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Caissons are one of the types of deep foundation for construction into some wet or watered site. Three types of caissons are generally found in construction: 1. open caisson 2. bar caisson 3. pneumatic caisson
caisson foundationsare foundation systems created by drilling holes and filling them with concrete. A caisson pile is a cast-in-place pile that has a hollow tube driveninto the ground. The earth is excavated from the tube, and concrete is poured into the tube. Some caisson piles are flared out at the bottom to create a larger bearingsurface. These are sometimes called bell caissons.The purpose is to extend the foundation through soils that are not capable of load-bearing capacity.The caissons may be attached to grade beams and/or retaining walls or structural beams as intended and described by your engineer.
Difference B/W Cofferdam and Caisson:The main difference between a cofferdam & a caisson is that the former is a temporary structure while the latter forms the part of the permanent work. Following factors are to be considered while making a choice between cofferdam & caisson for a particular foundation work:1. A cofferdam becomes uneconomical in cases where the plan area of the foundation work is small as compared to the depth of water. Under such circumstances, a caisson would prove to be the most suitable.2. At places where cofferdam cannot be dewatered successfully, caissons are used. This may be due to the following reasons:a. depth of water,b. nature of soil to be penetrated, andc. permeability of soil below foundation level,3. The process of constructing a cofferdam is greatly simplified in cases of soils which allow easily the driving of sheet piles. The caissons, on the other hand, are useful where obstructions of boulders would prevent the successful driving of the sheet piles.4. For heavy foundation works which are to be provided at a depth of about 12 to 15 metre below the level of standing water surface, caissons would prove to be more economical than cofferdams.
What the most useful machine is, is a matter of opinion. Some would argue that the wheel is the most useful machine, and others would argue that the lever is the most useful.
Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson's population is 1,781.
A caisson is a watertight retaining structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge or something similar.
A machine saves you force, changes distance, and changes direction. Those are the three ways in science that why machines are useful.
The area of Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson is 16.88 square kilometers.
A caisson is what you make to keep water away while you construct a column in a river or lake.
The caisson gate slides open. See... http://www.scribd.com/doc/58966377/70/Figure-27-%E2%80%94-Typical-sliding-caisson-gate
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