Sentence examples for by the caisson from inspiring English sources

Piers for bridges are often installed by the caisson method.

Considerable simplification is possible if the problem is formulated in terms of ultimate unit resistances (lateral, axial, and their interaction) that can be exerted by the soil on the caisson.

The caisson, drawn by six black horses, was the same vessel that in 1937 carried the coffin of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president after the country was founded in 1918.

More unnerving, though, was the threat of a "blowout" — a breach in the lining of the caisson wall, caused by a sudden imbalance of pressure, which created suction much like that of an airplane door opened in mid-flight, accompanied by a terrifying kettle-like screech.

The doors are raised from a recess in the base of the caisson and powered by a hydraulic lance when docked.

A series of installation model tests have been performed in order to investigate the influence of the inclination angle on caisson installation penetration behavior during the suction-assisted penetration process and to explore the feasibility of the caisson tilt adjusting technique by applying suction/positive pressure and intermittent pumping among the caissons.

By 22 August 1799 the second rebuilding of the caisson had been abandoned.

An alternative to the bearing pile is the caisson.

Water pressure in the reservoir and buoyancy of the caisson in the flotation chamber hold the caisson in rotational equilibrium.

It reminded me of 1963: the riderless horse, the caisson.

The caisson would fill with oil from the leak.