Title :
Floating ocean platforms
Author :
Bedore, Robert L.
Author_Institution :
Naval Undersea Research and Development Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
Floating ocean platforms have many potential applications. Concrete construction has definite cost advantages over steel construction. Modular designs lead to feasible construction techniques. This paper discusses the design and motion of platforms designed with these observations as guides.
Keywords :
Bars; Building materials; Concrete; Cost function; Damping; Prototypes; Solids; Stability; Steel; Structural beams;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in the Ocean Environment, IEEE 1971 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1971.1161065
