A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally round section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a plurality of separate tunnels between columns extending from the keel having an n-polytope shape and a fin-shaped appendage is secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull. The at least one tunnel contains water at operational depth of the buoyant structure.
METHOD FOR OPERATING FLOATING VESSEL
VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES SCHWIMMENDEN SCHIFFS
PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT DE FAIRE FONCTIONNER UN NAVIRE FLOTTANT
2021-08-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
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