Self-stabilizing floating tower

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1978-11-06

1980-12-30

Taylor, Dennis L.

Ships

Floating platform

405195, 405205, 405210, B63B 3544, B63G 3500

Patent

active

042416850

ABSTRACT:
An offshore floating tower comprises two coaxial cylindrical enclosures (2 and 11) interconnected by continuous radial bulkheads (10) forming in the upper portion a ring of damping chambers (12) and in the lower portion a ring of buoyancy tanks (4) around a bell-shaped chamber (5) which is partially filled with air to produce pneumatic damping of vertical movement of the tower. The upper portion of the tower is separated from the lower portion by a horizontal slab (3). The upper portion of the internal enclosure is perforated in the vicinity of the horizontal slab.

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patent: 3224402 (1965-12-01), Kobus
patent: 3824943 (1974-07-01), Mo
patent: 3914947 (1975-10-01), Lamy
patent: 3998061 (1976-12-01), Rederon et al.
patent: 4114392 (1978-09-01), Lany
patent: 4155323 (1979-05-01), Finsterwalder

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