A review of the state-of-the-art developments in the field monitoring of offshore structures

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art developments in the field monitoring of offshore structures. The field monitoring of offshore structures plays a vital role in reducing the risk of structural failure and guaranteeing the success of offshore operations, which is also considered as an important part of the offshore platform integrity management. The typical monitoring scopes including the metocean, structural motions and operation status are introduced respectively. Moreover, the related sensor technologies are also summarized. The design aspects of monitoring systems are introduced, and the applications of offshore structures field monitoring are discussed. The field monitoring in other ocean-related fields, such as the health monitoring of submarine pipelines and ocean ecological environment monitoring, are briefly described in this paper. Finally, conclusions and future development directions are addressed.