WO2007030013A2 - Construction flottante - Google Patents

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WO2007030013A2
WO2007030013A2 PCT/NL2006/050222 NL2006050222W WO2007030013A2 WO 2007030013 A2 WO2007030013 A2 WO 2007030013A2 NL 2006050222 W NL2006050222 W NL 2006050222W WO 2007030013 A2 WO2007030013 A2 WO 2007030013A2
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Hein Douwinus Voskamp
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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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B3/00—Hulls characterised by their structure or component parts
    • B63B3/02—Hulls assembled from prefabricated sub-units
    • B63B3/08—Hulls assembled from prefabricated sub-units with detachably-connected sub-units
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00—Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32—Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/36—Foundations formed in moors or bogs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B2231/00—Material used for some parts or elements, or for particular purposes
    • B63B2231/02—Metallic materials
    • B63B2231/10—Aluminium or aluminium alloys
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B2231/00—Material used for some parts or elements, or for particular purposes
    • B63B2231/40—Synthetic materials
    • B63B2231/50—Foamed synthetic materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B43/00—Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for
    • B63B43/02—Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for reducing risk of capsizing or sinking
    • B63B43/10—Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for reducing risk of capsizing or sinking by improving buoyancy

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  • a floatable construction for carrying a building structure such as a house or other building is known.
  • a floatable construction is known for instance in the form of a concrete container. It is an object of the invention to embody a floatable construction such that it has a greater net buoyancy per unit of volume compared to these known constructions.
  • Another object of the invention is to embody a floatable construction such that it requires little maintenance.
  • a floatable construction for carrying a building structure such as a house or other building, which construction comprises a number of frame parts which are connected to each other to form a chassis and which all have a substantially trapezoidal, for instance rectangular, main shape such that the construction has the main shape of a rectangular block, this construction comprising floating means which are accommodated within the main shape of the construction such that the construction can float together with a building structure carried thereby.
  • the construction has the special feature that the frame parts are assembled from aluminium profile beams, for instance square tube profiles. I-profile beams can also be used.
  • the construction can have the special feature that at least a number of frame parts comprise at least one stiffening beam, which prevents shearing and enhances the rigidity of the construction.
  • a specific embodiment has the special feature that to the main shape are added a base and four upright walls which are connected watertightly thereto and which are all connected to the chassis to form a container.
  • the floating means are effectively formed by the air present in the container formed by the base and the upright walls.
  • Light, strong and inexpensive is an embodiment in which the beams consist of aluminium.
  • the construction can have the special feature that the space available within the main shape is occupied by a watertight mass of foam material with a closed cell structure, the effective density of which is considerably lower than that of water.
  • the above described embodiment can have the special feature that the foam material is EPS (expanded polystyrene) .
  • the main shape can also accommodate other provisions, for instance ballast tanks, a water treatment apparatus and other provisions desirable or necessary for the building structure.
  • ballast tanks can be used to hold the structure in a horizontal position.
  • water is pumped into and out of the various, preferably regularly and symmetrically distributed ballast tanks.
  • the construction can have the further feature that a base and four upright walls are added to the main shape so as to improve the resistance of the construction, in particular the mass of foam material, against possible eating away by harmful animals or damage by outside influences.
  • the construction can have the special feature that it comprises a number of mutually coupled components consisting of metal, for instance aluminium, and that all components consist of the same metal.
  • the construction comprises a number of metal profile beams, these profile beams being mutually connected by means of coupling elements comprising sleeves pushed over the ends of the beams and/or tubes or rods pushed into the ends of the beams, which coupling elements are mutually connected by welding, for instance MIG-welding or friction welding.
  • the construction has the special feature that all frame parts have the same dimensions, in accordance with a chosen modular size, such that a construction can have a length, width and height the size of a whole number of times the relevant modular sizes.
