMA4.67 (0.509)398 (0.324)470 (0.559)

Note: the figure in brackets is the percentage of effectiveness of mitigating vibration which is equal to (uncontrolled structure − control structure)/uncontrolled structure).