Offshore oil and gas production platforms are critical maritime equipment for the extraction of offshore oil and gas resources. Energy absorbers are key components of the jacket boat landing systems on these platforms, ensuring their safety and reliability. However, the related technology has long been reliant on imports. To achieve domestic production of barge fender energy absorbers in China and address this "bottleneck" technology in the field of offshore oil engineering equipment, the company has undertaken the development of localized energy absorbers for offshore platform barge fenders.

Through prior technical research, the project team has completed the development of a domestically produced energy absorber that meets barge requirements. This involved analyzing the working principle, structural characteristics, theoretical force analysis, and conducting finite element numerical simulations of the barge energy absorber, leading to the establishment of a mathematical design model. The team developed the formulation for the core component—the elastomer—and manufactured a 1:5 scaled test prototype of the energy absorber. This scaled prototype has now successfully passed a 3,000-cycle fatigue compression test verification, laying a solid foundation for the company to secure future orders for barge energy absorbers.