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• Spar
  ...ading.org/engineering/base_seastead Baseline Seastead] Introduction to the design by Wayne Gramlich. Some other official spar-based proposals are listed in ...p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7xkdL0EdOA VersaBuoy] A seemingly very stable structure with moving columns.
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• Other projects and organisations
  * [http://opensailing.net OpenSailing.Net] - Trying to design and build structures for living on the ocean for survivalist reasons. * [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4286538.pdf Multipurpose floating structure]
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• Transportation
  ...on numerous awards for design and innovation including the 2001 Australian Design Award of the Year...." ...ree.fr/HelideckDesign.pdf guidelines for including an helideck on a marine structure].
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• Boats
  For example, the proposed [http://www.hydrolance.net/page12.htm HARTH] design was removed from the Seasteading book draft, presumably because their claim * [[Boat Design Software]]
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• Graceful failure modes
  Design should be such that the structure does not fail if one piece fails.
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• User:Joep/PillarStead
  ...solve a problem that needs explanation first. The reason for having a spar design is that the waves don't have much influence. From the [http://seasteading.o ...and an air chamber for bouyancy. As the spars are hardly bouyant the whole structure would very easy go up and down. Therefore, there are extra dumbbells, conne
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• Talk:Proposals
  ...f "Design proposals"? Most of the ideas found on the forums now are indeed design proposals, but it's a bit limiting. People could propose a new location, a ...s sense. I imagine the term "design proposals" often gets interpreted as "structure designs".
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• User:Heath
  == Lightweight Design Propaganda == * More stealthy/structure is smaller target
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• User:Joep/MudCurtain
  ...will have to create a new wave within the curtain, and after that the spar design makes sure people will not even notice there even was a wave.
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• User:Patri/ConceptualDesignProposal2008
  ...describe our goals, requirements, non-goals, and ideas for the conceptual design stage of engineering. This is meant to be given to one or more consultants We want to build permanent settlements on the ocean, and we are exploring structure designs which meet the following requirements:
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• BreakwaterBay
  * Safety - By having a single tough structure to eliminate waves, we keep the whole community safe. However, this means ...nit of area as the community gets larger. However, a breakwater is a huge structure, and the initial cost is quite high, so it may not be possible to start sma
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• Dumbbell
  ** Structure may not be able to handle waves hitting top hull, as big shear stresses wil ** It is possible that this does not work with a single spar design, due to bending/shearing stresses on the central columns.
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• MultiColumnSquare
  ...ith much less stress on the spars. (Still has shear problems if the whole structure tilts). ...about stresses induced by combining platforms, because the multiple column design is solider and "squarer".
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• User talk:Joep/MudCurtain
  ...s done in non-time domains (like the frequency domain). Any large massive structure will block the waves, and I don't know why this one is particularly good. ...ith just air in them for the buoyancy. But then you get a more complicated design with more potential failure points. Also, using few very long tubes is more
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• Collaborative Design
  .... There is a Second Life group dedicated to seasteading (called ''Seastead design''), and an 8096 square meter area of flooded land available to this group's {{Structure Designs}}
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• User:Jesrad/BunkerStead
  A '''BunkerStead''' is a minimalist design for a spar seastead, where the spar does not reach high enough above the wa * The overall smaller structure means a lower mass, with lower cost to produce, launch and tow, for roughly
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• Cost estimation
  ...imate the costs as simply twice the steel cost. If steel is $1/kg and our structure is 500,000 kg, then a materials cost of $500,000 and a total cost of $1,000 ...shipyard estimate does not include design costs. It is also just for the structure. Any solar power, engines, kites, sea anchors, furniture, electronics, etc
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• User:Vincecate/Models
  ...above average water level. But with rogue waves and safety margins, lets design for 25 feet above average water level. Seems like a spar with 25 feet abov ...foot ball - akso kind of the [http://givensliferafts.com givens life raft design] and a lot like the [[User:Vincecate/GeodesicVessel|Geodesic Vessel]] appro
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• User:Vincecate/GeodesicVessel
  ...king back and forth in the waves the center has the least motion. In this design the people are closer to the center. ...rom around the outside going to a single [[HangingBallast]] well below the structure for added stability. The 80 foot wide base for the hanging ballast should
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• User talk:Vincecate/BallHouse
  ..., so I will have to model it. And since I will be testing a model of this design I decided to write it up to match the model. :-) The idea is growing on m ...e shape itself isnt really helpfull, but how do you attach a floor to this structure without significantly weakning it? Due to the novelty of this approach, the
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• User:Vincecate/BallHouse
  ...ser:Vincecate/GeodesicVessel]] but with no stability from the shape of the structure. This really needs something to stabilize it. ...the bottom in a harbor, keeping some tension, making a simple tension-leg structure.
