Construction Safety Control and Management on Extra-Large Underwater Caisson in Taizhou Bridge

Abstract:

The new-type structure of "three towers of two-span" suspension bridge with the main span of 2×1080m is put to use in Taizhou Bridge. The foundation of Middle Tower adopts an extra-large underwater caisson structure with the three dimension size about 58m×44m×76m, which has been so far the deepest underwater caisson in the world. The caisson is divided into two sections, that is, Steel Caisson on the bottom and Concrete Caisson on the top. The underwater positioning, landing of Steel Caisson and the height addition construction of Concrete Caisson are of great construction difficulties and thus brought high safety risk. In this paper, Taking Taizhou Bridge as background, the safety control technology and management of underwater caisson construction is presented, which can play a good reference for similar projects.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 361-363)
• Pages: 1124-1128
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.361-363.1124
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xiao Yong Liu, Xin Wang, Er Qiang Zhang
• Keywords: Anti-Collision, Caisson, Safety Management, Suspension Bridge, Taizhou Bridge

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