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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bart Boon, Schiedam, NL;
Assignee:
Gusto Engineering B.V., Schiedam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405196 ; 405206 ; 405207 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for pre-loading the legs (2,3,4) of an artificial island (1) to increase the stability of the island preloading is performed by ballast (7-17) placed in or on the legs, this ballast being preferably located within flexible bags (17,18,19,22,23,24,25,26,27,33,34,48,49,50,51) placed upon the trussed members (11,12,13,14,15,16) of the legs or upon a plateau (46) supported by beams (45). Instead of bags a rigid receptacle formed by plates (37-40) can be used for receiving ballast. Furthermore, the hollow tubular members (52,53,54,55) can be used for receiving liquid ballast.