Development of a novel tuned liquid multiple columns gas damper under wave and earthquake incidence.

A developed tuned liquid multiple columns gas damper, introduced as a TLMCGD damper, is proposed in this study and its capability is assessed on an offshore jacket platform under regular and irregular waves and also earthquake incidence. The proposed damping system includes a combination of performance of both tuned liquid multiple columns damper (TLMCD) and tuned liquid column gas damper (TLCGD). The number of multiple columns and gas pressure are defined as of the main parameters of the damper and their performance are investigated through various values under earthquake. According to the results, a passive optimum TLMCGD system can decrease the structural response of the system up to 22, 60, and 55 percent under regular wave, irregular wave, and earthquake, respectively. The whole structural response of the system reduces as the number of columns and the value of gas pressure increases up to a certain amount. To investigate the effectiveness of gas pressure in performance of the damper, various gas pressure values are considered for different 4 to 10-column TLMCGD dampers. By increasing the value of the gas, the displacement RMS reduces significantly. The highest decrement occurs as 50 to 100 bar gas pressure is specified for the gas springs of the dampers. Still more investigation is required to evaluate other key parameter of the system within an experimental study which is left for future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]