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CROSS DRAIN [3 records]

Record 1 2024-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
OBS

The BC Water & Waste Association(BCWWA) is a not-for-profit organization that represents around 4, 000 water professionals. Our members work every day to keep our water systems clean and safe – from source to tap to drain and back to the environment. They include water and wastewater facility operators, utility managers, engineers, technicians and technologists, consultants, government policy and regulatory staff, backflow assembly testers and cross connection control specialists, researchers and suppliers.

Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Water and Waste Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Water and Waste Association

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

A pipe fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form right angles.

CONT

Remove existing fitting and packing from tee or cross fitting at bottom end of drain line.

Key term(s)
  • cross-fitting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Pièce à quatre embranchements permettant un assemblage entre plusieurs tubes et dont les axes sont habituellement à angles droits.

OBS

raccord en croix : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Transmissivity of a drainage net as a function of hydraulic gradient and compressive stresses: (a) the net is between two geomembranes; (b) the net is between a geomembrane and a heat-bonded non-woven geotextile ... .

OBS

The term fin drain is given to this form of composite geotextile drain because the water conducting sheet is generally in the form of a fin projecting upwards from a pipe. The fin drain sheet itself is formed from a water conducting core backed with a geotextile filter on either one or both sides. Geotextile mats, nets, and waffled plastic sheets (sometimes called geospacers) may be used as the core material ... .

OBS

Geotextile nets consist of two sets of roughly round polymer strands that cross at a constant angle to give very open geotextile with large diamond or rectangle shaped apertures. This mesh-like appearance led to the term "mesh" being initially applied to this type of geotextile before the industry standardized on the term "net".... This form of geotextile is mainly used as either comparatively low strength soil reinforcement or as the core material in a fin drain geotextile composite....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Couche drainante : Couche constituée de matériau perméable mise en place derrière un ouvrage (mur enterré, soutènement) ou sous un ouvrage (radier, dallage, route, barrage) pour faciliter l'écoulement de l'eau du sol et éviter en particulier sa mise en pression. Synonyme : tapis drainant, matelas drainant.

Spanish

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