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HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Oceanography
OBS

Improved methods of using explosives have... been developed. In the marine version one is called Aquaseis. This employs detonating cord in lengths of 100 ft or so. The bubble effect is very much reduced, and as the cord is strung out horizontally in the direction of the recording cable, there is cancellation of noise in the horizontal direction and reinforcement in the direction of the reflections.

OBS

Aquaseis™: A trademark of YMG.

Key term(s)
  • Aquaseis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Océanographie
OBS

Dénomination commerciale d'une source de sismique marine.

OBS

AquaseisMC : Marque de commerce de la société YMG.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Floors and Ceilings
  • Applications of Concrete
DEF

Beamless reinforced-concrete floor and roof construction employing columns with widely flaring heads having horizontal rings of reinforcement to support the floor or roof slab.

OBS

Not to be confused with "flat slab" (see record), even though most flat slabs are actually mushroom slabs.

Key term(s)
  • mushroom construction floor
  • flat slab
  • flat-slab
  • mushroom slab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planchers et plafonds
  • Utilisation du béton
DEF

[Plancher] composé d'une dalle pleine, sans poutre, dont les charges sont reportées sur l'évasement en chapiteau ou en goussets de poteaux de béton; l'armature de la dalle est toujours encrée à celle des poteaux.

CONT

Planchers champignons. Ils sont formés par une dalle présentant des surépaisseurs au droit des appuis. Les poteaux sont ainsi coiffés d'une espèce de chapiteau et prennent l'aspect de pieds de champignons.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pisos y cielos rasos
  • Utilización del hormigón
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Record 3 1990-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Fabric containment systems... fabrics can reinforce soils by being sandwiched in layers and by supporting the soil at an exposed face. A logical extension to horizontal and vertical reinforcement is the complete encapsulation of the soil by fabric. Case histories.... A series of 4-to 7-foot high dikes constructed on low-strength highly compressible marsh soils have presented continual maintenance problems since their construction.... The dike rehabilitation program utilized fabrics in two different applications. The main application was in using wooden chips as a lightweight fill and containing these by means of fabric as a form. Thus soil intrusion into the wood chips is prevented, as is lateral spreading of the wooden chips.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

La fonction conteneur [des géotextiles] implique deux notions : - la notion de confinement de matériaux granulaires ne disposant que d'une faible cohésion (...) - la notion de matrice, où les vides interfibres du géotextile sont en mesure de contenir à cette échelle des matériaux visco-plastiques comme le bitume.

OBS

Soutènements. Ouvrages à parement vertical ou subvertical. A. Définition : massif de terre à talus vertical ou subvertical rendu autostable par l'incorporation de nappes géotextiles et capable de reprendre des poussées extérieures. Fonctions du géotextile (...) Protection : le confinement des couches de sol d'apport sur le parement du massif par les nappes géotextiles maintient le sol en place et le protège de l'érosion.

Spanish

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Record 4 1982-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Placement of Concrete
  • Concrete Construction
OBS

Ties shall be located vertically not more than half a tie spacing above the floor or footing, and shall be spaced as provided on the drawings to not more than half a tie spacing below the lowest horizontal reinforcement in the slab or drop panel above, except that where beams or brackets provide enclosure on all sides of the column, the ties may be terminated not more than 75 mm below the lowest reinforcement in such beams or brackets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mise en place du béton
  • Bétonnage
OBS

La première ligature, à partir d'un plancher ou d'une assise, ne doit pas être posée à une distance verticale supérieure à la moitié de l'espacement normal des ligatures indiqué sur les plans d'exécution et la dernière ligature ne doit pas être posée à plus de la moitié de l'espacement normal des ligatures de l'armature horizontale la plus rapprochée de la dalle ou du panneau surbaissé supérieur.

Spanish

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