Floating Island

Abstract

( 57 ) The invention refers to structures of floating islands. Floating island is a partially submerged volumetric structure made from floating facilities with positive buoyancy, which are connected by a flexible non-stretchable link and a resilient damping link. These floating facilities are located adjacent to each other and are spaced in horizontal direction, and every facility is a volumetric shallow structure with side walls, bottom and roof used as basic surface located above water level for installation of island infrastructure objects on it. Every floating facility is made in the form of a shallow tight unit with positive buoyancy and in the form of a parallelepiped or prism with a height that is less than the length of either side of the base, and every wall of floating facility located opposite to the wall of adjacent floating facility is connected with said wall by means of a flexible non-stretchable link and a resilient damping link along the whole length of said wall, whereas said resilient damping link enables damping on at least two mutually perpendicular directions.

1 . A floating island comprising a partially submerged volumetric structure made from floating facilities with positive buoyancy which are connected with each other by a flexible non-stretchable link and a resilient damping link; said floating facilities are located adjacent to each other and are spaced from each other in horizontal direction, and every facility is a volumetric shallow structure with side walls, bottom and roof used as basic surface located above water level for the installation of island infrastructure objects on it, characterized in that every floating facility is made in the form of a shallow tight unit having positive buoyancy and having a form of parallelepiped or prism with a height that is less than the length of either side of the base, and each wall of each floating facility located opposite to the wall of the adjacent floating facility is connected with said wall by means of a flexible non-stretchable link and a resilient damping link along the whole length of said wall, whereas said resilient damping link is made with the possibility of damping on at least two mutually perpendicular directions. 
     
     
         2 . The floating island according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said unit is made of ferro-concrete. 
     
     
         3 . The floating island according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the inner volume of said unit is divided with partition walls into sections. 
     
     
         4 . The floating island according to  claim 1 , characterized in that it is provided with autonomous energy supply system to keep life activities and to move on water surface. 
     
     
         5 . The floating island according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the resilient damping link is made in the form of metal, rubber-containing and other resilient blocks laid end on and fixed on horizontal surfaces of adjacent shallow tight units above water and along their adjacent walls. 
     
     
         6 . The floating island according to  claim 5 , characterized in that rubber-containing resilient blocks are made in the form of bridges for moving from horizontal above-water surface of one shallow tight unit to above-water surface of another unit. 
     
     
         7 . The floating island according to  claim 1 , characterized in that it is provided with rubber-containing resilient dampers located between adjacent walls of shallow tight units. 
     
     
         8 . The floating island according to  claim 1 , characterized in that horizontal surfaces of shallow tight units are provided with strengthening ribs. 
     
     
         9 . The floating island according to  claim 1 , characterized in that shallow tight units comprise means for connecting and disconnecting from each other.