Multiple tendon compliant tower construction

Patent · Tue Apr 26 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7229829

Horton, E E

In an offshore compliant tower construction, the combination is described of: an upper buoyancy module; a rigid stem of selected length fixedly attached to and extending below the upper buoyancy module to minimize rotation of the upper module; a lower base module; compliant means interconnecting the upper buoyancy module and the lower base module. It comprises: a composite assembly of elongated continuous structural members arranged in parallel independent separate relation and moveable relative to each other. The structural members have lower end portions with bottom ends fixed to the lower base module and upper end portions extending into the upper module and with upper ends fixed to the upper module.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-88-016076; EDB-88-128210
• Patent Number(s): US 4740109
• OSTI ID: 7229829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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