INTEGRAL RIVER PUSHED TRAIN Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: shipbuilding. SUBSTANCE: integral river pushed train is formed from small-sized sharp-bow sections having recess in stern between side stops-fairings; aft recess of section located in front of it is filled with bow projection of section located behind it. One or two pushers enter aft recesses of train sections; aft projection of leading self-propelled forming attachment fills contraction between fore projections of leading sections of two-line train with structural unit between them for change of position of sections and leading self-propelled forming attachment relative to one another and freedom of pitching of up to 15 deg in swell at maintenance of longitudinal strength and transverse rigidity of train as a whole. EFFECT: enhanced longitudinal strength and rigidity of train. 8 cl, 4 dwg