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CONTRAVIENTO [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
  • Rough Carpentry
DEF

A wood frame system with large corner posts and girts stiffened with diagonal corner braces and with the exterior and interior bearing walls composed of 2x4 studs; ...

OBS

brace frame ... common before 1850 and used until ca. 1900.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
  • Charpenterie
CONT

contreventer : (Techn.) Renforcer (une charpente) à l'aide de contrevents.

OBS

contrevent : Pièce posée obliquement entre deux fermes pour s'opposer à la poussée du vent et empêcher le déversement.

Key term(s)
  • ossature contreventée

Spanish

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

Estructura que utiliza tablones y clavos en vez de madera pesada de construcción y juntas de espiga y mortaja, que son más caras.

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Record 2 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
  • Metal Framework Elements
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
DEF

brace. A structural element that holds something in place ... such as a wind brace; ...

DEF

brace. A diagonally placed structural member that withstands tension and compression, and often stiffens a structure against wind.

OBS

Design of bracing to resist forces induced by wind, seismic disturbances, and moving loads, such as those caused by cranes, is not unlike, in principle, design of members that support vertical dead and live loads.

OBS

Alghough used to resist different lateral forces, brace is often used specifically to resist wind loads and is often defined as such.

OBS

wind brace: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
  • Éléments de charpentes métalliques
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
DEF

Pièce de charpente de contreventement.

CONT

En principe, les contreventements sont des pièces qui ont pour objet d'assurer la stabilité de l'ensemble d'une construction soumise à l'effet de la poussée du vent, mais on a étendu le terme à la plupart des pièces qui assurent l'indéformabilité de la construction, qui maintiennent les pièces principales dans leur plan de pose.

OBS

Le terme "barre de contreventement" semble appartenir en propre au domaine des charpentes métalliques.

OBS

pièce de contreventement et contreventement : Termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructuras (Construcción)
  • Componentes de armazones metálicos
  • Túneles, viaductos y puentes
DEF

Elemento que se utiliza para rigidizar una estructura contra la acción del viento.

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