From Data to Assessment Models, Demonstrated through a Digital Twin of Marine Risers

Abstract Assessing the fatigue damage in marine risers due to vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) serves as a comprehensive example of using machine learning methods to derive assessment models of complex systems. A complete characterization of response of such complex systems is usually unavailable despite massive experimental data and computation results. These algorithms can use multi-fidelity data sets from multiple sources, including real-time sensor data from the field, systematic experimental data, and simulation data. Here we develop a three-pronged approach to demonstrate how tools in machine learning are employed to develop data-driven models that can be used for accurate and efficient fatigue damage predictions for marine risers subject to VIV.