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PORTAL FRAME [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
DEF

[An] inclined or vertical support built into the deck [of a bridge] and hinged or built into [its] base ...

OBS

portal leg; portal frame leg : terms proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
DEF

Appui incliné ou vertical encastré dans le tablier d'un pont et articulé ou encastré à sa base.

OBS

béquille; montant de portique : termes proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Túneles, viaductos y puentes
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Record 2 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
DEF

A bridge with some of the supports formed by often inclined or sometimes vertical piers(’’portal legs’’) that are built into the deck and hinged or built into the base, so that they act with the deck as a portal frame.

OBS

portal bridge: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

OBS

portal bridge: term officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
DEF

Pont dont certains appuis sont constitués par des piles souvent inclinées ou parfois verticales («béquilles»), encastrées au tablier et articulées ou encastrées à la base, formant un portique avec le tablier.

OBS

pont à béquilles : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale pour la route.

OBS

pont à béquilles : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie et par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
DEF

A plane frame, usually single storey, in which the junction between the vertical and horizontal or raking members is rigid.

CONT

A transverse frame which forms an integral part of a structural unit or supports another structural unit is called a bent. Bents ... are made of structural steel, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, or wood. They are used extensively in connection with viaducts and industrial buildings. Viaduct bents consist of columns held firmly together by bracing in horizontal and vertical planes. Bents in buildings are composed of a roof truss and the supporting columns or of a roof girder rigidly attached to the columns so as to form a rigid frame. The bents support longitudinal beams ... on which the roof is laid.

OBS

portal frame : term and definition standardized by ISO.

OBS

bent: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick) in 1990.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
DEF

Cadre généralement d'un étage et dont l'assemblage entre les éléments verticaux et horizontaux ou inclinés est rigide.

OBS

portique : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

portique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques du Nouveau Brunswick en 1990.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructuras (Construcción)
DEF

Unidad formada por la armadura y columnas que la sostienen en los extremos.

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Record 4 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
DEF

A crane, usually of at least 50 tons capacity, used for building blockwork piers and ship construction.

OBS

Different from the Goliath crane in that the portal frame carries a swing-jib crane, which can command a considerable distance outside the portal legs and for ship construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
CONT

Pour la construction des digues en mer, on utilise les titans. Un treuil (de 20 à 150 t), porté par un chariot, peut se déplacer sur un chemin de roulement porté par un bâti mobile sur rails (translation), la poutre de roulement (flèche tournante) pouvant tourner autour d'un axe de rotation vertical.

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
CONT

The main portal frame [of the plano-miller structure used in structural-analysis testing] is comprised of two 12-ft tapered columns spanned by a 7-ft cross-beam and carries an adjustable height cross-slide.

OBS

May be found on planers or vertical boring machines.

OBS

for "traveling cross rail" : The cross rail corresponds to the lathe carriage and travels up and down on the housing ways to provide vertical movement of the tools.

Key term(s)
  • travelling cross rail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Partie horizontale mobile d'une raboteuse, d'un tour vertical ou d'une machine similaire, sur laquelle se déplacent un ou plusieurs porte-outil.

OBS

"Traverse déplaçable" a été relevé dans un texte à traduire, mais la valeur de l'expression n'a pas pu être vérifiée au cours des recherches.

Key term(s)
  • traverse déplaçable

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • Finish Carpentry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Menuiserie

Spanish

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