Sentence examples for of the caisson from inspiring English sources

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

A containment assembly would then be attached to the top of the caisson to send the oil elsewhere.

Longitudinal fluid flow is highlighted between the shaft of the caisson and the soil.

Friction is progressively mobilised along the shaft of the caisson and sliding finally takes place.

A gap is created below the top of the caisson and filled with water.

Photo: Mourners, including Rochelle Cartwright, center, and her son Gene David, waited yesterday in Detroit for a glimpse of the caisson carrying the coffin of Rosa Parks.

There would also be a parking garage in one of the caissons and an underwater discovery center with interactive exhibits about the Hudson River estuary.

This concrete connection should guarantee water-tightness of the caissons and resist the negative pressures transmitted from the caisson to the piles.

Nevertheless, the fact that several of the caissons remained in position basically undamaged for nearly a decade after the invasion on this notoriously stormy coast demonstrated the possibilities of the method.

It was then extended to the whole fluid domain by using the periodicities of the structure and the incident waves along the length of the caissons.

No previous preparation of the seabed was possible, and only partial filling of the caissons had been carried out when the progress of the war rendered further operations unnecessary.