Title: Underwater Concreting: Advancing the State of the Art for Structural Tremie Concrete

Author(s): Ben C. Gerwick, Jr. and Terence C. Holland

Publication: Symposium Paper

Volume: 104

Issue:

Appears on pages(s): 123-144

Keywords: cracking (fracturing); mass concrete; placing; reinforcing steels; reviews; thermal stresses; tremie concrete; underwater construction; General

DOI: 10.14359/1730

Date: 10/1/1987

Abstract:
The tremie method has long been the usually selected technique for placing large volumes of mass concrete under water. More recently, it has been used successfully for deep water structural concrete and in deep cut-off walls. The technology for placing la