Sommario
Dopo una breve panoramica sui problemi e le soluzioni esistenti per le strutture offshore, si valuta la risposta di una struttura a torre immersa in acqua sotto eccitazioni sismiche di tipo non stazionario. Si prendono in considerazione le non linearità insite in tali sistemi utilizzando tecniche di linearizzazione equivalente mediante un procedimento di calcolo al passo nel dominio dei tempi.
Si valutano le deviazioni standard degli spostamenti e delle velocità nodali, per uno schema a masse concentrate ai vari livelli ed operati alcuni confronti attraverso valutazioni numeriche, si calcolano le probabilità di non eccedenza rispetto a prestabiliti valori di soglia.
Summary
After a brief review of the main problems and the most common analysis methods for offshore structures, a method of analysis for offshore towers submerged in water and subjected to strong earthquake motions is proposed. Nonlinear drag effects as well as random non-stationary seismic excitations are considered by means of a linearization technique based on a particular step-by-step procedure. Using a discrete lumped-mass model, the standard deviations of nodal displacements and velocities are evaluated. The probability of not exceeding a defined threshold of nodal displacements is also computed.
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Cerami, A. Stochastic seismic analysis of offshore towers. Meccanica 19, 234–241 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01743737
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