  • Galvanic corrosion is effectively prevented with an embodiment in which the construction bears a load comprising metal components, which load is coupled to the construction using steel bolts which are provided with an electrically insulating layer in at least the area of the zones co-acting in force-transmitting manner with the construction.
  • PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
  • the construction has the special feature that at least a number of frame parts are covered with respective cover plates.
  • each cover plate is connected in force- transmitting manner to the relevant frame part.
  • the cover plates can consist of strips. Depending on the desired force transmission, such strips can optionally be connected to each other.
  • the construction can have the special feature that at least one frame part provided with a foam filling is covered with a cover plate.
  • a cover plate consists of the same metal as the associated frame part.
  • a modular assembly of a construction with a width of 4 m and a length of 20 m can for instance be applied here.
  • All constituent parts are preferably manufactured from aluminium.
  • these bolts can also be provided with an insulating coating of for instance PTFE.
  • a central part can for instance have dimensions of 12 x 12 m 2 .
  • a very high buoyancy or a very high resistance to bending is realized in this manner.
  • an additional load can be placed on the corners of a final overall construction. This can serve to compensate the bending which can occur after a load has been placed in a central zone of the construction.
  • Such a load can for instance be a house or other building structure.
  • balancing means for admitting and removing water to and from chosen compartments using measuring means and pump means controlled thereby, whereby an almost perfect balancing can be realized, particularly in the case of a varying load. It will be apparent that, also with a view hereto, determined standards are then required of the construction in respect of its mechanical strength and rigidity.
  • the balancing can take place in three dimensions, so a correction of any deviation in two directions from a horizontal position can be realized in combination with draught .
  • use can be made of simple means to determine the effectiveness of the balancing and also to perform measurements which can control the balancing pumps.
  • Such provisions can for instance comprise a number of gauge glasses which for instance follow the level in question with a delay of several seconds. The relatively rapid effect of waves is for instance hereby excluded from the level control.
  • the balancing tanks have a water filling level in the order of magnitude of half their volume.
  • the buoyancy of the construction can be selected as desired by choosing the number of EPS (expanded polystyrene) blocks. It will be apparent that the distribution of such blocks will be chosen in the light of the design load.
  • the construction according to the invention has the great advantage that the construction continues to float in the case a leak occurs in a tank.
  • servicing spaces for pumps, electrical equipment, storage spaces, fuel tanks, a water treatment apparatus and the like can be placed as desired.
  • struts and/or force-transmitting plates can be applied where necessary.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of the floatable construction according to the invention
  • Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a second embodiment of the floatable construction according to the invention, in which several components are omitted for the sake of clarity;
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective view of a construction with a number of watertight compartments
  • Figure 4 shows a perspective view corresponding with figure 3 of a construction with a number of watertight compartments and a number of EPS blocks;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view corresponding with figures 3 and 4 of the construction according to figure 3 or figure 4, wherein the frame parts are covered with aluminium cover profiles, strips or plates.
  • Floatable construction 1 according to figure 1 is embodied wholly in aluminium and has the following properties and special features:
  • Construction 1 is built up of frame parts of square tube profiles of a size 150 x 150 x 5 cm. These frame parts are encased, in the form of a container closed in watertight manner, by a base 7 and four upright walls 8, 9, 10, 11 consisting of aluminium plates of a thickness of for instance 5 mm. These plates are provided with a regular stiffening profiling, comparable to a sheet pile wall profile, thereby ensuring the desired rigidity.
  • Floatable construction 2 according to figure 2 is not fully drawn. It comprises a water treatment apparatus 21 and two ballast tanks 22, 23 which are all accommodated in the space enclosed by the block-like main shape. The rest of the space is taken up completely by blocks 14 of expanded polystyrene so as to ensure buoyancy.
  • floatable construction 2 consists of a combination of aluminium frame parts and a number of masses 14 of expanded polystyrene.
  • floatable construction 2 of figure 2 comprises a number of ballast tanks 22, 23, a water treatment apparatus 21 and/or other provisions desirable or necessary for the building to be carried.
