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panneau d'about

English translation: end block; end panel


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French term or phrase:panneau d'about
English translation:end block; end panel
Entered by: B D Finch
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10:43 Nov 7, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / bridge design
French term or phrase: panneau d'about
'Voilement du panneau d'about'

Abutment panel?
B D Finch
France
Local time: 01:52
end block; end panel
Explanation:
I assume first off here you are talking about prestressed concrete beams, no?

About in this case is said of the ends of the beam, where stresses are concentrated under the anchorage head, requiring lots of special reinforcement.

Which of course means that - if properly designed - there is little risk of buckling. So maybe we have to look further.

Maybe then they are referring to the panel/section of beam (panel/section length undefined) beyond the about section.

Or if a steel girder, then just "end panel" I presume, since for steel girders about would not have the same "reinforcement/stress" notion, even if stresses there will be different from those more centrally (bearing point inducing different forces in the beam).

You had a question previously about rib reinforcement on panneaux of steel beams, and IIRC "panel" was found to be the right word, so I assume "panel" works here too.

It needn't be the abutment panel. In a multispan bridge you'll have only two abutment panels but twice the number of end panels as there are intermediate piers.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-07 12:38:05 GMT)
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This bridge is a very old example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss, ... which include replacement of one floor beam, END PANEL points reinforced, ...
www.historicbridges.org/newjersey/stanton/index.htm

BRIDGE END PANEL, BR165 ... Concrete Post and Beam Bridge Rail .... BRIDGE 400 - REINFORCED PRESTRESSED SLABS AND BOX BEAMS ...
www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/.../bridge_drawings.shtml

Dowel bar for bridge END PANEL, see dwg. BR165. ...
ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/techserv/roadway/web.../bridge/.....

Mr. G.L. Vose, in his admirable work on R.R. Construction, observes very truly that "The braces, at the end of a long span, may be nearer the vertical than those near the centre, as they have more work to do. If the END PANEL be made twice as high as long, and the centre panel square, the intermediates varying as their distance from the end, a good architectural effect is produced."
http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/4/8/7/14873/1...

The principal diagonals and END PANEL hangers consist of needle-headed or loop ... All floor beams are perpendicular to the bridge centerline with the ...
www.historicbridges.org/newjersey/.../index.htm
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xxxBourth
Local time: 01:52
Grading comment
Thanks, sorry for delay in the points.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1end block; end panelxxxBourth
2abutment panel
kashew


  

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abutment panel


Explanation:
Or end panel.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-07 12:14:57 GMT)
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Gut feeling!

kashew
France
Local time: 01:52
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for the confirmation.

Asker: But, why low confidence rating?

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
end block; end panel


Explanation:
I assume first off here you are talking about prestressed concrete beams, no?

About in this case is said of the ends of the beam, where stresses are concentrated under the anchorage head, requiring lots of special reinforcement.

Which of course means that - if properly designed - there is little risk of buckling. So maybe we have to look further.

Maybe then they are referring to the panel/section of beam (panel/section length undefined) beyond the about section.

Or if a steel girder, then just "end panel" I presume, since for steel girders about would not have the same "reinforcement/stress" notion, even if stresses there will be different from those more centrally (bearing point inducing different forces in the beam).

You had a question previously about rib reinforcement on panneaux of steel beams, and IIRC "panel" was found to be the right word, so I assume "panel" works here too.

It needn't be the abutment panel. In a multispan bridge you'll have only two abutment panels but twice the number of end panels as there are intermediate piers.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-07 12:38:05 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

This bridge is a very old example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss, ... which include replacement of one floor beam, END PANEL points reinforced, ...
www.historicbridges.org/newjersey/stanton/index.htm

BRIDGE END PANEL, BR165 ... Concrete Post and Beam Bridge Rail .... BRIDGE 400 - REINFORCED PRESTRESSED SLABS AND BOX BEAMS ...
www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/.../bridge_drawings.shtml

Dowel bar for bridge END PANEL, see dwg. BR165. ...
ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/techserv/roadway/web.../bridge/.....

Mr. G.L. Vose, in his admirable work on R.R. Construction, observes very truly that "The braces, at the end of a long span, may be nearer the vertical than those near the centre, as they have more work to do. If the END PANEL be made twice as high as long, and the centre panel square, the intermediates varying as their distance from the end, a good architectural effect is produced."
http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/4/8/7/14873/1...

The principal diagonals and END PANEL hangers consist of needle-headed or loop ... All floor beams are perpendicular to the bridge centerline with the ...
www.historicbridges.org/newjersey/.../index.htm


xxxBourth
Local time: 01:52
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Thanks, sorry for delay in the points.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for all that "End panel" seems likely. The program is used for the design of steel I-girder or box girder bridges with reinforced concrete decks. No concrete beams.


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agree  kashew: End panel seems safest.
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