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Record 1 1983-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

A tank for the study of waves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
CONT

Essais sur modèles réduits. Études de stabilité des ouvrages de protection: digues, jetées, brise-lames, des constructions à la mer telles que balises, phares, îles artificielles. Elles s'effectuent en canal à houles (à parois vitrées) ou en cuve. (...) On opère en cuve à houle lorsque l'inclinaison de la houle, par rapport à l'ouvrage, est prononcée ou lorsque l'ouvrage n'est pas rectiligne.

Spanish

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