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à la rupture

English translation: from failure

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French term or phrase:	à la rupture
English translation:	from failure
Entered by:	Bashiqa

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09:52 Nov 2, 2011

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / Solenoid valve test proce

French term or phrase: à la rupture

Confirmation of the following would be appreciated:
La contrainte de Von Mises maximum dans le support de câble apparaît lors de la phase de vol A5ME-US et est de 12 MPa (marge de 942% à la rupture).

The maximum Von Mises stress in the cable support appears during the A5ME-US flight phase and is 12 MPa ( a margin of 942% over the rupture point) OR (a margin of 942% against rupture)
TIA Chris.

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from failure

Explanation:
Note that in materials testing, 'rupture' in FR is often rendered more generally as 'failure' in EN.

Do note, too, that the S/T does not say it is a margin 'over', and in actual fact, that would be a little illogical in EN, since it means that this value is that many times lower than the failure point — well, at least I hope that's what they're saying! I'm assuming they are saying that they are very comfortably within this large safety margin, rather than the other way round!

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Note added at 19 minutes (2011-11-02 10:11:07 GMT)
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Personally, I think you'll need to turn it round a re-phrase slightly in order to make it read more naturally in EN.