Underwater structure
AssigneeGolder Hoek and Associates Limited
InventorBrian Edward Wesley Dowse
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Abstract
A method of forming an underwater structure includes the steps of floating to the site an assembly consisting of a floatable structure and an impervious membrane attached to the structure, extending the membrane to cause a base portion to rest on the river or sea bed, filling the membrane with a body of particulate material such as sand, draining the particulate body to enable the external water pressure to render the body coherent, and supporting the floatable structure on the coherent body.
Claims6
A method of forming an underwater structure, comprising the steps of attaching an impervious membrane to the periphery of a floatable structural unit to form an assembly defining a closed container;
- extending the membrane from a folded to an extended condition, when the assembly is positioned at the site where the underwater structure is to be formed to cause a base portion of the membrane to rest on the river or sea bed;
- filling the membrane with a body of non-settable particulate material;
- draining the particulate body to enable the external water pressure to exert a confining pressure on the body to render it coherent;
- and supporting said structural unit on the coherent particulate body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.