96results about "Hull frames" patented technology

Jacket frame floating structures comprise one or more elongate vertical support columns formed of an open cross-braced jacket formwork of tubular members interconnected together and at least one cylindrical buoyancy capsule disposed in the open framework near an upper end and at least one cylindrical second buoyancy capsule near a lower end in vertically spaced relation. The buoyancy capsule(s) may be a single, or a plurality of upper and lower capsules bundled in circumferentially spaced relation with a central opening therethrough. Alternatively, a keel tank may replace the lower capsule. The buoyancy of the upper buoyancy capsule(s) is adjustably tuned to provide a buoyant force and a sufficient water plane area and moment of inertia required for stability of the floating structure, and the water mass and weight of the lower buoyancy capsule(s) or keel tank(s) is adjustably tuned to raise or lower the center of gravity of the entire mass of the floating structure with respect to its center of buoyancy according to ballast and variable or fixed loads including deck payloads to stabilize the structure. Alternatively, a keel tank may replace the lower capsule. The buoyancy of the upper buoyancy capsule(s) is adjustably tuned to provide a buoyant force and a sufficient water plane area and moment of inertia required for stability of the floating structure, and the water mass and weight of the lower buoyancy capsule(s) or keel tanks(s) is adjustably tuned to raise or lower the center of gravity of the entire mass of the floating structure with respect to its center of buoyancy according to ballast and variable or fixed loads including deck payloads, to stabilize the structure, and to compensate for different operational, environmental, survival and installation stages of the structure. The length of the upper buoyancy capsule(s) is sufficient so as to be partially submerged and allow oscillation of the trough and crest of waves within its top and bottom ends.

A floating latticework is suitable for a latticework, a truss-frame structure and a net-shell structure over water. The floating latticework is the combination of a latticework (1) and a floating structure (2), or members of the latticework (1) in themselves are able to float. The floating structure (2) makes the latticework (1) floated over water, the surface of upper chords of which is in form of a platy structure or covered and fixed with a platy structure, as a plane used for loading. There is an advantage that the space-structure floating body is less influenced by wind and wave, which go through its space. A ship structure and a cofferdam structure are parallel solutions with the above solution. Their skeletons are net-shell structure, wherein they are provided with high structural strength.

Provided is a welded structure suitable for a hull structure and excellent in brittle-cracking propagation stopping characteristics. The welded structure is provided with a fillet welded joint having an unwelded portion (4) left on the abutting face of a web (1) against a flange (2). A percentage (X) (= 100/L) (%) to the sum (L) of the width (n) of the unwelded portion (4) and the leg length (3 (3a and 3b)) of the left and right fillet welded joints in the joint section of the fillet welded joint, and the brittle-cracking propagation stopping toughness (Kca (N/mm3/2)) at the using temperature of the flange satisfy X (%) >= {5900 - Kca(N/mm3/2/85. The unwelded portion (4) in the fillet-welded joints is given a width of 15 to 90 % of the sum of the thickness (t) of the web (1) and the leg length (3 (3a and 3b)) of the left and right fillet welded joints. In case the web has the butt-welded joint portion of the thickness (t), the percentage (X) (%) and the brittle-cracking propagation stopping toughness (Kca)(N/mm3/2) satisfy the aforementioned formula.

The invention discloses a vibration and noise reduction device which comprises an upper panel and a lower panel and further comprises a bar frame structure. The bar frame structure is fixedly connected between planes of the upper panel and the lower panel, the bar frame structure is constructed through hollow bars, and solid particles are filled in the hollow bars. The vibration and noise reduction device has the advantages that the solid particles are filled in the hollow bars to sufficiently use spaces of the hollow bars, so that the vibration and noise reduction device is simple in structure, effectively improves the vibration reduction effect, and needs no extra spaces; transmitted vibration waves are changed and scattered through the bar frame structure to improve the vibration reduction effect of the vibration and noise reduction device; and system vibration energy is further consumed through mutual friction and collision among the solid particles filled in the hollow bars to improve the vibration reduction effect.

The invention relates to a method for enlarging a ship, in which method a container ship, conbulker, multi-purpose ship, LASH ship, or other ship having a high degree of deck opening is widened, wherein a front ship segment (23) comprising the bow (22) and a rear ship segment (25) comprising the stern (24) are separated from a middle ship segment (16) comprising at least part of the cargo hold, the middle ship segment (16) is divided into at least two middle ship parts (30, 31) in a longitudinal direction, the middle ship parts (30, 31) are moved apart in a transverse direction of the ship, an additional middle part (34) is installed between the middle ship parts (30, 31) that have been moved apart and thereby a widened middle ship segment is formed, a widened front ship segment (23) is attached to the front of the widened middle ship segment (16), and the rear ship segment (25) is attached directly to the rear of the widened middle ship segment (16).

