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HARD SHOCK [6 records]

Record 1 2010-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Porcelain and Fine Ceramics
DEF

A body with a low thermal expansion coefficient containing cordierite or lithium minerals.

CONT

Cooking ware now used consists of ceramics, low expansion glasses and glass ceramics such as Corning Ware.

CONT

Oven ware must have enough heat shock resistance to withstand quenching in cold water from 150 °C, have a smooth, hard, non-crazing surface to withstand abrasion and the usual cleaners, and be capable of holding decorations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Porcelaines
CONT

Dans la fabrication des porcelaines à feu à usage culinaire, il est bon d'augmenter la proportion de kaolinite au détriment du quartz. Il est recommandé d'introduire dans la masse 20 à 30 % de pâte à porcelaine cuite et broyée (tesson).

CONT

La porcelaine culinaire [...] dont la pâte est préparée avec une plus forte teneur en kaolin afin d'améliorer ses caractéristiques de résistance aux chocs thermiques.

OBS

La porcelaine à feu est aussi utilisée pour les appareils de laboratoire (coupelles, tubes, etc.). Elle doit résister aux chocs thermiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Suspension Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

A shock or strut damps excessive vehicle spring motion by the controlled movement of fluid under pressure. Fluid provides the resistance to movement. The amount of that resistance is controlled by valving. Before Monroe gas charged shocks and struts, valve orifices could not be enlarged to increase riding comfort without losing damping effectiveness. So valving was compromised in one of two directions : soft or hard valving. With soft valving, fluid flows more easily. The result is a smooth ride, but with poor handling--and a lot of roll and sway. When valving is hard, fluid flows less easily. Handling is improved, but the ride can become rough.

CONT

With the push of a button, the driver selects ... Soft ... then changes to soft valving, providing a smooth, comfortable ride while still offering good handling characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Suspension (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

On peut également commander une suspension électronique réglable, permettant au chauffeur de choisir une des deux positions d'amortissement : suspension douce et suspension plus ferme pour le remorquage.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bombs and Grenades
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
CONT

When a bomb is detonated in hard rock, the immediately surrounding medium will flow plastically, crack and deform in a non-linear way; as the stresses imposed by the propagating shock decay to a certain "critical stress" level, elastic propagation begins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bombes et grenades
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Fascicule no 2, NY, 1990

OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
DEF

Explosion detonated in close proximity to the surrounding rock and for which the propagating shock wave first cracks and deforms the surrounding medium in a non-linear way(plastically) and later(farther away from the explosion), after a certain critical stress level has been reached, causes the medium to behave elastically; the rock must be hard or water-saturated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Fascicule no 2, New York, 1990

OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
CONT

A diamond drag bit is disclosed that utilizes stud type PDC cutters that have dome shaped polycrystalline diamond depth of penetration limiters fused to the tungsten carbide surface trailing the PDC compact disc. This cutter penetration limiting diamond dome surface acts as an impact or shock absorber to minimize the impact damage to the PDC cutter when drilling laminated hard and soft rock formations.

Key term(s)
  • PDC drag bit
  • PDC drill bit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
CONT

Technologie des forages. Les trépans. [...] Au lieu d'être sertis de diamants naturels, les trépans peuvent être équipés de pastilles sur lesquelles ont été déposés des diamants synthétiques. On réalise ainsi des outils de coupe qui permettent des vitesses d'avancement spectaculaires dans divers terrains. Ces trépans P.D.C. («polycristalline diamond compact») concurrencent très sérieusement les outils diamantés.

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Choc qui se produit entre deux solides animés de vitesses différentes ou égales entrant en contact sans dissipation d'énergie dans la déformation des surfaces en contact.

Spanish

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