Abstract
The performance of friction dampers to mitigate waves and earthquakes in tower-type offshore platform is investigated in this paper. Taking the offshore platform of TOWER-1 as an example, the equation of motion of offshore platform structure under earthquake and wave loads was established. The response reductions of offshore platform structure by different peak earthquakes were analyzed. The results show that the responses of the tower-type offshore platform structure under wave and earthquake could be effectively reduced by friction damper, and the energy dissipation ability of the friction damper differs in the different floors. The friction dampers give good response reductions in different peak earthquakes, and the response reductions of displacement are better than those of acceleration.
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