Apparatus intended to be buried in ground beneath water

Details Apparatus intended to be buried in ground beneath water Apparatus intended to be buried in ground beneath water

1993-03-03

1995-01-17

Corbin, David H.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Marine structure or fabrication thereof

With anchoring of structure to marine floor

405 11, 405185, E02D 2900

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053821157

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus such as a cofferdam 1, intended to be partially buried in ground beneath water comprises a hollow structural framework. The framework includes chambers 12 which have inlets 29 via which pressurized water can be supplied to the chambers. Each chamber 12 communicates with a plurality of nozzles 36 from which jets of the pressurized fluid issue to break up the ground below. Each chamber 12 also communicates with a plurality of water operated pumps 25 via inlets 24. The pumps 25 are operated by the pressurized water to draw or suck water-suspended solids from below through the pumps via the inlets 32 and discharged from the pumps via outlets 28.

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Patent Abstracts of Japan; vol. 8, No. 50 (M-281)(1487) 7 Mar. 1984 & JP-A-58 204 223 (Kajima Kensetsu K.K.) *abstract*.

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