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COFFERDAM [17 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
CONT

Where there is a half deck owing to the sheer or other cause, or where there is a flat between regular decks, such as cofferdam flat over oil tank, no change in the hundred series is made on account thereof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

plate-forme de cofferdam : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)
  • Applications of Concrete
DEF

A temporary enclosing dam built in the water and pumped dry, to protect workmen while some work, such as the foundation of a pier, is in progress.

OBS

coffer dam: this term is often generalized to include watertight lining of excavations in the ground for the purpose of keeping out ground water.

OBS

coffer dam: term standardized by ISO.

PHR

Marine cofferdam.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)
  • Utilisation du béton
DEF

Digue provisoire pour mettre à sec l'emplacement d'un ouvrage à exécuter.

CONT

Un batardeau est en général réalisé avec des pieux et des palplanches, sur un ou deux rangs; parfois, le batardeau est une levée de terre.

OBS

batardeau : terme normalisé par l'ISO et uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ataguías y drenajes (Construcción)
  • Utilización del hormigón
DEF

Disposición de un encajonado impermeable realizado con tablestacas u otro material, que permite trabajar en seco.

OBS

Se utiliza en cimentaciones y en reparaciones de bajos de buques.

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Record 4 2003-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des navires
DEF

Coffrage [...] utilisé pour isoler la coque d'un navire afin d'y réparer une brèche.

OBS

On y coule généralement du ciment à prise rapide.

OBS

[Ce caisson étanche est] construit pour s'adapter exactement aux formes d'un navire et permettre de visiter ou réparer une partie de la coque immergée qui est ainsi mise à sec.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mantenimiento de los buques
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Record 5 2003-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A double watertight bulkhead usually found in tankers, dividing the oil tanks from the engines of the vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Compartiment formé par deux cloisons étanches transversales, séparées par un intervalle [...] et qui, à bord d'un pétrolier, isole les citernes de chargement des autres parties du navire.

OBS

cofferdam; espace cofferdam : termes uniformisés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 6 2003-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
OBS

cloison de cofferdam : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)
CONT

Similar in function and application to the double-wall cofferdam is the cellular cofferdam. There are two main variations: the circular-cell type connected by arcs inside and out and the diaphragm type (often called "semicircular"), in which the arcs inside and out are connected by means of straight diaphragms. There are also two other types which are compromises. One type has large circular cells subdivided by straight diaphragms to form "clover-leaf" cells. The other has curved diaphragms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)
DEF

Batardeau construit avec des palplanches en acier battues de manière à former soit des cellules gabionnées, soit des cellules circulaires reliées par des arcs de raccordement en palplanches d'acier.

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)
CONT

The double-wall cofferdam consists of two lines of sheeting tied to each other and filled between walls with earth. The sheeting may be wood of the following types: plain planks, Wakefield, tongue-and-groove, splined or with battens; or interlocking steel sheet piling of the arch-web type may be used; occasionally steel sheeting has been used on the outside of the cofferdam and wooden sheeting has been used on the inside row. The earth between the lines of sheeting may be placed by dredge or end dumping from trucks or other similar means.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)
DEF

Type de batardeau comportant deux files de parois, de palplanches ou d'autres rideaux, l'espace intermédiaire étant rempli avec de la terre.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
OBS

helicopter fuel tank cofferdam: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
OBS

cofferdam du réservoir de carburant hélicoptère : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 10 1987-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)
CONT

Single-wall cofferdams are commonly employed in the construction of bridge piers and other structures small in area in relation to large structures such as locks and dams. They are internally braced against water and earth pressure by means of one or more horizontal tiers of bracing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)
DEF

Type de batardeau avec une rangée de palplanches à l'extérieur.

Spanish

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Record 11 1985-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
OBS

BT-44

Spanish

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Record 12 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)
OBS

Cellular Cofferdam Walls. Such walls (...) are designed and built in the same manner as for cellular cofferdams used for the purpose of keeping water and soil from flowing into an excavated area (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)
OBS

Murs de batardeaux cellulaires - Ces murs (...) sont calculés et construits comme les batardeaux cellulaires, utilisés pour empêcher l'eau ou les terres de pénétrer dans une fouille (...)

Spanish

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Record 13 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)
OBS

Crib Walls. Gravity retaining walls in the form of a "crib" are sometimes employed, as (...) for a wing wall (...). They are modeled after timber-crib cofferdams, but are usually built of interlocking prefabricated reinforced-concrete or steel (Armco cribs) units of two types, (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)
OBS

Murs-caissons. Les murs de soutènement-poids sont parfois construits sous forme de "caisson", comme (...) pour un mur en aile. Leur principe est le même que celui des batardeaux en bois, mais ils sont habituellement constitués par l'assemblage d'éléments préfabriqués de deux types A et B (...), en béton armé ou en acier (caissons Armco); (...)

Spanish

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Record 14 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)
OBS

An important class of cofferdams are those built on land; they are probably more numerous than those located in bodies of water. A few of the structures that often require land cofferdams are buildings, subways, sewers, pump wells, upper portions of mine shafts, pits for large machine foundations, and approach piers for bridges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)
OBS

Parmi les structures qui demandent souvent l'emploi de soutènements, citons les immeubles, les souterrains, les égouts, les puits de pompage, les parties supérieures des fosses de mines, les puits de fondations de machines importantes et les viaducs d'accès des ponts.

Spanish

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Record 15 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
OBS

BT-44

Spanish

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Record 16 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
OBS

BT-44

Spanish

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Record 17 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)

Spanish

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