...Brian B. Sheil; Jack O. Templeman; Zhandos Orazalin; Bryn M. Phillips; Geyang Song Deep, large-diameter caisson shafts are a popular means of constructing underground storage and attenuation tanks and pumping stations for the water and wastewater industry. One of the key design concerns...

...Liqiang Sun; Yurong Zhang; Xiaowei Feng; Susan Gourvenec; Sa Li Large seabed trenches have recently been found adjacent to suction caissons with taut and semi-taut moorings. Seabed trenching leads to loss of soil support and additional caisson rotation, and can therefore significantly decrease...

...Brian Sheil; Jack Templeman Open caissons are an increasingly common means of constructing underground storage and attenuation tanks as well as launch and reception shafts for tunnel-boring machines. The caisson walls typically feature a tapered base, referred to as the ‘cutting face’, to aid...