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MARCHE CRABE [5 records]

Record 1 1999-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Series: Economic and commercial analysis report, 66.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Pêches et Océans Canada. Collection : Rapport de l'analyse économique et commerciale, 66.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Commercial Fishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Pêches et Océans Canada. Collection : Rapport canadien à l'industrie sur les sciences halieutiques et aquatiques, 210.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Series: Project summary, 67.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Pêches et Océans Canada. Collection : Synthèse de projet, 67.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

A vehicle that is not tracking properly is said to be "dog tracking".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Défaut de la direction dû à un manque de symétrie des plans des roues par rapport à l'axe longitudinal.

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Earthmoving
  • Construction Site Equipment
OBS

Articulated frames are also used on some graders to increase grader maneuverability and versatility. (...) modes of operation possible with an articulated grader are (...) the straight mode (...) the articulated mode (...) In the crab mode (...) the front and rear wheels are offset so that the driving wheels can remain on firm ground while the machine is cutting banks, side slopes, or ditches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de chantier
OBS

Marche en crabe. Bâti en articulation, [les roues] AV [sont] parallèles aux roues AR. [Cette marche] permet de compenser les efforts de poussée latérale pendant l'endainage, le creusement des fossés et le travail sur pente.

OBS

Le terme marche en crabe est privilégié par des traducteurs techniques. Les termes crab steer, crab mode et crab steering sont puisés dans la documentation Caterpillar.

Spanish

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