Vibration control of 2-D variable-length flexible riser systems with unknown boundary disturbance

• Published in: Ocean engineering Vol. 312; p. 119042
• Main Authors: Wang, Meng, Zhang, Jianhua, Chea, Cheav Por, Sun, Ke, Liu, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.11.2024
• Subjects: Boundary control; Disturbance observer; Flexible riser; Vibration control; Disturbance observer; Boundary control; Vibration control; Flexible riser
• ISSN: 0029-8018
• DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119042

The riser system is subject to vibration due to marine environmental loads, which can affect the efficiency of the system or even destroy it. This paper proposes a solution for the vibration control problem of a 2-D variable-length flexible riser based on PDE model. Firstly, a disturbance observer is developed to estimate and offset the unknown disturbance in the feedback loop. Based on the above method, an effective boundary controller is designed to realize the elastic suppression goal of the 2-D variable-length flexible riser. Secondly, when considering the asymmetric output constraints, a time adjustment function is introduced to develop a new controller based on the barrier Lyapunov function, which realizes the control objective of suppressing the boundary vibration of the flexible riser within specified constraints in a finite time. Finally, the effectiveness of the controller is verified by simulation examples. •A boundary controller based on novelty disturbance observer is proposed.•The combination of a time adjustment function and a Lyapunov function releases the constraints of initial conditions.•The auxiliary system is introduced to compensate the effect of input saturation.•The stability of the closed-loop system is validated through rigorous Lyapunov analysis.