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FACE BEDDING [5 records]

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Record 1 2010-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ashlar and Building Stone (Quarrying)
  • Natural Construction Materials
CONT

Instead of placing the stones on their natural bedding plane as they lay in the quarry-the correct method-the blocks of stone were "face-bedded. "This caused the stones to scale in layers because they were placed on end with their bedding planes parallel to the face of the wall.

OBS

As opposed to "face bedding. "

OBS

horizontal bedding: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pierres de taille et moellons (Carrières)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
OBS

stratification horizontale : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Litage naturel de la pierre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ashlar and Building Stone (Quarrying)
  • Natural Construction Materials
DEF

[Said of a ] stone set with the stratification vertical.

CONT

Instead of placing the stones on their natural bedding plane as they lay in the quarry-the correct method-the blocks of stone were "face-bedded. "This caused the stones to scale in layers because they were placed on end with their bedding planes parallel to the face of the wall.

CONT

In nature, the stone is formed on a horizontal plane. When stone is used as a building material, it is "face-bedded," or set vertically on a structure.

OBS

As opposed to "natural bedded."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pierres de taille et moellons (Carrières)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
CONT

Roche désagrégée non altérée à litage vertical.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ashlar and Building Stone (Quarrying)
  • Natural Construction Materials
CONT

Stone laid up with the bedding planes horizontal tend to weather better than stone laid up with the bedding planes vertical, and if it is laid with vertical bedding parallel to the face of the wall, an extreme amount of spalling can be the result.

CONT

Face bedding is the weakest and least weather resistant way of fixing a stone.

OBS

As opposed to "natural bedding."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pierres de taille et moellons (Carrières)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
DEF

Piece of coal of size suitable for polishing and examination under the microscope.

OBS

One face of the lump section, usually that perpendicular to the bedding plane, is ground and polished.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
DEF

Morceau de charbon de taille permettant un polissage et un examen au microscope.

OBS

Une face de la section du bloc, habituellement celle qui est perpendiculaire au plan de stratification, est meulée et polie.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

(...) plane failure occurs when a geological discontinuity, such as a bedding plane strikes parallel to the slope face and dips into the excavation at an angle greater than the angle of friction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

Quand il y rupture le long d'une surface, la forme et l'aspect de celle-ci ont été à l'origine de certaines classifications (...) [dont celle des] types de rupture (d'après E. Hoek et J.W. Bray, 1977). 1 : rupture circulaire. 2 : rupture plane. 3 : rupture en coin. 4 : rupture de tête.

Spanish

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