contrapilhamento

English translation: back-to-back stacking

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Portuguese term or phrase:	contrapilhamento
English translation:	back-to-back stacking
Entered by:	Mario Freitas

15:58 Jan 11, 2016

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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Tem que ver com construção de barragens de rejeitos

Portuguese term or phrase: contrapilhamento

"Isto objetiva a ocupação da área onde atualmente encontre-se o dique de contenção de sedimentos da pilha, bem como contrapilhamento da mesma."

What is "contrapilhamento"? And "da mesma" refers to what? The area?

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Martin Riordan KudoZ activity Questions: 103 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 3597 Brazil
Local time: 14:23

reinforcement ("contrapilhamento")

Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-01-11 17:22:37 GMT)
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Yes, it refers to area

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-01-11 17:25:09 GMT)
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sounoticia.com.br/mariana-mais-uma-parede-da-barragem-de-germano-t...
24 de nov de 2015 - “Está sendo feito um aterro por debaixo do dique, o que chamamos de 'contrapilhamento' e é como uma outra barragem de terra do lado”.

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Clauwolf
Local time: 14:23

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back-to-back stacking

Mario Freitas

reinforcement ("contrapilhamento")

Clauwolf

sequential raising

IsabelRod

buttressing?

Nick Taylor

Discussion entries: 2

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1 hr confidence:

reinforcement ("contrapilhamento")

Clauwolf
Local time: 14:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 56

Grading comment

Thanks to all!

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

back-to-back stacking

Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 14:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 79

8 hrs confidence:

sequential raising

Explanation:
Tailings dams are often built by sequentially raising the impoundment level. The footprint area of the dam will successively increase as well.

Reference: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/mining/pdf/mining_dams...

IsabelRod
Australia
Local time: 03:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

19 hrs confidence:

buttressing?

Explanation:
buttressing?

Nick Taylor
Local time: 18:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 137

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