The phrase "as a caisson" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to construction, engineering, or metaphorical comparisons where a caisson is relevant.
Example: "The project was designed to support heavy loads, as a caisson would in underwater construction."
Alternatives: "like a caisson" or "similar to a caisson".
The firefighter's company finds a volunteer department willing to lend one of its trucks for use as a caisson.
For example, there is one Fire Department engine fitted to serve as a caisson, but it has not been used since the terrorist attack because it could not possibly appear at all the services.
As a caisson descended, the chain coiled up at the bottom of the lift.
DCS most commonly refers to problems arising from underwater diving decompression (i.e., during ascent), but may be experienced in other depressurisation events such as working in a caisson, flying in unpressurised aircraft, and extra-vehicular activity from spacecraft.
In this study, taking a caisson breakwater as the typical offshore structure, the simple linear interaction between ocean wave, a caisson breakwater and its poro-elastic seabed foundation is investigated by utilizing a three-dimensional integrated numerical model FSSI-CAS 3D.
A rubble mound jetty and a caisson jetty are considered as design alternatives for comparison.
One of the most frequently reproduced photographs of the funeral captures a moment that couldn't have been predicted but in retrospect seems inevitable: the beautiful young mother stands, veiled, with the Kennedy family behind her and her two young children at her side as she patiently waits for her husband's coffin to be loaded onto a caisson.
As a result of these cyclic loads, excessive lateral deformations may be induced during a caisson's service life.
The factor of safety of a caisson affects the economy of a caisson significantly.
Taffoya, 22 and now a sergeant, atop one of the six horses that draw a caisson.
"I'll get $400 for wrecking a caisson and $150 for getting blown up.