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• Wavepower breakwaters
  ...[Category:Breakwater]] section but as you'll see below is also a sea stead design its self. ...air in the bag in and out through a bidirectional fan (or in the original design a pair of one way flap valves feeding a unidirectional fan). It damps the w
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• User:Vincecate/FloatingVilla
  ...strong and has minimal stretch. This would work well for the ropes in the structure. ...rs on what is really an experimental prototype. Or maybe engineering, CAD design, and simulation is advanced enough these days that this is reasonable.
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• Suppliers
  ...ulead.com/tolimared/concretesubmarine/marine/image/lens.htm Concrete Shell Structure Animation] ...e that made with conventional proteinaceous and surfactant foams. The pore structure of Allied's foams hardly show any sign of deterioration as the density of t
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• Thin Shell Ferrocement
  ...boat building but opens great possibilities for hulls where light is not a design goal - this is industry, seasteading, and submarine applications. ...cast structures is the [http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/engineering/structure-designs/the-seastar-platform Seastar Platform]
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• Training
  ...d=1217807861&sr=1-1 Pearce, P. 1978. Structure in Nature as a Strategy for Design. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 245 p. ISBN 0-262-16064-1] ...lick, P.K. 1993. Fiber-reinforced Composites: Materials, Manufacturing and Design. CRC; 3 edition (November 19, 2007) ISBN 0849342058]
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• User talk:Vincecate/WaterWalker
  ...lace the legs by curved bows joining the balls two by two. You keep a nice structure where you can hang anything needed and with the exact same stability. ...signs/link-metamaterial-wave-barriers cbthiess' note]. If I understood the design, interferances wave cancel each other and erases almost totally in the cent
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• User:Vincecate/WaterWalker
  You could have a net under the whole structure, attached to the 3 corners, to make a place for aquaculture. Fresh water f ==Model Design Wins==
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• Low Cost Seastead
  ...the goal is to have a reasonable amount of comfort without undue cost. A structure that kills its occupants during a hurricane is not acceptable. The basic design is a small truss-spar. The truss spar has three basic components -- 1) a l
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• Low Cost Wave Tank
  ...e the discussion forum [http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/engineering/structure-designs/low-cost-wave-tank Low Cost Wave Tank Forum], to discuss this wiki ...ing up the inside of their swimming pool. Thus, extra care is required to design a wave generator and wave absorber that can not scuff the pool surface.
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• Template:Structure Designs
  {{Nav|title=Structure Designs ...]] · [[Submersible]] · [[Boats]] · [[Collaborative Design]] · [[Space Frame]] · [[Low Cost Seastead]] · [[Conex
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• User:Patri/LowCostSeasteadDesignProposal
  ...eading.org/interact/forums/engineering/structure-designs/low-cost-seastead-design-requirements-feedback-wanted this forum thread] ...describe our goals, requirements, non-goals, and ideas for the conceptual design stage for low cost seasteads. This is meant to be given to one or more con
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• User:Vincecate/Budget
  ...ke a larger version of my [[User:Vincecate/FloatingVilla|my floating villa design]]. I expect to have an early seastead and have plenty of backups and redun * Cost of living area and structure are not in here yet.
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• User talk:Vincecate/RealityTV
  The structure and form does not count in itself in the competition, but it will have a ma ...mpetition is to make long-term survival as confortable as possible. Speed, design, maneuverability, internal facilities, social life organization does not co
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• User:Vincecate/Todo
  ==Structure Modeling== ...t keywords to find such, please let me know. It seems like it should be "structure modeling" or "scaling rules" or something, but I have not found what I am l
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• Prizes
  * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr82FyPXJVE How to Design an X PRIZE] == Design goals ==
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• User:Vincecate/WaterWalker2
  ==Design Decisions== There have been several design decisions that I puzzled over.
