Published: September 01, 2003Received: March 12, 2003Available on J-STAGE: June 28, 2010Accepted: August 05, 2003
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A new method for laying a deep-sea water intake pipe was developed. In this method, awater intake pipe is composed of steel pipe units linked by universal joints, and the pipe is laid by controlling buoyancy and tension of that.