| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a bend stiffener comprising a first elongate member (1) having a longitudinal conduit (2) and a second elongate member (3) having also a longitudinal conduit (4) being connected to an end (5) of said first member (1) thereby effectively extending the compound length of the bend stiffener, the first member (1) having a chosen resilience in order to be able to bend properly when the bend stiffener is subject to a certain load, i.e. at a large tension and small angle, while the second member (3) is designed so as to have less resilience than said first member, whereby the second member typically will start bending earlier than said first member when the bend stiffener is subjected to a smaller load, i.e. at a low tension and/or a large angle. The first and second members are preferably provided with one or more channels (7,18, 16, 8) from the second member 3 to the hydrophone 10, the channel surfaces having a nonmetallic material, e.g. a polymer, the second member having a resilience being adapted to transfer incident pressure waves into said chann el (18) therein.
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