Offshore platform structure intended to be installed in arctic waters, subjected to drifting icebergs

Patent · Tue Sep 11 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6186569

Kure, G; Jenssen, D N; Naesje, K

An offshore platform structure, particularly intended to be installed in waters where drifting iceberg frequently appear, the platform structure being intended to be founded in a sea bed and comprises a substructure, a superstructure rigidly affixed to the substructure and extending vertically up above the sea level supporting a deck superstructure at its upper end. The horizontal cross-sectional area of the substructure is substantially greater than tath of the superstructure. The substructure rigidly supports a fender structure, the fender structure comprising an outer peripherally arranged wall and an inner cylindrical wall the inner and outer wall being rigidly interconnected by means of a plurality of vertical and/or horizontal partition walls, dividing the fender structure into a plurality of cells or compartlents. The fender structure is arranged in spaced relation with respect to the superstructure.

• Assignee: Ingenior Thor Furuholmen A/S (Norway); A/S Hoyer-Ellefsen (Norway); Ingenior F. Selmer A/S (Norway)
• Patent Number(s): US 4470725
• OSTI ID: 6186569
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
420206* -- Engineering-- Mining & Drilling Equipment & Facilities-- (1980-1989)
ARCTIC REGIONS
DESIGN
ICE
ICEBERGS
IMPACT STRENGTH
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
POLAR REGIONS
SUPPORTS