Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – With anchoring of structure to marine floor
Patent
1983-10-25
1985-03-19
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
With anchoring of structure to marine floor
405195, 405202, E02D 2100
Patent
active
045056200
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a flexible off shore platform comprising a base fi to the sea bed by means of a foundation and supporting a flexible column extending over almost the whole height of the platform and at the top of which is located a stabilizer connected by a short column to the deck of the platform; the flexibility of the column allows a basic natural bending period greater than that of the largest waves and always greater than 25 seconds.
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Entrepose d'Equipements Mecaniques et Hydrauliques E.M.H.
Entrepose G.T.M. pour les Travaux Petroliers Maritimes et PM
Societe Francaise d'Etudes d'Installations Siderurgiques SOFRESI
Taylor Dennis L.
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