Hydraulic Structures: Caissons

Lecture notes CT3330. Introduction, history of caissons, construction of standard caisson, design of standard caisson, construction of pneumatic caissons.

Design of vertical breakwaters

In this book, different types of breakwaters are introduced and their historical development is described in order to understand the advantages and disadvantages associated with each type of breakwater. The failures of breakwaters are then discussed to demonstrate crucial points in their stability design. Finally, the design methods used for...

Proverbs: Probabilistic design tools for vertical breakwaters

Final report and appendices of the European project Proverbs on tools for the design of vertical breakwaters (caisson type breakwaters) and similar hydraulic structures in the coastal zone. It includes the loads (waves) as well as the strength of the structure (geotechnial aspects, structural aspects)

Mulberry harbour 1944-1994

Overview of the construction of the caissons and the construction of the invasion port at Arromanches in Normandy, France. Includes interviews with the engineers involved.

Breakwater design

Lecture notes on the design of rubble mound and caisson breakwaters.

Recent Italian Experience in the Design and Construction of Vertical Breakwaters

Italy is often considered as a mother country of vertical breakwaters for harbour protection, since they have been widely used all along our coasts long since. An updated location map is given in fig. 1, which also shows the position of the directional wave recording stations of the existing Italian network. The most common vertical breakwaters...

Sheet piling cofferdams and caissons

Design of steel cofferdams and caissons (diving wells); sinking pneumatic caissons; concrete caissons