The present invention provides a molded boat hull with a novel structural stiffening system. The boat hull has a number of laterally positioned compartments molded into the inner shell with vertical partitions that are integrally welded to the outer shell and are interconnected to each other and to the transom. A keel plate and a transom support are molded into the transom, the inner wall, and a bridge along the longitudinal center line of the boat. A keel support beam is placed along the keel, connected to the keel plate, and adhered into a channel in the boat hull inner shell. A pair of stringer braces is assembled between the integral stringers to provide transverse stiffness of the boat hull.

A large-size floating structure which meets the needs for extending the activities of coastal towns is provided. The architectural and technical design can accommodate several thousand inhabitants, while attracting many visitors and customers to live, work and enjoy varied leisure facilities. This energy-autonomous marine district, which is non-polluting and environmentally friendly, constitutes an example of sustainable development. Each component of the structure of the barge provides a maximum of functions: structural, functional, ecological and architectural. By concentrating all of the activities of a town in a single complex, it is easier and more economical to resolve all the problems of sustainable development and safety than in the habitant next to the coast.

A watercraft hull has a hull body defining a bow, a transom, and a longitudinal centerline extending from the bow to the transom along a center of the hull body. The hull body has an inner surface and an outer surface. A plurality of ribs extends at an angle to the longitudinal centerline on the inner surface.

A combined type wind-wave-resistant ship comprises a hull and is characterized in that a deck of the hull extends towards two sides; a plurality of support bodies are arranged under the parts, extending towards the two sides, of the deck and are all provided with support points; and buoys are in coupling connection to all the support points. The deck extends towards the two sides, so that the width of the deck is increased. The multiple support bodies are arranged under the deck and are all provided with the support points, the buoys are in coupling connection to all the support points, in this way, the parts, extending towards the two sides, of the deck are supported, and the transverse stability of the hull is improved. Transverse connection rods are arranged between the hull and the support points, and thus the transverse firmness of the support bodies is enhanced. Through the design, wind-wave resistance of the hull is improved, meanwhile, the structure is relatively simple, the manufacturing cost is low, most domestic shipyards can produce the combined type wind-wave-resistant ship, the technical requirements and site requirements of manufacturing are lowered greatly, and the manufacturing cost is lowered more.

The invention relates to a target ship, in particular to an aluminum alloy assembleable double-body high-speed target ship, which mainly includes a target ship deck, a sheet body and a truss structure, the truss structure is placed between the target ship deck and the sheet body, and the sheet body It is assembled from a number of independent sealed cabins, which are filled with lightweight anti-sinking materials, and the shape of the pieces is streamlined. The sheet body in the present invention refers to the single hull of the high-speed target ship, which is spliced ​​from the end to the end of partitioned sealed cabins of different specifications. Each sealed cabin is an independent module, and each cabin can be prefabricated in the shipyard. Rapid assembly on site at the desired location.

A ship for transporting cargo gas, such as natural gas, includes a ship structure and a middle transverse bulkhead constructed by gas storage containers. Each gas storage container includes an enclosure and a pipe coil within the enclosure that contains the cargo gas and it is the enclosures of the gas storage containers that are integrated into the ship structure to form the middle transverse bulk head.

A watercraft body includes a hull made of an aluminum-based material and a separately fabricated superstructure that is mounted on the hull via adjoining flange plates. To fabricate the hull, frame elements are spot-welded onto the inner surface of initially-flat hull plates or plank elements, which are then curved according to the required hull contour and assembled onto the flange plate. The frame elements are screwed together via gusset plates and transverse beams to form transverse frames, and then longitudinal seams between plank elements are continuously welded from the outside. Additionally, the longitudinal seams may be welded from the inside, for example by temporarily removing gusset plates to allow continuous access to the longitudinal seams. Additionally, stand-offs may form a spacing gap between the frame elements and the plank elements, and an adhesive may fill this spacing gap to adhesively bond the framework to the hull plating.

A watercraft includes a pair of inflatable pontoons. Releasably affixed atop each of the pontoons and aligned therewith are inner and outer lengthwise frame members. Forward and aft beamwise frame members are affixed to the inner and outer lengthwise frame members. Primary arch members are affixed to the forward and aft beamwise frame members. A main fabric panel is stretched between the pair of primary arch frame members, the forward beamwise frame member, and the aft beamwise frame member. A motor mount is affixed centrally to the aft beamwise frame member, the motor mount being configured to removably support a motor assembly. Aft panel side members are rotatably-lockably affixed to the aft beamwise frame member and joined by an aft panel top member. An aft fabric panel is stretched between the aft panel side members, the aft beamwise frame member, and the aft panel top member.

