Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – With anchoring of structure to marine floor
Patent
1986-08-08
1987-09-29
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
With anchoring of structure to marine floor
405224, 405228, E02B 1702
Patent
active
046966048
ABSTRACT:
A pile assembly adapted for use in a compliant piled tower. A plurality of drive piles are driven into the ocean floor in a symetric array about a central, substantially vertical axis. A flex pile is secured to the upper end of each drive pile and extends upward to a preselected elevation above the ocean floor. The longitudinal axes of each drive pile flex pile pair are laterally offset from one another with the flex piles also being arranged in symetric array about the central axis. A tie member is provided to restrain the flex piles from lateral motion relative to one another. The tie member serves to balance the moments established by virtue of the eccentric axes of the flex pile drive pile pairs. The use of eccentric axes in the pile assemblies simplifies driving the drive piles, permits the drive piles to be placed relatively far from one another to minimize pile group effects and permits the flex pile to be designed without being constrained by driving considerations.
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Finn Lyle D.
Steele Kenneth M.
Exxon Production Research Company
Phillips Richard F.
Taylor Dennis L.
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