STUDY INTO DEEP WATER TENSION RAFT JACKET

The article describes a tension raft jacket design which employs a conventional fixed platform supported by a deeply submerged buoyant concrete raft, fixed to the sea bottom by vertically tensioned tendons. Primary benefits include simplicity of design, lower capital costs and shorter developments schedules.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • J Offshore Technology, v 3 n 2, May 1995, p 33 [5 p, 6 fig]
• Authors:
  • ABBOTT, P
  • Nygaard, C
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Tension
• Uncontrolled Terms: Jackets (Structures)
• Old TRIS Terms: Rafts; Tension leg platforms
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00710901
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM