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[http://seasteading.org/engineering/base_seastead Baseline Seastead] Introduction to the design by Wayne Gramlich.  Some other official spar-based proposals are listed in [[:Category:Spar]].
 
[http://seasteading.org/engineering/base_seastead Baseline Seastead] Introduction to the design by Wayne Gramlich.  Some other official spar-based proposals are listed in [[:Category:Spar]].
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7xkdL0EdOA VersaBuoy] A seemingly very stable structure with moving columns.
  
 
[[Ballast]]
 
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[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/platform-spar-comp2.htm More spar buoys details]
 
[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/platform-spar-comp2.htm More spar buoys details]
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==Tension-Leg Platforms==
 
==Tension-Leg Platforms==

Revision as of 00:52, 13 February 2009

Baseline Seastead Introduction to the design by Wayne Gramlich. Some other official spar-based proposals are listed in Category:Spar.


VersaBuoy A seemingly very stable structure with moving columns.

Ballast

Compared spar buoys

More spar buoys details


Tension-Leg Platforms


Structure Designs
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Materials
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Engineering Data
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Stability & Propulsion
Stability · Propulsion · Station Keeping · Gyroscopes · Stabilizers · Pneumatically Stabilized Platforms · Connections