Stabilized floating platforms

Patent · 01 January 1976

OSTI ID:862631

Thomas, David G ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN

The subject invention is directed to a floating platform for supporting nuclear reactors and the like at selected offshore sites. The platform is provided with a stabilizer mechanism which significantly reduces the effects of wave action upon the platform and which comprises a pair of relatively small floats attached by rigid booms to the platform at locations spaced therefrom for reducing wave pitch, acceleration, and the resonance period of the wave.

• Research Organization: UNION CARBIDE CORP
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: Unites States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3978805
• OSTI ID: 862631
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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