Tahang benam

Dalam rekayasa geoteknik, kaison atau tahang benam dalah sebuah struktur kedap air yang biasa digunakan untuk menahan air di struktur tertentu. Struktur ini dapat dijumpai pada fondasi jembatan, konstruksi bendungan beton,^[1] dan proses perbaikan kapal.^[2] Nama kaison, juga disebut /ˈkeɪsən/ atau /ˈkeɪsɒn/, berasal dari bahasa Prancis caisson atau bahasa Italia cassone yang berarti kotak besar.^[3] Tahang benam dibuat sedemikian rupa sehingga air dapat dipompa keluar dan memberikan ruang kerja yang kering di dalamnya.

Referensi

^ Aichel, Ordulf George. The caisson as a new element in concrete dam construction; a proposal made in connection with the Columbia River Power Project. New York: Spon & Chamberlain; [etc.], 1916. Print.
^ Wilson, Theodore Delavan, and Edward J. Reed. An outline of ship building, theoretical and practical. New York: J. Wiley & son, 1873. 383. Print.
^ "Caisson" def. 3. Knight, Edward Henry. Knight's American mechanical dictionary A description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering; history of inventions; general technological vocabulary; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts. vol. 1. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1880. 420. Print.

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[1] Aichel, Ordulf George. The caisson as a new element in concrete dam construction; a proposal made in connection with the Columbia River Power Project. New York: Spon & Chamberlain; [etc.], 1916. Print.

[2] Wilson, Theodore Delavan, and Edward J. Reed. An outline of ship building, theoretical and practical. New York: J. Wiley & son, 1873. 383. Print.

[3] "Caisson" def. 3. Knight, Edward Henry. Knight's American mechanical dictionary A description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering; history of inventions; general technological vocabulary; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts. vol. 1. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1880. 420. Print.

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