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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Road Maintenance Pocketbook | | English term or phrase: mitre drains | Re-excavation of side drains (gravel roads)
Side drains must be re-excavated to a width of at least 1.8 metres and a minimum depth at the centre of at least 0.6 metres. Turn-outs (mitre drains) to drain water from ditches should be provided in accordance with DFR Activity Specifications.
Merci! |
| | | épis drainants | Explanation:
(On peut aussi dire "éperon drainant").
Il s'agit de tranchées drainantes, enterrées ou non, disposées en épi par rapport à la route, dans le sens du ruissellement de l'eau.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2012-01-14 16:08:49 GMT)
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It should work now, sorry for that (second link):
http://www.google.com.tw/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=épis drainants set...
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Note added at 17 hrs (2012-01-14 16:09:35 GMT)
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yes it's working now, just click on the link to access the pdf
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Note added at 17 hrs (2012-01-14 16:11:13 GMT)
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The pdf is done by an engineer from sétra, an official French research body on civil engineering (www.setra.fr) |
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4 hrs confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 épis drainants
Explanation:
(On peut aussi dire "éperon drainant").
Il s'agit de tranchées drainantes, enterrées ou non, disposées en épi par rapport à la route, dans le sens du ruissellement de l'eau.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2012-01-14 16:08:49 GMT)
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It should work now, sorry for that (second link):
http://www.google.com.tw/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=épis drainants set...
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Note added at 17 hrs (2012-01-14 16:09:35 GMT)
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yes it's working now, just click on the link to access the pdf
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Note added at 17 hrs (2012-01-14 16:11:13 GMT)
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The pdf is done by an engineer from sétra, an official French research body on civil engineering (www.setra.fr)
Reference: http://www.lgam.info/mitre-drain
Reference: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=épi+drainant+Setra&so...
| tredegar82
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