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Title: Floating platform with monolithically formed float members and platform

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5878584
Patent Number(s):
US 4275679
Assignee:
Dyckerhoff And Widmann Ag (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 31 Jul 1976, German, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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; 423000* - Engineering- Marine Engineering- (1980-); 020300 - Petroleum- Drilling & Production; 030300 - Natural Gas- Drilling, Production, & Processing

Citation Formats

Finsterwalder, U. Floating platform with monolithically formed float members and platform. United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
Finsterwalder, U. Floating platform with monolithically formed float members and platform. United States.
Finsterwalder, U. 1981. "Floating platform with monolithically formed float members and platform". United States.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5878584}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1981},
month = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1981}
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