EP1208034A1 - Barge mobile a jambes tendues pour travaux nautiques a moyennes profondeurs - Google Patents
Barge mobile a jambes tendues pour travaux nautiques a moyennes profondeursInfo
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- EP1208034A1 EP1208034A1 EP00960779A EP00960779A EP1208034A1 EP 1208034 A1 EP1208034 A1 EP 1208034A1 EP 00960779 A EP00960779 A EP 00960779A EP 00960779 A EP00960779 A EP 00960779A EP 1208034 A1 EP1208034 A1 EP 1208034A1
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- Prior art keywords
- barge
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- connecting means
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- ballast
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
- B63B35/28—Barges or lighters
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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- B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
- B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
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Definitions
- the invention relates to an anchoring device for floating structures, in particular for platforms used for various nautical works, such as for example dredging, embankment or pile driving of submerged piles.
- EP -A- 2 624 089 EP -A- 0 716 011, JP -A- 60163786, JP -A- 60045494, JP -A- 59128086, EP -A- 0 575 288, EP -A- 0 441 413, EP -A- 0 360 364, EP -A- 0 328 196, EP -A- 0 323 392, EP -A- 0 319 419, EP -A- 0 311 398, EP - A- 0 311 397, EP - A- 0 311 396, EP -A- 0 302 546, WO -A- 95/29839, WO -A- 96/40548, WO -A- 96/21797, WO -A- 97/45318, WO -A- 97/29942, WO -A-
- Turret anchors if they are well suited to certain underwater works such as drilling, allow a rotation of the floating structure relative to the axis of the turret, a movement which is undesirable for certain works under -marins.
- Document FR -A- 2 248 192 thus describes an ocean-going device used for well operations.
- the device is held in place by at least two taut anchor or mooring lines, generally vertical.
- the anchoring means can be lowered by filling their internal compartment, to be placed on the seabed.
- the device can be towed, the anchoring means being emptied and able to support themselves during towing.
- Document FR -A- 2 698 605 describes an underwater self-elevating platform that can be towed and includes means for pulling cables from the platform towards the bottom to a submerged position where its legs are in support on the bottom, and means for adjusting the position of each leg relative to the deck of the platform so that it is at a predetermined height relative to the bottom, four legs sliding vertically in sleeves arranged in the bridge .
- barges have a complex and costly structure completely different from that of barges. Indeed, the barges have a generally parallelepiped shape whose height is small compared to the other dimensions.
- the invention aims to provide a mobile barge called with stretched legs, that is to say comprising weights suspended from cables or anchor chains, this barge being obtainable in a completely reversible manner from a platform. self-elevating, and not requiring anchorage by anchor lines.
- This barge must in particular be able to remain at a substantially invariable level despite the tidal range, the swell or the load variations linked to the operation of machines such as crane carried by said barge.
- This barge must also be suitable for nautical work, of maritime or river type, at shallow depth, of the order of a few tens of meters to 150 m for example, including for areas where the seabed is at low lift and in steep slope.
- the invention relates, according to a first aspect, to a barge for nautical works comprising a bridge capable of receiving machines for carrying out work such as a crane, this barge comprising ballast weights, connecting means connecting the deck at each ballast, at least three of the said ballasts being placed on the ground when the barge is in active state, said barge being such that, in combination:
- the connecting means are kept under tension;
- the barge is kept in a substantially constant position relative to the ground, the effects of swell, waves, load movements on the barge and the effects of current being absorbed by the connecting means;
- the barge can pass from an active state, to an inactive state in which it is free to move, the ballasts then being suspended above the ground.
- An active state of the barge corresponds in particular to its use perpendicular to a given site.
- An inactive state of the barge corresponds for example to its conveying or to its movement between two sites.
- the lifting means of the barge connecting means are at least partly similar to those used for lifting the legs of a self-elevating platform.
- Said barge can thus be obtained by reversible transformation of the structure of a conventional jack-up platform.
