Gravity Anchor Deployment on Floating Body
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mooring technologies require complex and costly operations to arrange anchors at the water bottom, necessitating the use of professional ships and underwater robots, which complicates and expenses the process of keeping floating bodies at a target position.
Innovation Solution
A method where a gravity anchor is fixed on a floating body in a dock, and then sunk to the water bottom when the body reaches the target position, allowing the floating body to carry and deploy the anchor without the need for external vessels, using a crane to manage the anchor's placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If professional working ships and underwater robots are used to arrange anchors at water bottom, then the anchors can be positioned accurately, but the operation process becomes complicated and engineering cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The floating body serves itself by carrying and deploying its own anchor without requiring external working ships or underwater robots. The anchor is fixed on the floating body in a dock, then the floating body sails to the target position and sinks the anchor by itself,实现ing self-service anchor deployment
Solution Approach 2:
The anchor is preliminarily fixed on the floating body while the floating body is still in the dock, before sailing to the target position. This preliminary action simplifies the subsequent deployment process at sea
2Ease of manufacture
If professional working ships and underwater robots are used to arrange anchors, then the anchors can be deployed, but engineering cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The floating body performs anchor deployment itself without requiring external professional working ships or underwater robots, thereby eliminating the high engineering costs associated with hiring specialized vessels and equipment
Solution Approach 2:
The function of anchor deployment is extracted from external professional ships and underwater robots, and integrated into the floating body itself, eliminating the need for expensive external resources
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach simplifies and reduces the cost of anchor arrangement by eliminating the need for complex external operations, minimizing underwater area usage, and lowering engineering costs while maintaining effective mooring.
Implementation Method 1
sinking the gravity anchor from the floating body to water bottom when the floating body is at a target position
Implementation Method 2
equipping the floating body and/or the gravity anchor with a buoyancy apparatus, where the buoyancy apparatus is detachable and configured to provide buoyancy
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AI summary
The present application provides a method for placing a gravity anchor and a floating body. The method includes: fixing a gravity anchor on a floating body when the floating body is located in a dock; sinking the gravity anchor from the floating body to water bottom when the floating body is at a target position. Through the present application, the placement difficulty and cost of the gravity anchor are reduced.