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Embedded subsea foundations
An embeddable subsea foundation such as a suction pile 30 comprises an elongate penetrating body having a soil-engaging surface configured for engagement with seabed soil; and a directional profile extending across the soil-engaging surface, that profile being configured to aid penetration of the foundation into the seabed soil in a distal direction and then to resist movement of the foundation relative to the seabed soil in an opposed proximal direction. The profile may comprise barb elements such as plates 26A or filaments that protrude from, and converge in the distal direction with, the penetrating body. At least part of each barb element may be movable relative to the penetrating body between retracted and deployed states. A latch 36 may be used to control the deployment of the barb.
Embedded subsea foundations
An embeddable subsea foundation such as a suction pile 30 comprises an elongate penetrating body having a soil-engaging surface configured for engagement with seabed soil; and a directional profile extending across the soil-engaging surface, that profile being configured to aid penetration of the foundation into the seabed soil in a distal direction and then to resist movement of the foundation relative to the seabed soil in an opposed proximal direction. The profile may comprise barb elements such as plates 26A or filaments that protrude from, and converge in the distal direction with, the penetrating body. At least part of each barb element may be movable relative to the penetrating body between retracted and deployed states. A latch 36 may be used to control the deployment of the barb.
Embedded subsea foundations
CHRISTIAN LINDE OLSEN (author) / NEIL BROWN (author)
2022-04-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E02D
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