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compressive load [2 records]

Record 1 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

A force which shortens a member ...

CONT

The air under pressure ... serves to extend the shock strut to its normal static position so that it may receive its next compression load.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
CONT

Un effort de compression est un effort normal tendant à raccourcir l'élément qui le subit.

OBS

effort de compression : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

A load that tends to shorten the member.

Key term(s)
  • compression load

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

charge : poussée, action d'une masse qui pèse sur un élément de construction.

OBS

compression : Action mécanique qui réduit un corps à un moindre volume en rapprochant les unes des autres les particules qui le composent.

OBS

charge de compression : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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