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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2010
Michael Y. H. Luo, Bellaire, TX (US);
Lixin Zhang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kostas Filoktitis Lambrakos, Houston, TX (US);
Vera Mohr, Carmine, TX (US);
Michael Y. H. Luo, Bellaire, TX (US);
Harvey O. Mohr, Katy, TX (US);
Lixin Zhang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kostas Filoktitis Lambrakos, Houston, TX (US);
Technip France, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A spar hull for a floating vessel can include a hard tank having a belly portion, a fixed strake coupled to the outer surface of the tank and a folding strake coupled to the belly portion of the tank, the folding strake having one or more strake panels and one or more support frames. A method for installing folding belly strakes on a spar hull may include providing a floating spar hull having a hard tank with a belly side, rotating the spar so that the belly side is in a first workable position, coupling at least one folding strake to the belly side of the spar, and coupling the strake in a folded position for transport. The method may include positioning the spar hull offshore in a transport position, upending the spar hull, unfolding the strake, fixing the strake in the unfolded position and installing the spar hull.