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The floating weighted tube is designed such that it's not influenced by wave action. To oversimplify, the proportion of overall volume/buoyancy that a wave cov
by AWildC182 7y ago
The floating weighted tube is designed such that it's not influenced by wave action. To oversimplify, the proportion of overall volume/buoyancy that a wave covers and uncovers is insignificant and so even in somewhat rough seas, the platform probably feels like solid land, not bouncing up and down or rocking side to side.
- noneeeed 7y agoThanks for the explanation. I hadn't considered the length of the tube in the this setup. Is this how floating oil rigs work?
- AWildC182 7y agoYea, generally oil rigs have a similar design with most of the buoyant volume underwater. There are a few different designs to achieve this but ultimately the goal is the same. You can also do something similar with boats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-waterplane-area_twin_hull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-waterplane-area_twin_hul...
- ghaff 7y agoI’ve been out of the business for a long time, but in addition to the fact that semi-submersibles pump in ballast and partially submerge when operating, they’re generally anchored using 8 or so anchors. There have been dynamically rigs for deep water drilling but I’m not as familiar with current details. I assume with current oil prices deep water drilling is pretty unattractive.