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underwaterconstruction isa method on how to placethe cai

ssons cofferdams
concreteunderwater.during theconstructi on ofbridges,
damsoranystructurewherethefoundati on ismostlikely caissonsarewaterti ghtstructuresthatcan below- cofferdamsaretemporaryenclosuresthatallow waterto
to li
eunderwater,theunderwaterconstructi on isopted. ered i
nto thewaterwhi lepreserving a dryenviron- bepumped out,creating a dryenvironmentforconstruc-
construction i
n waterposesmanydi ffi
culti
esespeciallyi
n menti nsi
de.I
nsi deofthedryi nteri
orofan open cai s- ti
on.asthenamesuggests,cofferdamsworksi milarl
yto
theplaceswherethedepth isconsi derable.during son,workerscan di g down in orderto reach a soli
d dams,preventing theflow ofwaterfrom a particulararea.
underwaterconstruction,themai n objectiveisto create surfacethatthecai sson willrestupon.eventuall y, a fully-
constructed cofferdam lookslikea large,walled
dryand waterfreeenvironmentforworki ng so thatthe caissonsbecomep artofthefoundati on ofa struc- pi
twi th watersurrounding it.
stabi
lityofthestructureisbalanced. ture,often a bridgeora dam.
typesofcofferdams
box cai ssons earthen cofferdam
rock-fi
llcofferdam fi
nding suitablematerials:manyof
boxcai ssonsarethepref abri
cated concreteboxes
cellularcofferdam thematerialsweusefrequentl yon
ofvari ousshapeswith watertightfloorand walls,
si
nglewalled cofferdam land—likewood—si mplyarenotsui t-
which aresetdown on theprep ared bases.oncethey
doubled cofferdam ableforlong- term underwateruse.
arein place,theyarefi
lled with concreteto become
apartofthepermanentstructure. cribcofferdam
dealing with water pressure:both
during constructi
on and overthe
open caissons
earthen cofferdam li
feofa structure,theeffectsof
open cai
ssonsareboxtypestructuresi milarto
I
tisthesimplesttypesofcofferdam.Itisused waterpressureplaya pivotalrole.
underwaterconstructi on i
sindustri
alconstruction i
n boxcaissonsexceptthattheydon’ thavea bottom
faceand mainlyconsi stsofverticalwalls.these when thewaterdepth i
sshallow,1
.2m to 1
.5m and
an underwaterenvi ronment.therei
soften,butnot thevelocityofwaterflow i
sslow. man
managi ng corrosi on:undersea
necessari
ly,a si
gnificantcomponentofcommerci al caissonsaresunkbyself- weight,concrete,water
projectsin coastalenvironments
divi
ng i
nvol ved.I
tisa partofthemari neconstructi
on ballastplaced on top,byhydraulic jacksdepend-
mustt akei
nto accountthecorrosi ve
i
ndustry. i
ng on si
te. rockfi llcofferdam
effectsofsal twater.
thi
stypesofcofferdam i susefulwhen thewater
suction caissons depth i
supto 3.0in and thewaterflow is
underwater bui
ldi
ng materi
als sucti
on caissonsaredefi ned asan upturned turbulent.I
n thi
stypeofcofferdam,stonesare
bucketthatisembedded in themarinesediment.the used i
nstead ofclayin thebed.such cofferdams
embedmenti sachi
eved ei
therbypushi ng orbycre- arecheaperwherestonescan beeasi lyfound.
ati
ng negativepressure.thistypei
susuall yused i
n
offshoreconstructi on. cellular cofferdam
a typi
calcellularcofferdam iscompri sed of
i
nterconnected cellsthatform a waterti ghtwall.these
pneumatic caisson cellsarefilled wi
th soi
lsto provi dest
abili
tyagainst
a pneumati
c caisson i
ssi
milarto an open caisson, variouslateralforces.such a wallallowsthei nteri
orof
butcompressed airispumped i
n to keepwaterfrom thecofferdam to bedewatered and forthepermanent
seepi
ng i
n. structureto beconstructed in a dryarea.

single-walled cofferdam
a si
ngle-walled cofferdam i
sused wherethearea to be
dri
ven pi
les enclosed i
sverysmall.therefore,i twillbebestwhen
avai
lableworking spaceislimited.thi
stypeofcofferdam i
s
concrete:a specialvarietyofconcreteused underwater when building foundati onalelementsunderwa- used fordepth ofwaterupto 6m
i
sableto setqui cklydespitewatercurrentsand f
ares ter,dri
ven pilesenablecrewsto createsturdy
welli
n saltwater. structureswi thouthavi ng to removeanywater

steel:steel,typi
call
yenclosed byconcrete,formsa
atall.piles,which lookli kelong,verti calcol- off-
sitebui
ldi
ng,floatand lower
umns,can bedri ven into theground usi ng a pow-
strong structureforunderwaterbuildings. erfulhammer,creati ng a st ablefoundation for
aswe’ vemadeclear,themai n goalofunderwaterconstruc- need ofunderwater constructi
on
underwateroroverwaterstructures.youcan
acrylic glass:resi
stantto sunlight,durable,and fairl
y ti
on isto avoid having to actuall
ybui ld underwater.asa
i
magi nepilesassimi larto nai lsbeing dri
ven into
ri
gid,acryli
c plasti
csarewell- suited to underwater result,oneofthemostcommon practi cesin underwater population i
sincreasi ng rapidlywith
a pi
eceofwood,excepti n thecaseofunderwater
construction.sinceiti
stransp arent,acrylic glassis construction isoff- si
tebuilding.structuresarebui ltand averagegrowth of1 .6% everyyear.
constructi on,thepi lesarebei ng dri
ven into
used forunderwaterwi ndows assembled off-site,sometimesusing modularconstructi on, trafficcongestion isoneofthe
layersofsoi lorrock.
and then transported to theconstructi on si
te. majorproblemsthatI ndi aisfacing
and ithasa massi veimp acton the
qualityofai r,ti
meoftravelli ng,
tradeand cost.Ithasbeen noted
thatthegovernmentaretryi ng their
bestIn orderto comeupto thi s
problem bycreatingstructuressuch
astunnels,subways,fl yoversand
bridges.

underwater concreti
ng
thisi
sa processwheretheprep
ared concretei
spoured
below thewatersurf
aceusi
ng sui
tablemethods.

placementmethods:
tremiemethod –a tremiei
sa watertightpipewhi
ch is
supported on a worki
ng platform abovewaterlevel.

pumpmethod –I t’
sa method wheretheconcreteis
pumped di
rectl
yi nto i
tsfi
nalpositi
on i
ncludi
ng both
hori
zont aland verticaldeli
veryofconcrete.

togglebags–togglebagsarei dealforsmallamount
ofconcreteplacement.theyarefilled wi
th wetconcrete
and i
ssqueezed outbya di
ver.

bagwork–I n thismethod,bagsarefilled wi
th ri
ch mix
concrete,whi ch aremadeofopen weavemateri al.they Sour
ce
areeitherdiver-handled bagsorplaced using a crane.
thi
smethod i sused fortemporaryworksorshortterm ht
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