DETUNING TANK--AN EFFECTIVE STABILIZING DEVICE

The concept of the detuning tank is advanced. The system is different from others in the sense that it does not try to compensate the action of the forces imparted by the sea to the floating body with properly phased compensating forces, but tries to prevent the sea from imparting the forces to the body. The effectiveness of such tanks has been experimentally verified in model basin motion tests and studies.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Original version of this paper (SPE 3405, OTC 1415) was presented at the Third Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 19-21, 1971.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Petroleum Engineers

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  75206
• Authors:
  • Garcia, E C
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 48-56
• Serial:
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Soil stabilization; Stabilizers; Suspension systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Antirolling systems; Roll stabilization; Stabilization systems
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050517
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1974 12:00AM