Floating platform with monolithically formed float members and platform

Patent · Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5878584

Finsterwalder, U

Floating platforms for various offshore facilities are formed of float members monolithically connected to a superposed platform. The float members are spherically shaped and are formed of reinforced or prestressed concrete. The platform can be a hollow planar member or it can be curved in one or two directions, and the platforms are formed of prestressed concrete. Cylindrical shafts can be used to connect the spherically shaped floats and the platform. Individual floating platforms can be connected by expansion joints and used as a runway. The float members can be constructed at the shoreline, launched into the water and held in a regular pattern while decked over with the platform. After completion of the construction procedure, the floating platform can be moved to an offshore location for use.

• Assignee: Dyckerhoff And Widmann Ag (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
• Patent Number(s): US 4275679
• OSTI ID: 5878584
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 31 Jul 1976, German, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
NATURAL GAS
OFFSHORE DRILLING
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
PETROLEUM
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
STORAGE
WAVE FORCES
BUILDING MATERIALS
CONCRETES
CONFIGURATION
DRILLING
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
MATERIALS
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020300 - Petroleum- Drilling & Production
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