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Application Of Multiple Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation In The Design Of Damaged Offshore Mooring Systems, Zhuo Wang, Timothy J. Mccarthy, M Neaz Sheikh

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

The offshore hydrocarbon industry operates in more hostile environments as more of marginal fields become economically viable. This means that more floating production systems and economical mooring systems will be needed. With this increase in the use of marginal fields goes the need to re-use vessels and moorings. Floating production systems, such as FPSO's, need to survive extreme events and extreme damage conditions. When one mooring line is damaged, the remaining ones must be sufficient to avoid a complete failure and still protect critical components such as the riser. This paper looks into applying an evolutionary optimisation technique, namely multiple …