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Retaining walls and screens

Authors: Thomas SIMONNOT, Yann JUILLIÉ

Publication date: May 10, 2015

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5. Caisson walls and cellular cofferdams

Caisson walls are made up of an assembly of prefabricated structural elements in reinforced concrete or steel (figure 31 ), forming a series of bottomless, earth-filled cells known as caissons. This type of wall is very old and has been used for centuries in the Austrian Alps with wooden elements (tree trunks).

Box walls with prefabricated reinforced concrete elements
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