Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
matériau pleine masse
English translation:
mass concrete
Added to glossary by
Claire Cox
Dec 6, 2004 23:52
19 yrs ago
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French term
matériau pleine masse
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Energy / Power Generation
Power plants
Again in a list of destructive tests for fire-resistant penetrations in power plants: this comes up twice, first as "carottage pour la plein (?no e?) masse", then in "densité du matériau plain masse. I see that "excavation pleine masse" is given as "bulk excavation" in the KudoZ glossary. Would bulk material work here?
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +2 | mass concrete | Bourth (X) |
3 | bulk material | Johanne Bouthillier |
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
mat�riau pleine masse
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mass concrete
So "coring of mass concrete" and "density of mass concrete". As opposed to coring and density of concrete in other locations where it is not so thick.
Basically mass concrete is that which is so thick and highly dosed in cement that it requires special treatment to deal with the heat of hydration and risk of cracking. Nuclear power plants tend to have plenty of such concrete!
Without changing the translation, it might also imply that this "mass concrete" or first-phase concrete is that subsequently covered in detail concrete or second-phase concrete, generally a finer-grained concrete that is easier to cast into complicated shapes as may be required on the finished walls and floors.
Basically mass concrete is that which is so thick and highly dosed in cement that it requires special treatment to deal with the heat of hydration and risk of cracking. Nuclear power plants tend to have plenty of such concrete!
Without changing the translation, it might also imply that this "mass concrete" or first-phase concrete is that subsequently covered in detail concrete or second-phase concrete, generally a finer-grained concrete that is easier to cast into complicated shapes as may be required on the finished walls and floors.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Alex, makes a lot of sense."
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French term (edited):
mat�riau pleine masse
bulk material
sounds right
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