Modeling and Adaptive Control of Double-Pendulum Offshore Cranes with Distributed-Mass Payloads and External Disturbances

Offshore cranes are widely used in important fields such as wind power construction and ship replenishment. However, large payloads such as wind turbine blades are hoisted by multiple steel wire ropes, which makes it difficult to directly control their movements; that is, the number of input degrees...

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Main Authors: Shudong Guo, Nan Li, Qingxiang Wu, Yuxuan Jiao, Yaxuan Wu, Weijie Hou, Yuehua Li, Tong Yang, Ning Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
Series:Actuators
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/14/5/204
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Summary:Offshore cranes are widely used in important fields such as wind power construction and ship replenishment. However, large payloads such as wind turbine blades are hoisted by multiple steel wire ropes, which makes it difficult to directly control their movements; that is, the number of input degrees of freedom is less than that of the output degrees of freedom. In addition, compared with land cranes, offshore cranes are inevitably affected by waves, wind, etc. The transition from a fixed base to a dynamic base brings severe challenges to their oscillation suppression and precise positioning. At the same time, to improve operational efficiency, the hoisting operation of offshore cranes usually adopts velocity input control patterns that fit the habits of manual operation, and most of them are in the form of dual-axis linkage for pitch and hoisting. Therefore, this paper proposes a fast terminal sliding mode control method for double-pendulum offshore cranes with distributed-mass payloads (DMPs). First, a nonlinear dynamic model of offshore cranes considering DMPs is established, and a dynamic model based on acceleration input control patterns is acquired. Based on this, considering the variation in hoisting rope lengths, a novel adaptive control method is proposed. Finally, simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, and the robustness of the proposed method to DMP mass parameter uncertainty and disturbances is demonstrated.
ISSN:2076-0825