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HOLDING-DOWN BOLT [2 records]

Record 1 2011-02-03

English

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

A device used to stabilize a traditional earthwork support or to anchor the supporting anchorages constituted by bolts of the appropriate length, fastened in the country rock.

OBS

This process is notably used in Berlin's wall, hupinoise process, New Austrian Tunneling Method, etc.

Key term(s)
  • hold-down bolt
  • holding down bolt
  • hold down bolt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Dispositif destiné à stabiliser un blindage traditionnel ou à ancrer le revêtement de soutènement en béton projeté d'une fouille au moyen d'ancrages constitués de boulons de longueur appropriée scellés dans le terrain encaissant.

OBS

Ce procédé est utilisé notamment dans les blindages berlinois, les hurpinoises, la nouvelle méthode autrichienne, etc.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale

Spanish

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