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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2018
Horton DO Brasil Tecnologia Offshore, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Xavier Castello, Rio Grande, BR;
Marcelo I. L. Souza, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Rodrigo M. R. Guimarães, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Luiz Germano Bodanese, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Rafael Bodanese, Macaé, BR;
HORTON DO BRASIL TECNOLOGIA OFFSHORE LTDA., Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Abstract
A method for constructing a hull of an offshore structure includes (a) welding a plurality of plates together to form a plate assembly. The method also includes (b) passing the plate assembly through a rolling machine with the plate assembly in a vertical orientation. In addition, the method includes (c) bending the plate assembly into a cylinder during (b). The cylinder includes a pair of circumferentially adjacent free ends. Further, the method includes (d) welding the free ends of the cylinder together after (c) to form a cylindrical external wall.