- the invention relates according to a second aspect to the application of a barge as presented above for carrying out nautical works such as dredging of foundations, placement of inclusions, embankment, pile driving, setting up ballast mat place, for depths of a few tens of meters.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram of the operation of the anchoring of the barge with stretched legs according to the invention
- Figure 2 is a front view of a barge obtainable by reversible transformation of a jack-up platform according to one embodiment
- Figure 3 is a side view of the barge of Figure 2
- - Figure 4 is a detail view of the device for lifting the legs of a self-elevating platform before its reversible transformation into a barge with stretched legs
- FIG. 5 is a detailed view of the device for lifting the chains of the straight leg barge, a device which can be obtained by transformation reversible of the lifting device for the legs of the self-lifting platform as shown in FIG. 4.
- PB weight of barge 1, including any mobile loads
- R1, R2 reactions of the soil 2 with respect to the weights 3
- T1, T2 voltage of the connecting means 4 connecting the barge 1 to the weights 3
- ⁇ h difference between water level at high tide 5a and initial level 5b.
- the basic work surface 6 defined by the barge 1 is at a substantially constant distance from the ground 2 both in general (on the left in FIG. 1) and during a rising tide (middle of FIG. 1), than when moving a load on the barge (right in Figure 1).
- the weight in water of the weights 3 is determined by the following condition:
- minTmin being the sum of the minimum voltages of the connecting means 4 such as chains or equivalent, voltages measured at the bottom
- Psmin being the minimum total weight to be transferred to the ground to compensate for the lateral thrusts exerted on the barge - for example under the effect of currents or wind - and to also compensate for any variations in slope of the ground 2;
- the variations in water level can be accommodated, within a certain range of variation, by the elastic deformation of the connection means 4, without the tension of these connection means being canceled.
- This range of water level variations can correspond to the values of the tidal coefficients predicted during the duration of the work.
- the length of the connection means 4 can be modified so as to keep them in a non-zero voltage range but less than a threshold value, making it possible to avoid any risk of deterioration of these connection means, or of excessive reduction soil reactions R1, R2.
- the effect of the tides is at least partially offset by ballasting the barge, so as to attenuate or even reduce zero the elastic deformation of the connecting means induced by these tides for an unballasted barge.
- the weight of the weights 3 is determined in particular so as to avoid a drift of the barge under the effect of the currents encountered in the area of the site under consideration.
- the bridge 7 of the barge 1 comprises four stretched feet 8 formed by connecting means 4 between the ballasts 3 and the bridge 7.
- the bridge 7 has an upper work surface 6 on which work machines can be placed.
- a Manitowoc 888 Ringer type hoist with a capacity of 180 T at 40 m and 75 m of boom is mounted on barge 1; 0 - the weights 3 are placed on the ground 2 at 65 m below the water level 5; the width of the barge, measured in the horizontal direction D1 in FIG. 2, is of the order of 40 m; the length of the barge 1, measured in the horizontal direction D2 in FIG.
- each ballast 3 has a submerged weight of 750 T;
- the connecting means 4 are chains of 168 mm, with a breaking load of the order of 2360 T;
- the distance, measured along direction D1, between the two front chains is substantially equal to the distance measured along this direction D1, between 0 the two rear chains and is of the order of 27 m;
- the distance measured in direction D2 between the two right side chains is substantially equal to the distance measured in this direction D2 between the two left side chains and is of the order of 35 m.
- the lifting device represented in FIGS. 2 and 3 is used for placing inclusions 9 using a threshing hammer, a storage area for these inclusions being visible in FIG. 3, at the rear. of the arrow of the craft.
- inclusions can be, for example, metal tubes two meters in diameter and 25 to 30 meters in length, to be placed in the ground under the foundation of the piles.
- the barge can be used for the installation of a ballast mat on a surface of the order of 120 m in diameter, leveled to the nearest 5 centimeters to a depth of the order of 65 m
- Barge 1 can have three, four or more than four weights.
- weights 3 placed on the ground When the barge has more than four weights, some of these weights may not rest on the ground 2 when the barge is in use on site when the dimensioning of the weights 3 placed on the ground, carried out in the general manner described above, ensures stability sufficient for the barge.
