Arctic structure of composite wall construction

Patent · Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6570580

Birdy, J N; Watt, B J; Chen, J

An arctic offshore structure is described comprising: a polygonal shaped base; a sloping outer shell connected to the base forming a frustrum with the base; bulkhead walls substantially vertical to the base and extending from the base to the sloping outer shell for support thereof; the sloping outer shell and the bulkhead walls further comprising: an inner assembly; an outer assembly aligned substantially parallel to the inner assembly and defining an internal cavity therebetween; the inner and outer assemblies each comprising: a skin plate member; a plurality of stiffeners attached at spaced intervals to the skin plate member and mounted substantially perpendicular to the skin plate member so as to extend partially into the interval cavity; and a cementitious material substantially filling the internal cavity.

• Assignee: Brian Watt Associates, Inc., Houston, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4655642
• OSTI ID: 6570580
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 1 Feb 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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