Sentence examples for caisson structure from inspiring English sources

The Molikpaq is a steel caisson structure that was used in the 1980s in the Canadian Beaufort Sea for exploration drilling of oil and gas.

A novel conical caisson structure constructed by lightweight steel concrete steel (SCS) sandwich shell is proposed for withstanding ice pressure imposed thereon by impinging sheet ice in Arctic region.

Simple two and three dimensional uniform caisson structures and breakwater layouts were investigated.

Many coastal structures, including dikes, rubble mound breakwaters, berm breakwaters, caisson structures and combinations have been considered and have been schematised for inclusion in the database.

One particularly eye-catching shot is a heroic portrait of the stalwart men who built the Williamsburg next to one of its caissons, the shaftlike structures that permit construction under water.

In all cases of dock wall construction by concrete monolith or caisson, it is the basic structure of the wall that is provided by these means; the final superstructure, above highest tide level, will depend for its detail on the requirements for dockside services, crane tracks, and other elements.

The results can be used for a better hydrodynamic design of vertical structures (quay walls in harbors, vertical seawalls, caisson type breakwaters) and sloped structures (seawalls, dikes, wave absorbers in the laboratory).

A study is performed to assess the effect of parameter uncertainties on the uncertainty of the reliability index of suction caissons for moored structures under extreme sea conditions.

The caisson is a hollow boxlike structure that is sunk down through the water and then through the ground to the bearing stratum by excavating from its interior; it ultimately becomes a permanent part of the completed pier.

Formation of gas flow pathways, either caused by capillary pressure or mechanical stress, can result in gas breakthrough, the corresponding pressure of which is determined according to the evolution of gas flow rate and can be used as the working gas pressure for avoiding significant gas loss in the gas-tight working structures in pneumatic caisson method and compressed air tunneling technique.

Protection structures for FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) caissons should be sufficiently strong so as not to contact caisson pipes even when the protection structure is damaged by an impact by attendant vessels.