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GRADING CURVE [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

A grading curve in which two noncontiguous size fractions are missing.

OBS

doubly gap-graded curve: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Courbe granulométrique dans laquelle il manque deux classes granulaires non consécutives.

OBS

courbe à double discontinuité : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
CONT

A statistical curve will be utilized for all grading; thus, there is no formal grade scale. In most cases, the overall class average corresponds at or very near the B/C line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Testing (Materials)
CONT

Pore size distribution. There are basically three different techniques for measuring the pore size of geotextiles. Initially, when all geotextiles were woven, the pore size was measured by using a calibrated microscope. In the case of rectangular pores, the size of the pore is taken as the smaller dimension. A grading curve for the pore size distribution can then be drawn on a semi-logarithmic graph(Figure 3. 8), with the percentage of the pores having the size specified, or a smaller size, shown on the vertical axis. The appearance of the pore size distribution graph is rather similar to a particle size distribution graph for a soil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle structural des matériaux
CONT

Texture poreuse des matériaux. (...) Méthodes d'études. Les différents paramètres caractérisant un corps poreux: surface spécifique, porosité, rayon moyen des pores, distribution de la taille des pores, peuvent être déterminés en utilisant parmi de nombreuses méthodes celles qui sont le mieux adaptées: à la forme de l'échantillon, à la dimension de ses pores, à l'état de consolidation, etc.

OBS

[Répartition de la dimension des pores:] La porosité d'un géotextile est définie par le rapport entre le volume des vides intérieur de la nappe et son volume total (...) La porosité est à considérer comme une propriété globale qui ne tient pas compte de la forme, de la dimension des pores et de leur répartition.

Spanish

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