GRAVITY-BASED STRUCTURE (GBS)

Abstract: a gravity-based structure for hydrotechnical facilities and for setting up production, transport, transshipment and warehouse complexes with applications near-shore and offshore. the gbs has rectangular top and base slabs, external walls and internal vertical walls to separate the compartments, a central part forming a rectangular prism with the top slab, and a protruding part stretching along the central part sides around its perimeter and having vertical external walls. the protruding and central parts share the base slab, with the protruding part being shorter than the central part. central part internal vertical longitudinal and transverse walls form compartments. protruding part internal vertical walls perpendicular to external walls form compartments from the short ends and ballast compartments on the sides. vertical longitudinal and transverse walls form additional compartments between the intermediate horizontal and base slabs. the design is suitable for shallow waters transportation and adjusted to arctic conditions and ice impact.

Inventor(s): Leonid Viktorovich MIKHELSON, Valeriy Nikolaevich RETIVOV, Sergey Gennadyevich SOLOVYEV

CPC Classification: B63B35/44 (SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning ; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines ))

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