The invention discloses a ship anti-collision structure, wherein the bow of the ship adopts a first longitudinal skeleton structure, a transverse skeleton structure is arranged between the bow and theship anti-collision bulkhead, and a second longitudinal skeleton structure is arranged on the side of the anti-collision bulkhead away from the bow. By providing a transverse skeleton structure between the bow of the ship and the collision bulkhead, the invention can effectively partition the stress transmission when the bow of the ship is collided, avoid the stress transmission when the bow of the ship is collided to the hull structure, cause the deformation or damage of the hull structure, ensure the safety and stability of the ship operation, reduce the damaged area and the damage area ofthe ship, and reduce the loss of the shipowner.

The invention concerns a ship, said ship comprising a lower deck, such as a tank top, and an upper deck, such as a bulkhead deck, arranged above the lower deck, said lower and upper decks extending ina longitudinal direction of the ship, wherein the lower deck is provided with watertight walls (bulkheads) that extend vertically between the lower and the upper deck and define a plurality of separated watertight compartments distributed between the upper and lower decks, and wherein a first of said watertight walls extends in a transversal manner from side to side of the ship so as to separatetwo longitudinally adjacent first and second compartments. The invention is characterized in that the first watertight wall does not extend only in a transversal direction but also in the longitudinaldirection so as to provide the first compartment with a first longitudinally extending portion that extends into the second compartment, wherein the first longitudinally extending portion is arrangedat a first distance from a first side of the ship, and wherein the first distance is greater than a width or depth of a theoretical damage according to standard requirements for the type of ship concerned.

A hybrid personal watercraft combines features of pontoon boats and deck boats, in a cost-effective and versatile package. The watercraft includes port and starboard sponsons which combine a pair of outboard flotation cavities. A space below the deck and above the hull bottom creates at least one, and potentially up to three additional flotation cavities, which may also be used as storage areas accessible by an access door in the bow of the watercraft and/or a set of hatches in the deck. The watercraft may be efficiently produced assembled from polymer materials, such as thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO).

An intersecting structural member, and a method for assembling the same, allowing continuous structural members to intersect while also allowing one edge of each of the structural members to be bonded to a skin panel. A first structural member is provided with at least one bendable tab that allows an ingress area in the first member to be opened to permit the passage of a second structural member. The at least one bendable tab may optionally be designed in various shapes, with or without material reducing regions, may then be closed, interlocking the members and producing the intersecting structural member. This structure and method may be used to eliminate the need for welding collars around the member intersections, reducing labor, materials, weight, complexity of joining, and improving resistance to metal fatigue at the intersections.

The invention discloses a portable hull skeleton, comprising a first support plate and a second support plate. The first support plate and the second support plate are arranged in parallel, the first support plate is provided with a plurality of first slots, the second support plate is provided with a plurality of second slots, the first support plate and the second support plate are connected through a connecting shaft, and the first support plate and the second support plate are connected through a connecting strip. According to the invention, the first support plate and the second support plate can achieve the effects of fixing and supporting, and form the skeleton, the first support plate and the second support plate are connected through the connecting shaft and the connecting strip, and thus installation is convenient.

The various example embodiments disclosed herein pertain to an internal support structure in a watercraft that interfaces the motor to the hull and decreases the weight of the hull, by eliminating various components. The various example embodiments add structural stability to the overall structure of the hull or body, allowing for thinner hull and deck material. This chassis consists of a metal, composite, and or plastic bent or formed tubular structure that outlines the internal dimensions of the hull. The motor is able to mount to this structure so that the body is no longer the direct point of attachment. This furthers the structural stability and reliability of the hull as it disperses forces over a larger area and mounts to a means more suitable than direct hull mounts, which often shear and break loose from the traditional fiberglass hulls. By mounting the engine to this chassis, the hull can be completely removed without disassembling and other components. This allows easier access to the motor and ease of internal maintenance, and allows for replacement hulls and decks when damaged.

Structural panels for use in manufacturing aircraft fuselages and other structures are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a structural panel configured in accordance with the invention includes a skin and at least first and second stiffeners. The first stiffener can have a first flange portion mated to the skin and a first raised portion projecting away from the skin. The second stiffener can have a second flange portion mated to the skin and a second raised portion projecting away from the skin. At least one of the first flange portion of the first stiffener and the second flange portion of the second stiffener can extend toward the other of the first flange portion and the second flange portion to form an at least approximately continuous support surface to which a frame can be attached.

A frame may comprise a plurality of interlocking tab-and-slot frame members forming a three-dimensional structure. A removable stringer may be designed into one or more of the interlocking tab-and-slot frame members. The stringers may be removed after positioning and welding of tab-and slot frame members together. Notches may also be designed into and formed as additional features of a tab-and-slot frame member. Notches may serve as a guide for bending tab-and-slot frame members and in the creation of tabs and/or slots of the tab-and-slot frame members.