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LIFTING ACTION [2 records]

Record 1 2012-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

liquide pénétrant.

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

... the sand is subjected to a lifting action by the water passing through it upwards from the bottom; this action increases with the loss of head, and creates local states of expansion of the fine sand in the top part of the filter bed, ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

[...] le sable est soumis à un effort de soulèvement par l'eau qui le traverse de bas en haut; cet effort va en s'accroissant avec la perte de charge et crée des mises en expansion locales du sable fin à la partie supérieure du lit filtrant; [...]

Spanish

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