Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 6, 2005 22:34
19 yrs ago
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French term
clavage
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Energy / Power Generation
Decommissioning nuclear plants
Decommissioning nuclear reactor pressure vessel again -
"La dalle supérieure du caisson est caracterisée par une conception particulière: le BTS a été réalisé sur etaiement, puis un clavage annulaire l'a solidarisé avecle fut. La précontainte circulaire a ensuite été activée pour enserrer ce bouchon, de sorte que la tenue du BTS est assurée uniquement par la précontrainte circonférentielle du fut."
Any ideas gratefully received....
"La dalle supérieure du caisson est caracterisée par une conception particulière: le BTS a été réalisé sur etaiement, puis un clavage annulaire l'a solidarisé avecle fut. La précontainte circulaire a ensuite été activée pour enserrer ce bouchon, de sorte que la tenue du BTS est assurée uniquement par la précontrainte circonférentielle du fut."
Any ideas gratefully received....
Proposed translations
(English)
5 | grouting | Bourth (X) |
5 | joining or coming together of two things... | Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) |
4 | wedging | Leonid Gornik |
4 | (d'une voûte) keying, keying in, keying up | Conor McAuley |
Proposed translations
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grouting
is generally how we say it in English, though the operation does consist in "wedging", "filling the gap", etc.
In certain bridge-buildiing methods, for instance, you will build spans outwards from the piers, which means that the two halves meet mid-span. To give the bridge structural integrity, the two halves are jacked apart, and concrete is cast in the gap. When the jacks are released, the two half-spans want to "bounce back" to their original position, thereby tightly sandwiching the new concrete "wedge" and the whole structure is thereby prevented from flapping about.
Folding up a paper serviette, raising the leg of a rocky table and wedging the serviette underneath it is nothing short of "clavage"!!!
In certain bridge-buildiing methods, for instance, you will build spans outwards from the piers, which means that the two halves meet mid-span. To give the bridge structural integrity, the two halves are jacked apart, and concrete is cast in the gap. When the jacks are released, the two half-spans want to "bounce back" to their original position, thereby tightly sandwiching the new concrete "wedge" and the whole structure is thereby prevented from flapping about.
Folding up a paper serviette, raising the leg of a rocky table and wedging the serviette underneath it is nothing short of "clavage"!!!
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Comment: "Thanks Alex - you do have a wonderful way of explaining these things to we poor non-technical souls!"
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joining or coming together of two things...
the problem is they don't say what the ring was made of..that makes it hard for me to understand...presumably it's like a metal ring shoved down around the circular slab
this is really like a jar with a lid..imagine the lid being on little stilts above the jar [shored up]...a metal ring is fit around the lid, the stilts are pushed out of the way, and the lid with the metal ring around it falls into place, sealing the jar...that's the image i get from reading the passage...
this is really like a jar with a lid..imagine the lid being on little stilts above the jar [shored up]...a metal ring is fit around the lid, the stilts are pushed out of the way, and the lid with the metal ring around it falls into place, sealing the jar...that's the image i get from reading the passage...
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(d'une voûte) keying, keying in, keying up
Faithful old Routledge Tech. again.
I think Jane is thinking of "clivage" and not clavage.
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Note added at 12 hrs 28 mins (2005-03-07 11:02:41 GMT)
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In CONST field in Routledge.
I think Jane is thinking of "clivage" and not clavage.
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Note added at 12 hrs 28 mins (2005-03-07 11:02:41 GMT)
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In CONST field in Routledge.
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