TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimal pile design of dolphin structure considering axial compressive pressure-bending moment ratio under offshore load conditions
AU - Shao, Hailong
AU - Lee, Jongsoo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - This study proposes an optimal design of a dolphin structure under offshore load conditions such as berthing, mooring, wind, wave, and current loads. The design objective is to reduce the total weight of the pile structure by determining its diameter, thickness, and arraying direction with constraints of axial compressive pressure-bending moment ratio and total displacement. As design requirements, the stress has to be satisfied under the allowable compressive pressure-bending moment, and the total displacement of the steel piles should be less than 0.1 m on the upper deck. The structural analysis data are generated using Box–Behnken design based on the design of experiments. In the meta-model-based approximate optimization process, the pressure-bending moment ratio and total displacement are expressed using a backpropagation neural network, and the structural weight of the pile is approximated via a second-order polynomial-based response surface model. Compared with the initial design, the optimal solution of the total weight of the steel piles reduces by 27.37% under the satisfied constraint conditions. For the post-optimization study, the optimal sensitivity analysis with respect to the seabed level is conducted.
AB - This study proposes an optimal design of a dolphin structure under offshore load conditions such as berthing, mooring, wind, wave, and current loads. The design objective is to reduce the total weight of the pile structure by determining its diameter, thickness, and arraying direction with constraints of axial compressive pressure-bending moment ratio and total displacement. As design requirements, the stress has to be satisfied under the allowable compressive pressure-bending moment, and the total displacement of the steel piles should be less than 0.1 m on the upper deck. The structural analysis data are generated using Box–Behnken design based on the design of experiments. In the meta-model-based approximate optimization process, the pressure-bending moment ratio and total displacement are expressed using a backpropagation neural network, and the structural weight of the pile is approximated via a second-order polynomial-based response surface model. Compared with the initial design, the optimal solution of the total weight of the steel piles reduces by 27.37% under the satisfied constraint conditions. For the post-optimization study, the optimal sensitivity analysis with respect to the seabed level is conducted.
KW - Dolphin structure
KW - approximate optimization
KW - axial compressive pressure-bending moment ratio
KW - regression method
KW - seabed sensitivity
KW - steel pile
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U2 - 10.1177/1475090218813598
DO - 10.1177/1475090218813598
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059700010
SN - 1475-0902
VL - 233
SP - 1141
EP - 1153
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
IS - 4
ER -