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Caudal

English translation: flow rate / rate of flow


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18:54 Jan 26, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology
Spanish term or phrase: Caudal
Determinación de *Caudal* utilizando Correntómetro

INTRODUCCION
Conocer el Flujo que transporta un río o una quebrada permite determinar sus características de
escurrimiento a lo largo del tiempo, esta información es de mucha importancia cuando se requiere realizar
proyectos hidráulicos de irrigación, abastecimiento de agua a canales, etc. Ya que permite determinar el
*caudal* de diseño (*caudal* garantizado).

Flujo es la cantidad de fluido que pasa a través de una sección en la unidad de tiempo, medido en volumen.
El Flujo que circula es igual a la velocidad media de circulación, por la sección transversal de un conducto
que atraviesa el fluido. El flujo es calculado con la ecuación de continuidad.

Q = Ū x A1… (1)
Donde:
Q: Es el Flujo.
Ū: Es la velocidad promedio.
A: Área de la sección transversal.

OBJETIVO
Presentar las consideraciones y criterios básicos que se deben de aplicar en la medición de Flujo que
transporta un curso de agua con el uso del correntómetro.
BDT
English translation:flow rate / rate of flow
Explanation:
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=flo...

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http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-spanish/caudal
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Simon Bruni
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Local time: 07:35
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4 +5flow rate / rate of flow
Simon Bruni
3volume
Mary Lou Gonzalez


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
flow rate / rate of flow


Explanation:
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=flo...

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Note added at 6 mins (2012-01-26 19:00:36 GMT)
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http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-spanish/caudal

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:35
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  K Donnelly: also "discharge"
8 mins

agree  Jenni Lukac: Both, I believe, will do - discharge or flow.
22 mins

agree  Agnes Grand Fay
34 mins

agree  Barbara L Pavlik
40 mins

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
5 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
volume


Explanation:
I believe Flujo would be flow while caudal is the amount of water.
They seem to be referring to the volume of water.



Spanish:
3. m. Cantidad de agua que mana o corre.
6. m. Fís. Cantidad de un líquido o un gas que fluye en un determinado lugar por unidad de tiempo.





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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-26 21:15:47 GMT)
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determinar el caudal ==> calculate the volume (of the river)

Example sentence(s):
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    Reference: http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/spanish?va=cau...
    Reference: http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=cul...
Mary Lou Gonzalez
Venezuela
Local time: 02:05
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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