The Seasteading Institute

Reply To: Internal bracing or external buttress?

OK, I'm not entirely sold on anything here yet. Not even a particular material. I think the design is still very notional, so I'm going to throw out more ideas.

• For ferrocement, what about external buttresses? Essentially, there's a cylindar that contains your displacement. On the outsie of the cylinder, 3 or 4 extrusions of ferrocement provide reinforcement against lateral stresses and shear forces due to current (including deliberate propulsion) , wind, and wave action.