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FOUNDATION ELEMENT [5 records]

Record 1 2019-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A long, relatively slender structural foundation element(plate, post, plank, beam, board, etc.), usually made of timber, steel or reinforced or prestressed concrete, that is driven or jetted into the ground or cast in place and that is used to support vertical or lateral loads, to form a wall to exclude water or soft material or to resist their pressure, to compact the surrounding ground, or rarely to restrain the structure from uplift forces.

OBS

pile: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Élément relativement élancé, introduit dans le sol par un moyen mécanique, dans le but de renforcer le sol, de le drainer, ou d'assurer le report des efforts verticaux ou horizontaux d'un ouvrage.

CONT

[...] ce sont des pièces longues et de faible section qui servent de liaison entre le bon sol et la fondation en traversant les couches de terrain jugées mauvaises [...] Les pieux peuvent être en bois, en béton armé ou en acier. Les plus couramment utilisés sont ceux en béton armé [...]

OBS

pieu : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cimientos profundos
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
  • Mecánica del suelo
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Record 2 2002-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Starboard 0(S0) truss segment is the first major element of the International Space Station's enormous exterior framework. The S0 Truss is 13. 4 meters(44 feet) long and 4. 6 meters(15 feet) wide and weighs 12, 247 kilograms(27, 000 pounds). It is the center segment of 11 integrated trusses that will provide the foundation for station subsystem hardware installation, utility distribution, power generation, heat rejection and external payload accommodations. The S0 truss acts as the junction from which external utilities are routed to the pressurized modules by means of EVA-deployed umbilicals. The S0 truss is going to the space station with a complement of pre-integrated hardware to increase ISS functionality, including the Mobile Transporter, the Trailing Umbilical System, the Portable Work Platform, four Global Positioning System antennas, two rate gyros, an Extravehicular Charged Particle Detection System and umbilicals for U. S. on-orbit elements.

OBS

S0 truss; integrated truss structure S0; S0; ITS-S0: terms and abbreviations officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Atlantis (STS-110, mission 8A) rejoignait l'ISS [International Space Station] pour doter la Station d'une nouvelle structure : l'Integrated Truss Structure SO (le segment central de la poutre de 91 m à terme). Cette poutre de 13 m et lourde de 12 tonnes a été fixée au-dessus du laboratoire américain Destiny. Elle servira de base à des dizaines de tonnes d'équipements qui seront installés ces prochaines années : panneaux solaires, appareils de refroidissement et autres systèmes nécessaires au fonctionnement de l'ISS. Enfin, les astronautes d'Atlantis ont installé le transporteur mobile, un petit wagonnet qui doit servir de base mobile pour le bras robotique Canadarm2. Une fois opérationnel, le transporteur mobile circulera le long d'un rail installé le long de la poutre S0.

OBS

poutre S0; segment de poutre intégrée S0; S0; ITS-S0 : termes et abréviations uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Elements
DEF

[For building component] A part of a building too complex to be called a building element; for instance, a wall, door, roof, or window, all of which may be built of several elements. The electrical, plumbing, gas or other services also contain building components.

DEF

[For element of construction] Part of a building or structure having its own functional identity. Examples are foundation, floor, roof, wall.

OBS

See also "structural assembly".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments du bâtiment
DEF

Partie constitutive de la construction, plus ou moins complexe, ayant une individualité fonctionnelle propre (ex. : un mur, un plancher, une cloison).

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interior Design (General)
OBS

consisting of two opposed ineurves as a Foundation element, with embellishments more or less elaborate modifying the enclosed space and with variations in the shape and proportions of the whole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'intérieurs (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering
DEF

... one of the structural members of the foundation of a building such as a footing, slab, raft, pile, pier, foundation wall or retaining wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
CONT

Semelle : Maçonnerie. Élément de fondation répartissant les charges sur le sol (semelle de répartition).

CONT

Les questions abordés ici ne concernent que la détermination ou la justification des éléments de fondations en tant qu'éléments de béton armé.

CONT

Soit un organe de fondation, un pieu par exemple, dont le volume V, limité par la surface S, est établi au sein d'un massif de terre.

Spanish

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