EP0361615B1 - Parallelepiped floating structure - Google Patents

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EP0361615B1
EP0361615B1 EP89202437A EP89202437A EP0361615B1 EP 0361615 B1 EP0361615 B1 EP 0361615B1 EP 89202437 A EP89202437 A EP 89202437A EP 89202437 A EP89202437 A EP 89202437A EP 0361615 B1 EP0361615 B1 EP 0361615B1
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floating structure
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Peter Johannes Josephus Mennen
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/34—Pontoons
    • B63B35/38—Rigidly-interconnected pontoons

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  • the subject invention relates to a parallelepiped floating structure, comprising connecting means.
  • the subject invention aims to obviate these drawbacks and to provide a parallelepiped floating structure which can be connected in an easy way with other devices such as similar floating structures without requiring any further work and being easy to produce.
  • the connecting means can be provided in the face between two vertical sides of the parallelepiped structure. This means that space is provided to arrange connecting means which can be provided both at the upper and the lower end of a floating structure. Because of this tensions will be more uniformly distributed over the surface of the floating structure, such that on the one hand a more rigid connecting between two floating structures is obtained and on the other hand these structures can be realized in a more lighter embodiment.
  • connection is realized at the sides of the floating structure it is possible to provide each parallelepided structure with its own upper surface functioning as cover surface and no further finishing is required. This in contrast to the prior art where a separate cover surface had to be realized.
  • Landings etc. are constructed by connecting several floating structures together. In contrast to the prior art the same area as the upper surface of the construction is immersed in water giving an increased floating capacity and stability. In contrast to the prior art the connection between two structures can be realized near the center which means that if any only small momentums are present.
  • the connecting means comprise anchoring sleeves. These can be simply provided when the floating structure is realized. If the floating structure comprises a concrete shell this can be simply provided in the mould before pouring of the concrete material.
  • At least one of the other vertical sides has connecting means as decribed above it is possible to connect floating structures in several ways. Because it is relatively easy to connect and disconnect the floating structures it is e.g. possible to use one set of floating structures in a marina one time as landing and another time as floating terrace.
  • the floating structure comprises a concrete container being filled with foam material.
  • the specific weight of the floating structure as such must be smaller than 1 to obtain the desired floating properties.
  • the concrete shell is prepared from a steel fiber-concrete mixture and coated with a concrete cover layer.
  • the invention also relates to an assembly comprising several floating structures as described above wherein means are provided to elastically connect those floating structures. Such a connecting is especially preferred when larger floating structures or a number of rigidly connected floating structures are connected to other larger floating structures or another number of floating structures.
  • a floating structure according to the invention is shown generally indicated with 1.
  • the substantially parallelepiped structure comprises an upper surface 2 and a lower surface 3 as well as long sides 4 and short sides 5.
  • the long sides 4 and the short sides 5 are defined at their extremities by a face 6 enclosing about the same angles with both side 4 and side 5.
  • the length-width ratio of the parallelepiped structure according to the invention is chosen such that easily a modular system can be obtained. This means that the length is an whole number of the width. As example the length can be 3,84 m and the width 1,28 m. This is e.g. dictated by a shape of the filling of the floating structure as will be described below more in detail.
  • FIG. 3 a detail of fig. 1 is shown from which the position of the anchoring sleeves 10 becomes clear. As shown in figure 1 also at sides 4 and 5 connecting sleeves 21 are provided. Now it is possible to perpendicularly connect two structures 1 or with a 45° angle.
  • Fig. 4 shows in top view an example of four floating structures 1 being connected with two angular profiles 11. These angular profiles are provided with (in the position of use) horizontal extending plates 12 and 13 overlapping each other. If the four floating elements are positioned correctly a hole in each of the plates 12 and 13 comes into register and into this hole a bolt 15 can be introduced. In the height of each angle profile several of such plate assemblies can be provided.
  • Fig. 5 shows a cross section through a floating structure according to the invention and it is clear from the figure that it comprises a concrete shell 16 filled with polystyrene material 17.
  • Concrete shell 19 comprises a cover layer 18 only containing concrete whilst thicker layer 19 comprises a mixture of concrete and steel fiber to give a reinforcement. It is clear that at its sides the floating structure is chamferred at 20 to provide discharge of water, prevent damage and to absorb differences in height.
  • a floating structure according to the invention can be realized by pouring concrete around a standard foam plate in the mould.
  • the floating structures and more particular an assembly of several connected floating structures according to the invention can be used as pontoon, as landing in harbours etc. If several units, each comprising e.g. three floating elements according to the invention, have to be coupled, it is preferable to use an elastic coupling. This can comprise the use of rubber material elastic rings. This to allow some relative movement between several of the units.

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EP89202437A 1988-09-27 1989-09-27 Parallelepiped floating structure Expired - Lifetime EP0361615B1 (en)

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AT89202437T ATE83447T1 (de) 1988-09-27 1989-09-27 Schwimmende parallelepiped-struktur.

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NL8802377A NL8802377A (nl) 1988-09-27 1988-09-27 Drijvend blok, samengesteld uit een kern van polystyreen en een huid van beton.
NL8802377 1988-09-27

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EP0361615B1 true EP0361615B1 (en) 1992-12-16

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AT (1) ATE83447T1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE68903917T2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
ES (1) ES2037399T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GR (1) GR3007189T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NL (1) NL8802377A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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NL8802377A (nl) 1990-04-17
GR3007189T3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1993-07-30
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