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• Seastead
  ...e water, not getting anywhere quickly or carrying heavy cargo, a seastead design can sacrifice speed through the water and cargo capacity to achieve lower c | [http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/engineering/structure-designs/the-seastar-platform Seastar Platform]
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• User:Jesrad/FloatingDirtSeastead
  ===Design constraints=== ...s preferred so as to focus on the one main characteristic of this seastead design: dirt-cheap artificial land. To this effect the Floating Dirt seastead is m
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• Ephemerisle2009
  ...structable for low-cost 8x8 floating platform supported on 4 barrels, with design goals of being relatively cheap and easy to assemble from standard hardware ...s/inflatable-rafts-&-islands/sportsstuffcabanaislander.cfm This inflatable structure] provides shelter, looks comfy to sleep in, and could accomodate multiple s
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• User talk:Vincecate/WaterWalker2
  == Design == It would make the design extensible in length as well (and probably you could line up several of the
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• Conex dumbbell
  This basic idea was purposed in the structure designs book, with supplementals added here. advantage of this design feature to connect in a single line; not to make larger square areas.
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• User:Vincecate/WaterWalker3
  It could work without the thing to adjust the tension. In this case the structure would go up and down with big waves but could still be made to not tip. But I worry that any design that has moving parts has more things that will fail. Like if a squid or s
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• User:Vincecate/SeasteadingViews
  ...as the business model will put requirements on the structure design and a structure puts constraints on the business model. I think we should also think some ...is how to engineer the structure. Anything other than engineering of the structure is a distraction.
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• User:DM8954/Shipping Container Semi-Submersible Waterwalker Hybrid Design
  ...oys, attached either to long posts or a system of cables, are added to the structure. === Sealeg Design ===
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• User:DanB/BaseStead Strategy
  ...ying point is that it is meaningless to speculate about the ideal ultimate design of the product, prior to actually putting the product in someone's hands an ...angements, economy, and physical structure; we are attempting to precisely design the latter component without any real clue as to how the former two will wo
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• User:DM8954/Wave Propulsion Louvers
  ...f these particles, a directional force can be extracted and applied to any structure this device is connected to. Further, by using multiple devices spaced at r ...nt of energy, compared with sails, or in this case aerodynamic drag on the structure.
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• User talk:DM8954/Wave Propulsion Louvers
  ...g 56 km/h (35 mph) doesn't seem absurd, and that's pretty fast for a large structure. ...ves catch up to the wind) conditions could very well change before a large structure could match wave speed ...unless wave speed decreases after we've nearly ca
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• User:Wesley Bruce/Submersible
  ...a working sub. Every thing packs away into water tight lockers or the core structure leaving a bare room or even open decks. Fill the ballast tanks and down you *Material issues - Structural metal and/or composite design. The main flood-able section would need to be sea water tolerant materials
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• User:Patri/2009InternshipProposals
  == Engineering Internship (wave mitigation / SFS design & analysis) == ...as a postdoc. Ideally, a candidate will have naval architecture or ocean structure engineering training (BS in Engineering, some grad work), or at least train
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• Single Family Seastead
  ...mily Seastead is one of the types of [[Seastead]]. The key idea is that a structure engineered for a # Designing a whole new type of structure adds risk to the venture.
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• Triangisle
  ...rning with a truck full of 2x4's and we were able to get the entire wooden structure of the platform measured, cut, placed, and labeled. We only screwed pieces ...r proved to be a perfect base to arrange the triangular struts and support structure. The drill and inverter worked well after we connected them directly to the
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• ConceptualDesignProposal2009
  ...conceptual design stage of engineering. It is a revision of our previous design criteria, described in [[User:Patri/ConceptualDesignProposal2008]]. ...erous storms are OK. If a part fails, it should not compromise the entire structure.
