Floating body structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9533738-B2
Application number	US-201414651323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2014
Priority date	Apr 1, 2013
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

The floating body structure is a floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, including a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported, wherein the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe, and the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, comprising:
a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported,
wherein the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe, and
the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar,
the inner pipe has a first joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for inner pipe each having a predetermined length along a longitudinal direction of the floating body section,
the outer pipe has a second joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for outer pipe each having a predetermined length along with the longitudinal direction, and
the first joint portion and the second joint portion are alternately disposed in the longitudinal direction.

2. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the steel pipe for inner pipe and the steel pipe for outer pipe is a spiral steel pipe obtained by press-forming a steel strip into a cylindrical shape by spirally bending the steel strip.

3. A floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, comprising,
a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported, wherein
the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe,
the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar,
each of the inner pipe and the outer pipe is a spiral steel pipe obtained by press-forming a steel strip into a cylindrical shape by spirally bending the steel strip.

4. A floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, comprising,
a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported, wherein
the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe,
the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar,
the base end portion of the object to be supported penetrates toward the inside of the inner pipe from the outside in a radial direction of the inner pipe and the outer pipe, and
a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe is filled with concrete or mortar at a position where the base end portion penetrates.

5. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein
the inner pipe has a first joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for inner pipe each having a predetermined length along a longitudinal direction of the floating body section,
the outer pipe has a second joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for outer pipe each having a predetermined length along the longitudinal direction, and
the first joint portion and the second joint portion are alternately disposed in the longitudinal direction.

6. The floating body structure according to claim 5 , wherein each of the steel pipe for inner pipe and the steel pipe for outer pipe is a spiral steel pipe obtained by press-forming a steel strip into a cylindrical shape by spirally bending the steel strip.

7. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein each of the inner pipe and the outer pipe is a spiral steel pipe obtained by press-forming a steel strip into a cylindrical shape by spirally bending the steel strip.

8. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the inner pipe is an extended portion of the base end portion of the object to be supported.

9. The floating body structure according to claim 3 , wherein the inner pipe is an extended portion of the base end portion of the object to be supported.

10. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the base end portion of the object to be supported is inserted into the inner pipe, and
a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe is filled with concrete or mortar at a position where the base end portion is inserted.

11. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of the floating body sections are provided, and
the plurality of floating body sections are connected to each other by a floating body connecting section.

12. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the gap between the outer wall surface of the inner pipe and the inner wall surface of the outer pipe is 600 mm or more, and
at least a portion of an outer diameter of the outer pipe is 6500 mm or more.

13. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein the inner pipe is an extended portion of the base end portion of the object to be supported.

14. The floating body structure according to claim 3 , wherein
the base end portion of the object to be supported is inserted into the inner pipe, and
a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe is filled with concrete or mortar at a position where the base end portion is inserted.

15. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein
the base end portion of the object to be supported is inserted into the inner pipe, and
a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe is filled with concrete or mortar at a position where the base end portion is inserted.

16. The floating body structure according to claim 3 , wherein
a plurality of the floating body sections are provided, and
the plurality of floating body sections are connected to each other by a floating body connecting section.

17. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein
a plurality of the floating body sections are provided, and
the plurality of floating body sections are connected to each other by a floating body connecting section.

18. The floating body structure according to claim 3 , wherein
the gap between the outer wall surface of the inner pipe and the inner wall surface of the outer pipe is 600 mm or more, and
at least a portion of an outer diameter of the outer pipe is 6500 mm or more.

19. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein
the gap between the outer wall surface of the inner pipe and the inner wall surface of the outer pipe is 600 mm or more, and
at least a portion of an outer diameter of the outer pipe is 6500 mm or more.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Tominaga Tomonori

Classifications

• B63B1/12

  the hulls being interconnected rigidly {(B63B1/107 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F03D13/25

  specially adapted for offshore installation · CPC title

• B63B2001/128

  comprising underwater connectors between the hulls · CPC title

• F05B2240/40

  Use of a multiplicity of similar components · CPC title

• B63B2035/446

  for converting wind energy into electric energy · CPC title