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Design and Analysis of Potable/Medium Size Cofferdam


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1 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005, India
2 Undergraduate, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005, India
3 Undergraduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005, India

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This paper presents the detailed description of the multipurpose and cost-effective cofferdam. It contains the forces acting on cofferdam, factors governing its design criteria, various construction techniques, design and analysis of a sheet pile cofferdam. A cofferdam is a temporary structure designed to keep soil and water out of the excavation in which some permanent structure (like bridge piers) is built. When construction takes place below the water level, a cofferdam provides a dry work environment to workers working inside it. Sheet piling is done around the work site, and seal concrete is placed into the bottom to prevent seepage of water from underneath of the sheet piling, and then the water is pumped out. This paper also contains the techniques to install sand filtration bed inside the cofferdam to purify river water.

Keywords

Bracings, Comparative Analysis, Steel Sheet Pile Cofferdams And Filtration Bed, Sequential Construction Method, Tremie Concrete Seal

Manuscript received May 30, 2018; revised June 5, 2018; accepted June 10, 2018. Date of publication July 6, 2018

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Sasankasekhar Mandal
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005, India
Amit Yadav
Undergraduate, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005, India
Anand Kaushalyayan
Undergraduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005, India

Abstract


This paper presents the detailed description of the multipurpose and cost-effective cofferdam. It contains the forces acting on cofferdam, factors governing its design criteria, various construction techniques, design and analysis of a sheet pile cofferdam. A cofferdam is a temporary structure designed to keep soil and water out of the excavation in which some permanent structure (like bridge piers) is built. When construction takes place below the water level, a cofferdam provides a dry work environment to workers working inside it. Sheet piling is done around the work site, and seal concrete is placed into the bottom to prevent seepage of water from underneath of the sheet piling, and then the water is pumped out. This paper also contains the techniques to install sand filtration bed inside the cofferdam to purify river water.

Keywords


Bracings, Comparative Analysis, Steel Sheet Pile Cofferdams And Filtration Bed, Sequential Construction Method, Tremie Concrete Seal

Manuscript received May 30, 2018; revised June 5, 2018; accepted June 10, 2018. Date of publication July 6, 2018




DOI: https://doi.org/10.17010/ijce%2F2018%2Fv1i2%2F140579