German: Grundbruch, GeländebruchEnglish translation: Shear failure, sliding 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Grundbruch, Geländebruch | | English translation: | Shear failure, sliding | | Entered by: | Mike Hodshon |
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Tech/Engineering - Geology / geotechnics | | German term or phrase: Grundbruch, Geländebruch | Anhand der Kenntnis der Eigenschaften und Kennwerte des Baugrunds müssen festgestellt bzw. beurteilt werden können:
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c) die Sicherheit gegen Grenzzustände der Tragfähigkeit, z. B. gegen Grundbruch, Geländebruch, Auftrieb, Gleiten, ... |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseMike Hodshon (asker): 1:49pm Jul 31, 2004: Gleiten? - Thank you both for your help :)
@Textclick: I understood that to be sliding... Is Gleiten something else?
Textklick: 2:04pm Jul 31, 2004: Sorry - not sure. Just qoting the dico. Let the question hang a while. Maybe a landfill expert from Gravesend will chance by ;-) -
Mike Hodshon (asker): 3:07pm Jul 31, 2004: Rather that than one from Maidstone ;-)
BTW: does Langenscheidt Routledge have an entry for "Gleiten"?
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| | Shear failure, sliding | Explanation:
Langenscheidt Routledge Bauwesen:
Grundbruch m INFR & ENTW shear failure
Geländebruch m INFR & ENTW sliding
HTH
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Note added at 6 hrs 2 mins (2004-07-31 16:26:35 GMT)
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KM: for your added question: L/R/ Bauwesen \"gleiten vi INFR & ENTW slip.
Remember - one term at a time in these questions, or you\'ll get hard core crashing down onto you ;-)
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Note added at 6 hrs 3 mins (2004-07-31 16:27:13 GMT)
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I meant hardcore, as in Bauwesen... |
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| ground caving, terrain caving, buckling, sliding,...
Explanation:
is how conditions at construction sites are described.
In rocky formations, it would be 'ground fissure'
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| Shear failure, sliding
Explanation:
Langenscheidt Routledge Bauwesen:
Grundbruch m INFR & ENTW shear failure
Geländebruch m INFR & ENTW sliding
HTH
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Note added at 6 hrs 2 mins (2004-07-31 16:26:35 GMT)
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KM: for your added question: L/R/ Bauwesen \"gleiten vi INFR & ENTW slip.
Remember - one term at a time in these questions, or you\'ll get hard core crashing down onto you ;-)
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Note added at 6 hrs 3 mins (2004-07-31 16:27:13 GMT)
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I meant hardcore, as in Bauwesen...
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