MOSES Support Platform

摘要

This paper describes a concept design for a mobile support platform for the deployment, retrieval, and operation of the MOSES inflatable causeway. The system provides the capability to unload vehicular cargo at locations without port facilities without driving the vehicles through the surf zone. The platform is based on a commercially available jack-up barge with additional machinery and equipment fitted to deploy and retrieve MOSES. The platform is intended to require as little human oversight as possible. Together with MOSES, the platform provides a self-sufficient vehicle offloading system, which provides the functionality of conventional temporary causeways with a significant reduction in cost, weight and set-up time.