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HEAVY WATER PILE [3 records]

Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Nuclear Power Stations
DEF

A reactor in which the moderator is heavy water.

OBS

The coolant may be gas ("heavy-water-moderated, gas-cooled reactor"), light water ("heavy-water-moderated, boiling light-water-cooled reactor" or "steam-generating heavy-water reactor"), or heavy-water ("pressurised heavy-water-moderated and cooled reactor").

OBS

heavy-water reactor: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • heavy-water pile
  • heavy-water-moderated reactor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Centrales nucléaires
DEF

Réacteur qui utilise de l'eau lourde comme modérateur.

OBS

réacteur à eau lourde : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reactores nucleares de fisión
  • Centrales nucleares
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Record 2 1990-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
CONT

Caissons... are load-bearing enclosures sunk into the ground, usually to protect excavation for a foundation, aid construction of the substructure, and serve as part of the permanent structure.... In foundations, caissons are used to facilitate construction of shafts or piers extending from near the surface of land or water to a bearing stratum. This type of construction can carry heavy loads to great depths.... They range in size from abut that of a pile to over 100 ft in length and width. Some small ones are considered caisson piles.... For some of the smaller caissons used for foundation shafts, the casing generally is not assigned any load-carrying capacity, or it may be withdrawn as concrete fills the hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
CONT

Caisson : Ouvrage en forme de boîte sans fond, à section circulaire ou rectangulaire, foncé dans le sol sous l'action principale de son propre poids, au fur et à mesure qu'est extrait le sol sur lequel il s'appuie. La technique est en particulier utilisée pour la réalisation de fondations de grande section : piles-caissons, puits havés.

Key term(s)
  • pieu caisson

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
OBS

Projectile composite piles may be useful where the length required is too great for cast-in-place piles and where the water level is too low to permit use of wood-section composite piles or where hard end bearing is available and a heavy load per pile could be developed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
OBS

Pieux mixtes «projectiles». - Dans le cas où la longueur nécessaire est trop importante pour des pieux de béton moulés dans le sol, dans le cas où le niveau de la nappe se trouve à trop grande profondeur pour pouvoir utiliser des pieux mixtes avec partie inférieure en bois ou si l'on peut disposer d'une résistance de pointe importante ou d'une grande force portante par pieu, on peut utiliser ce type de pieux.

Spanish

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