Flexible Pipe Buoyancy Element And The Manufacture Of Same

摘要

FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY WITH BUOYANCY ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A flexible pipe body and method of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The flexible pipe body 400 includes an inner fluid retaining layer 402; an armour layer 404 provided radially outwards of the inner fluid retaining layer; and a buoyancy layer 406 comprising a plurality of discrete elongate buoyancy elements provided radially outwards 10 of the fluid retaining layer wound at a helical pitch angle equal to or more than 0 degrees and less than about 85 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the flexible pipe body. I j W1 11T" C:J ------- 1Y, +1 '/Th