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GRANULAR AGGREGATE [4 records]

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Record 1 2018-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Equipment
  • Road Design
OBS

untreated graded aggregate; unbound graded aggregate; untreated granular material; unbound granular material : terms proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Conception des voies de circulation
DEF

Mélange à granularité continue de cailloux, de graviers et de sable, avec généralement une certaine proportion de particules plus fines.

OBS

grave non traitée : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Design
DEF

A structure composed of one or more bituminous courses on a layer of untreated granular material(approximately 12 cm), that is laid on a subbase layer in cement-bound aggregate.

OBS

inverted pavement: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception des voies de circulation
DEF

Chaussée dont la structure est formée d'une ou de plusieurs couches bitumineuses appliquées sur une couche en grave non traitée (d'environ 12 cm) reposant elle-même sur une couche de fondation en matériaux traités aux liants hydrauliques.

OBS

chaussée à structure inverse : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Concrete
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

A mixture of aggregates of different sizes admixed with 2.5 to 5% of cement with or without the addition of a retarding agent.

OBS

cement-bond graded aggregate; cement bound granular material : terms and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

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

Béton maigre composé de grave améliorée et de ciment (3 à 7%) pour être compactée en sous-couche de base de voirie.

OBS

des graves-ciment.

OBS

grave-ciment : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la Route.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
OBS

granular : Applied to the form of a mineral aggregate when it is composed of grains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie

Spanish

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