- Look up
Caisson or
caisson in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Caisson (French for "box") may
refer to:
Caisson (engineering), a
sealed underwater structure...
- In
geotechnical engineering, a
caisson (/ˈkeɪsən, -sɒn/;
borrowed from
French caisson 'box', from
Italian c****one 'large box', an
augmentative of c****a)...
-
trail of an
artillery piece, or the
stock of a
field carriage such as a
caisson or
traveling forge,
allowing it to be towed. The
trail is the
hinder end...
-
sickness (DCS; also
called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and
caisson disease) is a
medical condition caused by
dissolved gases emerging from...
-
Caisson foundation may
refer to:
Caisson (engineering) Deep foundation, also
called a
caisson foundation This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated...
- pole), the pier (which is
analogous to a column),
drilled shafts, and
caissons.
Piles are
generally driven into the
ground in situ;
other deep foundations...
- varied;
whereas in a
caisson lock, a boat lift, or on a
canal inclined plane, it is the
chamber itself (usually then
called a
caisson) that
rises and falls...
-
Suction caissons (also
referred to as
suction anchors,
suction piles or
suction buckets) are a form of
fixed platform anchor in the form of an open bottomed...
- for many huge
caissons of
various sorts to
build breakwaters and
piers and
connecting structures to
provide the roadways. The
caissons were
built at a...
- The
caisson (Chinese: 藻井; pinyin: zǎojǐng; lit. 'algae well'), also
referred to as a
caisson ceiling, or
spider web ceiling, in
Chinese architecture is...