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• Design Features
  ...he wheel, and quickly get a qualitative feel for the properties of a given design. Not all designs can be perfectly categorized in such a way, but it creates ...ly compatible with small scale designs. A 20m airgap is hard to fit into a structure that is supposed to be small, especially considering the volume of underwat
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• User:Jeff Chan/Seadrome
  ...depression and improvements in aircraft range. Nonetheless, the Seadrome design appears to be very interesting and thoughtful. It was designed to be maxim == Design Description ==
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• Incrementalism
  ...achieve your goal by means of small steps. The overall scale of a seastead design influences many aspects, among which are financial, engineering and societa ...at is right in the middle of the wave action. When considering any type of structure with the overall dimensions of a house, there are some fundamental issues w
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• Mobility
  ...on a fixed foundation (sealand), or anchored is a way that is part of the design (Tension Leg Platform). In general, these types of designs are considered n ...of the scale, these figures are probably very different, especially if the design under consideration does not optimize for weight and hull shape, the way bo
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• Connections
  ...worry about, they offer many interesting possibilities for making seastead design easier. By connecting multiple seasteads, a cluster of seasteads is created, with a [[Design Features#Sparse Footprint|Sparse Footprint]] potentially much larger than t
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• Current Loads
  * The drag on a body strongly depends on its shape. Unless the seastead design under consideration is essentially a boat, data from boats is not applicabl ...ht; the rest is structural and ballast. This figure depends on the type of design, but 100ton/person does match some estimates from other designs. For smalle
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• Quantative Requirements
  This page lists quantative design requirements for the baystead. Baystead aims to be a proof of concept for s ...for something at least below 1000$/sqft, or 10k/m2. See: [[Affordable]]. A structure like clubstead promises 4000-3000$ per square meter.
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• Submersible
  Any craft that can fully submerge in water as part of its design. {{Structure Designs}}
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• Category:Plastic Floating Structure
  This wiki entry overlaps both the basic structure design idea with a lot of infrastructure elements but that's the point. Waves matt
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• The United Nomadic Peoples of the Sea
  ...will be called Homeanchor and will be effectively a very wide oil rig-like structure, in a ring-shape creating a calm area of sea as a Marina in the centre. It ...ellmer's Seastar design http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/engineering/structure-designs/the-seastar-platform. They will be able to sail under the UNPS flag
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• Offshore Health Solutions
  ...an office and clinic on the vessel, and develop the foundation of the unit structure with ongoing medical/ health procedures of various types. 2) Add more pilots and cruise lines to further develop the franchise structure.
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• Modularity
  ...ilding a full-blown megalopolis is unlikely to be achievable, any seastead design with the goal of reaching high population needs to be modular to allow for *[https://www.seasteading.org/modular-seastead-design/ Modular Seastead Design]
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• Radial Symmetry
  ...hapes that maintain the characteristic. A good natural example of a strong structure is the honeycomb, an excellent combination of efficient use of materials, s ...ut interstices. This may be a desirable or undesirable aspect depending on design. Octagons are more nearly round, so more efficiently enclose space, but are
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• User:Thebastidge
  ...he top of the displacement cavity. An upper deck based upon a radial truss design forms the “weather deck” and serves as floor for living space enclosed ...due to scouring or settling, etc.. A seventh spud well is centered in the structure and serves to support both the lower and weather deck. The deck and center
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• Dynamic piles
  ...idance-notes-design-methodology-for-dynamically-649168 ABS Guidance Notes: Design Methodology for Dynamically Installed piles] {{Structure Designs}}
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• Category:Support Infrastructure
  Topics other than structure design that are necessary to live on the structure.
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• Template:Ferrocement Boats
  *[https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-1886-MS Design and Construction of Prestressed Concrete Vessels] ...estressed concrete for ocean structures and ships with guides to effective design and construction practice]
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• Seasteader's Library
  ==Boat Design & Construction Methods== *[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0937822442/ 100 Boat Designs Reviewed: Design Commentaries by the Experts (Woodenboat) Paperback]
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• Terms and Definitions
  | A stern structure behind the mizzenmast and above the transom on large sailing ships, much la 2. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure
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• User:Birch
  ...uge deal as the planed location is in the equatorial doldrums. However the design idea we have is fairly resistant to waves. ...t will be a 1 family design just off the coast. We will then make the full design and leave it in the coast awhile before towing it out to the final location
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