Mono-tripod platform

Details Mono-tripod platform Mono-tripod platform

1994-07-05

1996-06-18

Neuder, William P.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Marine structure or fabrication thereof

With anchoring of structure to marine floor

E02B 1702

Patent

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055271367

ABSTRACT:
An offshore structure for use in a body of water at a depth of from 600 to 1000 feet having a tripod or quadropod base section in which each leg is battered at a ratio of from 1:8 to 1:10, extending upwardly from its lower end on the floor of the body of water to its upper end at least 50 feet below the surface of the body of water, a monopod mounted near the upper end of the base section, substantially centrally disposed and extending upwardly to a level above the water, and a platform mounted on top of the monopod. The structure has a natural period of no more than about six seconds.

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