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contrainte admissible [3 records]

Record 1 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Foundation Engineering
DEF

Maximum pressure on foundation soil that provides adequate safety against rupture of the soil mass or movement of the foundation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Technique des fondations
DEF

Pression maximale que peut transmettre une fondation au sol sans dommage pour la construction. C'est une fraction de la capacité portante, évaluée non pas en tant que caractéristique intrinsèque du sol mais en considération des déformations qui peuvent en résulter pour l'ouvrage et qui doivent rester acceptables.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
DEF

The maximum stress officially allowed to be applied to a given material in service.

Key term(s)
  • allowable stresses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
DEF

Contrainte [...] maximale à laquelle il est officiellement permis de soumettre un matériau donné en service.

CONT

[...] rapport entre la contrainte admissible et la masse volumique. Plus ce chiffre est élevé et plus le matériau est performant.

Key term(s)
  • contraintes admissibles

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Construction Engineering (Military)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Génie construction (Militaire)
OBS

enc. int. sc. tech. (fluage) construction (ponts) l27dna/2 .75

Spanish

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