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Apr 26, 2012
Underwater Geotechnical Foundations
Authors: Richard W. Peterson and Landris T. LeeAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Ports '01: America's Ports: Gateway to the Global Economy
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is tasked with designing and building navigation and flood control structures located within bodies of water including rivers, waterways, and coastal areas. Each of these structures has a foundation system traditionally designed for construction "in-the-dry", i.e. within a pre-installed cofferdam, for isolation from the surrounding body of water. Faster-paced and more economical subaqueous construction without cofferdam isolation has been successfully demonstrated especially by the marine offshore industry, and the Corps is taking advantage of innovative technology. As more experience is gained from "in-the-wet" foundation construction in shallow inland waterways and ports, innovative approaches to traditional foundation design and construction will likely become more prominent. This paper provides a general overview of underwater foundation types and design considerations.
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© 2001 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Building design
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Construction engineering
- Design (by type)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Foundation construction
- Foundation design
- Foundations
- Geotechnical engineering
- Ocean engineering
- Offshore construction
- Offshore structures
- Shallow foundations
- Special condition construction
- Underwater foundations
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Richard W. Peterson
Research Civil Engineer, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180
Landris T. Lee
Research Civil Engineer, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180
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