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Ersatzflächenlast

English translation: equivalent distributed load


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German term or phrase:Ersatzflächenlast
English translation:equivalent distributed load
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11:23 May 17, 2004
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German term or phrase: Ersatzflächenlast
I found Flächenlast somewhere as "area load" but I really am not sure about it. In this context there is probably only one right translation

Gesamtlast: 600 kN
Radlast: 300 kN
Ersatzflächenlast: p = 33.3 kN/m2
davidgreen
equivalent distributed load
Explanation:
See:

http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/tech/structures/t00136...

for example, or refer to the "Recommendations on Excavations" from Ernst & Sohn
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Alan Johnson
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Local time: 10:57
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5equivalent distributed load
Alan Johnson
4area load
Alexander Onishko


  

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area load


Explanation:
bearing in mind that kN/m2 denotes pressure, "area load" makes sense just fine

Alexander Onishko
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equivalent distributed load


Explanation:
See:

http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/tech/structures/t00136...

for example, or refer to the "Recommendations on Excavations" from Ernst & Sohn

Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 10:57
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