alvenaria portante

English translation: load-bearing masonry

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Portuguese term or phrase:alvenaria portante
English translation:load-bearing masonry
Entered by: airmailrpl

01:11 Jun 28, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Portuguese term or phrase: alvenaria portante


Help with other parts of this sentence is also very much appreciated.
Victor Hart
Local time: 13:38
load-bearing brickwork
Explanation:
Design in Brickwork
In load-bearing brickwork, the maximum cantilevered distance is determined ...In non load-bearing brickwork these rules can be exceeded by reinforcing with ...
www.brickbydesign.com/brickwork-design/corbelling/

[PDF] (20566 Galintel Multi
5 Preferred sizes for spans supporting conventional load bearing brickwork. SAFE LOAD TABLES & LOADING CATEGORIES FOR GALINTEL ...
www.grahamgroup.com.au/new/ pdf/optimised/GalintelMultiRib2pp0101w.pdf
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 14:38
Grading comment
both answers were excellent suggestions, but I think this is the thing. However, in both cases "masonry" is much more commonly used than "brickwork", so my final chose was "load-bearing masonry" (although "brickwork" is correct too)
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3 +5supporting brickwork
Nizo
5load-bearing brickwork
airmailrpl


  

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supporting brickwork


Explanation:
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Note added at 18 mins (2005-06-28 01:30:00 GMT)
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\"The structural system which was adopted, based on the study of material matrices, has as its main component cement bricks, which form a supporting brickwork that appears viable from various technical, esthetic and economic points of view.\"

material matrix, cement brick, supporting brickwork > all common combinations in architecture/construction

Nizo
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler: Good!
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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
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agree  Norbert Hermann
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agree  Henrique Magalhaes
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load-bearing brickwork


Explanation:
Design in Brickwork
In load-bearing brickwork, the maximum cantilevered distance is determined ...In non load-bearing brickwork these rules can be exceeded by reinforcing with ...
www.brickbydesign.com/brickwork-design/corbelling/

[PDF] (20566 Galintel Multi
5 Preferred sizes for spans supporting conventional load bearing brickwork. SAFE LOAD TABLES & LOADING CATEGORIES FOR GALINTEL ...
www.grahamgroup.com.au/new/ pdf/optimised/GalintelMultiRib2pp0101w.pdf

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 72
Grading comment
both answers were excellent suggestions, but I think this is the thing. However, in both cases "masonry" is much more commonly used than "brickwork", so my final chose was "load-bearing masonry" (although "brickwork" is correct too)
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