Top of page. Skip to main contents. Skip to main menu. Skip to footer.
HOME > Technology > Technical ReviewVolume 38  Number 2  > Overview of Mega-Float and Its Utilization
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review
 Volume 48 (2011)
 Volume 47 (2010)
 Volume 46 (2009)
 Volume 45 (2008)
 Volume 44 (2007)
 Volume 43 (2006)
 Volume 42 (2005)
 Volume 41 (2004)
 Volume 40 (2003)
 Volume 39 (2002)
 Volume 38 (2001)
 Volume 37 (2000)
 Volume 36 (1999)
 Volume 35 (1998)
 Volume 34 (1997)
 Volume 33 (1996)
 Volume 32 (1995)
 Volume 31 (1994)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review
 Volume 38 Number 2  
 English: 88KB/Now download pdf file
 Japanese: 1194KB/Now download japanese pdf file
Overview of Mega-Float and Its Utilization


Masanori Shuku, Shin Horiba, Shunji Inoue, Eiichi Kobayashi, Seiichi Simamune


The Mega-Float, a very large offshore floating structure, is regarded as material for structuring of social capital in the new future. Experiments using an actual-scale model 1 000 m long were carried out by Technological Research Association of Mega-Float under Director-General Kentaro Aikawa, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) Senior Corporate Advisor. Examples of Mega-Float use include as an airport and as a rescue base for disaster. MHI is conducting unique studies and development in antiwave performance, joining technology for floating units, environmental assessment, very-long-term endurance, and the pursuit of total design by synthesizing respective technologies considered to be keys for realizing practical Mega-Float use.