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DEFLECTOGRAPH [2 records]

Record 1 1987-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

The Deflectograph, originally designed by the Laboratoire des Ponts et Chaussées in France, operates within the wheel base of a standard rigid wheel-base lorry and is thus shorter and more manoeuverable than are Deflectometers. Variants of this equipment are widely used....

French

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

Appareil entraîné par un camion, mesurant et enregistrant à intervalles réguliers (3,50.m, par exemple) la déflexion sous la charge d'une roue arrière du camion. (Ces mesures renseignent sur l'état de la chaussée et l'opportunité d'un renforcement.)

CONT

Pour les caractéristiques structurelles, les LPC - Laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées - disposent des différents types de déflectographes qui mesurent la déflexion en continu. La dernière version est le déflectographe 04 destiné aux chaussées très peu déformables.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
CONT

During a second stage, the following may be used : For flexible pavements : either the Lacroix deflectograph of the LCPC [Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Ministère des Transports, France], or the influograph of the STBA [Service Technique des Bases Aériennes, Ministère des Transports, France].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux

Spanish

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