  • Floatable construction 2 has the following properties and special features:
  • the construction has an own weight of about 50 kg/m 2 - in the practically immersed situation the construction is subjected to a net buoyancy of about 1500 kg/m 2
  • the frame parts and the chassis assembled therewith are constructed from profiles with sizes which are subject to the design requirements and wishes of users: - square tube profiles of size 150 x 150 x 5 (this is only an example)
  • IPE 180 profile (this too is only an example) .
  • the EPS used is of EPS 100 quality. Not drawn are a base and upright walls which, other than in the embodiment of figure 1, do not require watertight connection relative to each other but serve only to improve the resistance of the construction, in particular the foam mass, against possible eating away by harmful animals or damage by outside influences. These plate elements are not drawn, use could for instance be made of a suitable quality of aluminium plate with a thickness of 1 mm. Other materials, for instance plates of plastics optionally reinforced with glass fibres or the like, can also be applied.
  • Figure 3 shows a construction 51 which is built up of aluminium profiles 52. in this embodiment the modular size in both the length and the width is 2 m. These dimensions are indicated at two positions in figure 3 with reference a. It will thus be apparent for instance that a watertight compartment 53 has dimensions of 4 x 2 m 2 .
  • a watertight compartment 54 has dimensions of 2 x 2 m 2 .
  • the height has a value of about 1.30 m. This height can be chosen as required depending on the desired buoyancy.
  • Struts 55 are applied in order to strengthen and stiffen the construction. These are situated at different relevant locations.
  • FIG. 4 shows that in this embodiment nine EPS blocks with dimensions of slightly less than 2 x 2 x 1.40 m 3 are placed in all spaces except the watertight compartments 53, 54. All EPS blocks are designated with reference numeral 56.
  • watertight compartments 53, 54 have a respective base 57, 58 and side walls which each consist of two panels 59.
  • FIG. 5 shows that construction 51 comprises twelve frame parts, each with the modular size of 4 x 2 m 2 , these frame parts each being covered with aluminium plates 60.
  • the aluminium plates are connected in force-transmitting manner to the aluminium profiles of construction 51. This contributes toward the rigidity and strength of the construction.
  • the aluminium plates can for instance be completely smooth, in which case they can transmit tensile forces in all directions. They can transmit pressure forces in the case they have a sufficient thickness.
  • Use can also be made of a suitable profiling in order to increase the bending stiffness in a specific direction. Such a profiling can comprise a wave pattern or a sheet pile wall profile.
  • Coupling partial constructions of for instance 4 x 2 m 2 to form an overall construction of 20 x 2 m 2 can take place in the water, in floating situation, with the above described coupling provisions.
  • Use can be made of PTFE-coated M20 bolts. It will be apparent that the invention is not limited to the described and drawn exemplary embodiments .

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La présente invention concerne une construction flottante destinée à supporter une structure de bâtiment telle qu'une maison ou autre bâtiment, la construction flottante comprenant un certain nombre de pièces d'armature qui sont reliées entre elles pour former un châssis, et qui ont toutes une forme principale sensiblement trapézoïdale, par exemple rectangulaire, de sorte que la construction a la forme d'un bloc rectangulaire, cette construction comprenant des éléments de flottaison dont la forme leurs permet de s'adapter à l'intérieur de la forme principale de la construction de sorte que la construction peut flotter avec la structure de bâtiment qu'elle supporte.
PCT/NL2006/050222 2005-09-05 2006-09-05 Construction flottante WO2007030013A2 (fr)

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EP2226243A1 (fr) * 2009-03-04 2010-09-08 Float.Icon GmbH & Co.KG Ponton à elements singulaires flottantes et stabilisés servant comme fondement pour le montage de plate-formes, batiments et instalations industrielles.
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WO2018178893A1 (fr) 2017-03-29 2018-10-04 Caretti Pierre Plateforme insubmersible pour terres exposées aux risques et aléas climatiques
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