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EFFORT COMPRESSION [7 records]

Record 1 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

A force which shortens a member ...

CONT

The air under pressure ... serves to extend the shock strut to its normal static position so that it may receive its next compression load.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
CONT

Un effort de compression est un effort normal tendant à raccourcir l'élément qui le subit.

OBS

effort de compression : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coupling Systems (Railroad)
CONT

C.T.C. tank cars equipped with double shelf couplers capable of sustaining when coupled to any other cars, vertical loads of at least 200,000 pounds applied in upward or downward directions in combination with (buff load) of 2,000 pounds without disengagement or material failure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Attelages (Matériel de chemin de fer)
OBS

Cette disposition, connue sous le nom de contrôle d'alignement vertical, a pour but d'annuler [...] la composante verticale des efforts de compression transmis par les attelages sur les véhicules et, par conséquent, d'améliorer la stabilité de ces derniers [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Physics of Solids
CONT

If the stress tends ... to compress or shorten the material [it is called] compressive stress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Physique des solides
CONT

Le sens de la contrainte change alternativement [...] la contrainte de traction devient contrainte de compression.

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux

Spanish

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Record 5 1984-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
OBS

(canalisations, souterrains); T-705 1-75 p. 6; DCCE 60; PETO63; ...plans are submitted regarding measures taken to control the compressive stresses on the pipe...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
OBS

T-705F 1-75 p. 6; PETO 63; DTBE 62; DTAF 60; ...mesures envisagées pour le contrôle des efforts de compression exercés sur les conduites...

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux

Spanish

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