- the stretched legs 8 are advantageously made using chains or stranded steel cables.
- the weights 3 can be made of concrete, for example heavy concrete or concrete based on quality cement taken from the sea to avoid degradation by sulfates contained in sea water, the masses preferably having rounded angles.
- the weights comprise at least one compartment allowing, by the water inlet or outlet, to vary their weight.
- Figure 4 is shown a detail view of a self-elevating platform leg.
- the leg 10 is keyed, in a manner known per se, by a movable keying block 11 connected to a fixed keying block 12 by jacks 13.
- FIG. 5 is shown a chain lifting device obtained by reversible modification of the structure shown in FIG. 4.
- the chain lifting system said stretched legs, is locked on a movable false leg 14 provided with a chain blocker 15, a fixed false leg 16, placed in alignment with and below the movable false leg 14 also being fitted with a chain blocker 17, lower.
- the main traction on the chain 8 is exerted in the vertical direction parallel to the direction of the false legs 14,16 by the action of the jacks 13 on the false leg 14 and the chain blocker 15.
- Direction F is the winding direction of the excess chain after deflection on the drum 18.
- the mode of operation of the lifting system, for barge 1 is therefore such that the general structure of the lifting system of the legs of a self-lifting platform can be reversibly changed, so as to allow the transformation of this platform in towable barge with straight legs.
- the weights 3 being above the ground 2 such as a seabed for example, the barge is towed by any suitable means to the right of a first site.
- the internal compartments, if any, of the barge are preferably deballasted so as to give the barge a buoyancy suitable for its towing.
- the driving means are actuated so as to allow the ballasts 3 to descend to the bottom 2.
- the weights can have a support face on the ground provided with projections or a coating increasing the friction of the weights on the ground and facilitating the maintenance in position of the barge against winds and currents.
- At least partial deballasting of the internal compartments of the barge is carried out so as to increase the average tension of the connecting means.
- the barge can be maintained at a substantially constant level under predetermined conditions of use, the design of the weights taking into account for example the tidal range, the swell or the load variations linked to the displacement of the machines they support, for the site under consideration.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR9910978A FR2797843B1 (fr) | 1999-09-01 | 1999-09-01 | Barge mobile a jambes tendues pour travaux nautiques a moyennes profondeurs |
| FR9910978 | 1999-09-01 | ||
| PCT/FR2000/002423 WO2001015969A1 (fr) | 1999-09-01 | 2000-09-01 | Barge mobile a jambes tendues pour travaux nautiques a moyennes profondeurs |
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| EP1208034A1 true EP1208034A1 (fr) | 2002-05-29 |
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| EP00960779A Withdrawn EP1208034A1 (fr) | 1999-09-01 | 2000-09-01 | Barge mobile a jambes tendues pour travaux nautiques a moyennes profondeurs |
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| EP (1) | EP1208034A1 (fr) |
| KR (1) | KR20020042821A (fr) |
| AU (1) | AU7296800A (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR2797843B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2001015969A1 (fr) |
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| WO2015136086A1 (fr) * | 2014-03-13 | 2015-09-17 | Apm Terminals Management Bv | Structure de quai, agencement de quai et méthode d'installation d'une telle structure |
| KR20160061775A (ko) | 2014-11-24 | 2016-06-01 | 삼성중공업 주식회사 | 해상구조물 |
| NL2014835B1 (en) * | 2015-05-21 | 2017-01-31 | Boskalis Bv Baggermaatschappij | Sheerleg crane with motion reduction device. |
| CN116971265B (zh) * | 2023-07-28 | 2025-10-31 | 招商局重工(江苏)有限公司 | 一种自航自升式高架栈桥平台 |
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- 2000-09-01 EP EP00960779A patent/EP1208034A1/fr not_active Withdrawn
- 2000-09-01 WO PCT/FR2000/002423 patent/WO2001015969A1/fr not_active Ceased
- 2000-09-01 AU AU72968/00A patent/AU7296800A/en not_active Abandoned
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| FR2797843A1 (fr) | 2001-03-02 |
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