CAISSON DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF FRICTION COEFFICIENT OF CAISSON FOUNDATION FOR TUAS PORT PHASE 1

Design, Analysis and Verification of Moored Floating Caisson System

Tacoma Narrows Constructors (TNC) is building a new suspension bridge in Tacoma, close to Seattle, Washington State, USA. The new bridge will be built just south of the existing bridge mounted on two caissons, referred to as East Caisson (Tacoma side) and West Caisson (Gig Harbor side). Each pier is about 80’ wide and 130’ long in plan. The mooring system for each caisson consists of two sets o...

Munchausen's syndrome simulating caisson disease.

Decompression sickness in caisson workers.

El Ghawabi, S. H., Mansour, M. B., Youssef, F. L., El Ghawabi, M. H., and Abd El Latif, M. M. (1971). Brit. J. industr. Med., 28, 323-329. Decompression sickness in caisson workers. An investigation of 55 bridge construction workers is reported. The overall bends rate was 097 %. (The term 'bends' as used in this study is defined in the paper.) Chokes were encountered in 67-27% of workers. A cli...

Serviceability of Suction Caisson Founded Offshore Structures

Suction caissons have recently been considered as a cost effective alternative to conventional foundations for offshore met-masts and wind turbines. Such foundation arrangements are suitable for applications within water depths of 20-30m. Most offshore structures have stringent serviceability limit states imposed on their design dictating the allowable structural deflections and accumulated rot...

Aseptic necrosis of bone in caisson disease.

Caisson disease, or decompression sickness, is encountered when a raised atmospheric pressure on the body is reduced too rapidly and excess gases which have been held in solution in the blood and tissue fluids are set free as their solubility decreases. Typically the condition is manifested by tingling and paraesthesia, itching of the skin, and by bone and joint pains. The symptoms vary within ...