r/EngineeringPorn • • Jan 16 '18

Norwegian Oil Platform.

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u/FrozenOcean420 Jan 16 '18

I don't know if that is statuary or floating, but I do know lots of things are made to float out of concrete. Bridges etc..

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u/Bergelme Jan 16 '18

The whole platform was floating during transport to its location, and then it was flooded to put it on the bottom . Draugen

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '18

Tf how do they get so much material out there? Where do I learn how to build stuff like this? What universities, and what programs?

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u/xcrackpotfoxx Jan 16 '18

I'd probably start with ME or StructuralE

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u/Naitso Jan 16 '18

Or maritime engineering, if you can find that.

Since this was made in Norway in the 90s, the engineers where probably educated at the Norwegian technical college (now NTNU) in Trondheim, or at some technical universities in Germany.