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subgrade [4 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
DEF

The foundation upon which the ties, rails, and ballast of a railroad are laid.

Key term(s)
  • road bed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
DEF

Assiette d'une voie ferrée supportant le ballast.

Key term(s)
  • plate-forme de voie

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering
DEF

Soil prepared and compacted to support aggregate, paved surface, a concrete slab, or other construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
DEF

Partie du sol ayant une influence sur un ouvrage ou subissant son influence directe ou indirecte, c'est-à-dire dans lequel les contraintes induites par l'ouvrage sont encore suffisantes pour être à l'origine de déformations sensibles.

OBS

La notion de sol de fondation est donc en particulier liée aux dimensions de l'ouvrage, à sa charge, et à sa sensibilité aux déformations.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

The upper part of the soil, natural or constructed, which supports the loads transmitted by the pavement.

CONT

The subgrade is normally defined as the supporting structure on which the pavement surface and its special undercourses rest. In cut sections, it is the original soil lying below the layers designated as base and subbase material. In fills, the subgrade consists of imported material from nearby roadway cuts or from borrow pits.

OBS

subgrade: term proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Surface finale donnée au terrain par les terrassements, juste avant la construction de la chaussée.

CONT

On distingue [...] la forme, constituée par le sol sur lequel on pose la chaussée, tel qu'il résulte de l'achèvement des travaux de terrassement.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

sol de fondation; terrain de fondation : termes proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
  • Airport Runways and Areas
OBS

Pavement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
OBS

Chaussée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte aéreo
  • Pistas y áreas del aeropuerto
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