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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Prizes
  * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr82FyPXJVE How to Design an X PRIZE] == Design goals ==
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Dynamic piles
  ...idance-notes-design-methodology-for-dynamically-649168 ABS Guidance Notes: Design Methodology for Dynamically Installed piles] {{Structure Designs}}
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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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