Title:
モジュール方式の海上構造体
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4060790
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A load-carrying modular structure assembled from 3-D structural modules constituting parallelepipeds with rectangular faces, the 3-D modules adjoining each other along said faces. The modules comprise reinforcing diagonal beams (RDBs) disposed along diagonals that connect vertices of the parallelepipeds. The RDBs form a 3-D multi-tetrahedron lattice whereby said modular structure behaves under load as a multi-tetrahedron structure. A basic 3-D module for assembling the modular structure has six RDBs along facial diagonals forming a tetrahedron. The 3-D module may have RDBs also along the other six diagonals and along diagonals connecting centers of the box's faces. The 3-D modules may have cut-outs and passages for water currents. They may have internal hollow volumes and controlled buoyancy, and may be assembled from shell elements.
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Inventors:
Kent, Elijah
Archon, Yorum
Archon, Yorum
Application Number:
JP2003508785A
Publication Date:
March 12, 2008
Filing Date:
June 27, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Ocean Brick System (O.B.S.) Limited
International Classes:
E02D27/01; B28B7/00; E02B3/04; E02B3/06; E02B3/12; E02B17/02; E04B1/19; B63B5/18
Foreign References:
| US5105589 | ||||
| US6205739 | ||||
| US1875668 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hideto Asamura
Hajime Asamura
Toru Mori
Yutaka Yoshida
Hajime Asamura
Toru Mori
Yutaka Yoshida