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.
BUOYANT STRUCTURE WITH A PLURALITY OF TUNNELS AND FINS
2018-07-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |