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PLASTICITY NUMBER [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-09-27

English

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

The numerical difference between the water content at the liquid limit and the water content at the plastic limit of a soil.

OBS

The plasticity index ... indicates the range in moisture content over which a soil remains in a plastic state prior to changing into a liquid.

OBS

plasticity index: term officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group (ETWG).

Key term(s)
  • index of plasticity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rhéologie
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Différence exprimée en pourcentage entre l'humidité relative d'un sol à la limite des états liquide et plastique.

CONT

L'indice de plasticité (IP) est la différence entre la limite de liquidité et la limite de plasticité. [...] Un sol ayant un indice de plasticité élevé aura [...] une importante variation de volume lorsqu'il passera de la limite de plasticité à la limite de liquidité.

OBS

indice de plasticité : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie (GTTG).

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rubber
DEF

Measure of plasticity based upon the height of a specimen after being subjected to deformation by set conditions of compressive force, time and temperature.

OBS

NOTE - The plasticity number varies inversely with the ease of deformation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Caoutchouc
DEF

Mesure de la plasticité basée sur la hauteur d'un échantillon qui a été déformé dans des conditions données de force de compression, de temps et de température.

OBS

NOTE - L'indice de plasticité varie en sens inverse de l'aptitude à la déformation.

Spanish

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