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DUREE TOTALE VIE UTILE [3 records]

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Record 1 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

[The] 9 m wide Solar Array Wings (SAW) extending in opposite directions [are] made up of two panels mounted to a common mast and each of the SAWs weighs over 1,088 kg. Prior to deployment, each of these panels had been folded into a box measuring 0.5 m by 4.6 m.

OBS

Each 108.6-ft. long solar array wing will be connected to the ISS's [International Space Station] 310-ft long truss and extend outward at right angles to it. Altogether, they will cover an area of 27,000-sq. ft. about an acre. When fully extended, a pair of wings and their associated equipment will span about 240 feet, the largest deployable space structures ever built.

OBS

Each solar wing is made up of two 15-foot-wide solar array blankets separated by eight feet. In between is an ingenious, lightweight open-truss boom that will be driven open by motors to unfurl the solar cell blankets.

OBS

solar array wing; SAW: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

Solar array wing-3, wing-4.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Le déploiement de cette deuxième aile solaire fait en sorte que l'envergure totale des panneaux solaires est maintenant de 240 pieds. Ce panneau mesure 38 pieds et peut produire jusqu'à 60 kilowatts. Sa durée de vie utile prévue est de 15 ans. C'est le premier de quatre panneaux semblables qui alimenteront éventuellement la station en électricité, afin que l'on puisse y effectuer de la recherche de base et appliquée en environnement d’impesanteur.

OBS

aile solaire; SAW : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

Bobines à ressort situées à la base de l’aile solaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

An amount created by the application of current cost accounting techniques that represents the difference between the depreciation charge for a period computed on the current cost of a fixed asset and the total adjustment to accumulated depreciation necessary to reflect the expired service life of the asset. Over the life of the asset, backlog depreciation is the difference between the total depreciation charges (excluding backlog depreciation) and the current cost at the end of the asset's life.

Key term(s)
  • catch up adjustment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Dans la comptabilité au coût actuel, pour un exercice donné, montant égal à la différence entre, d’une part, l’amortissement imputé à l’exercice et calculé en fonction du coût actuel du bien en cause et, d’autre part, le redressement qui doit être apporté au solde du compte Amortissement cumulé en vue de refléter la capacité de service absorbée jusqu’à la fin de l’exercice en cours.

OBS

Pour la durée de vie utile totale d’un bien, le rattrapage d’amortissement est égal à la différence entre le total des annuités d’amortissement, à l'exclusion du rattrapage, et le coût de remplacement de ce bien(à l'état neuf) à la fin de sa vie utile.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Productivity and Profitability
OBS

useful life: refers to the time or mileage over which the standards must be met. Motor vehicle manufacturers are required to produce cars and trucks that meet the standards for the specified years/miles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
  • Productivité et rentabilité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vehículos automotores y bicicletas
  • Productividad y rentabilidad
OBS

vida útil: período durante el cual un vehículo debe cumplir las normas.

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