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UPWARD PRESSURE [2 records]

Record 1 2014-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

The upward pressure against the base of an impervious dam, transmitted by water in the foundation from the water behind the dam, or pressure on the upper surface of any horizontal joint or crack in a dam. Such pressure tends to offset the weight of the dam and in some cases to overturn it; it reduces the dam's stability or resistance to overturning.

DEF

Pressure in an upward direction against the bottom of a structure, as a dam, a road slab, or a basement floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Pression dirigée vers le haut, dans les interstices (pression interstitielle) d'un corps ou sur la base d'un ouvrage.

DEF

Action exercée par l'eau présente dans les terrains sur les constructions totalement ou partiellement enterrées (fondation de barrages, revêtements de canaux ou de galeries, etc).

CONT

Le drainage, placé le plus près possible du parement amont, a pour but essentiel de réduire - voire de supprimer - la sous-pression, de recueillir l'eau qui pourrait pénétrer dans le corps de l'ouvrage et de l'évacuer.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
CONT

An absence of privatization would also increase the risk of macroeconomic instability ... the upward pressure on wages that is now evident will not go away until real owners of enterprises engage in real bargaining with unions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
CONT

Les pressions à la hausse qui s'exercent actuellement sur les salaires ne disparaîtront pas tant que les vrais propriétaires des entreprises ne négocieront pas réellement avec les syndicats.

Spanish

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