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coefficient d’affaiblissement du béton en traction en fonction de la température

English translation: concrete tensile strength temperature-dependent reduction coefficient/factor

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French term or phrase:coefficient d’affaiblissement du béton en traction en fonction de la température
English translation:concrete tensile strength temperature-dependent reduction coefficient/factor
Entered by: Tony M

13:08 Feb 15, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / prefabricated hollow-core concrete floor slabs
French term or phrase: coefficient d’affaiblissement du béton en traction en fonction de la température
This just appears as one element in a formula for calculating the effect of fire on structrural concrete.

There is no other information about it, except that it is denoted by the symbol k [subscript c,t] (θ).

Internet research hasn't thrown up anything particularly helpful so far, and my deadline is looming!

I'm rather unwilling to have to fall back on a literal, word-for-word translation ['coefficient for temperature-dependent tensile weakening in concrete'???], as I feel sure an 'official' translation must already exist, if only I had access to the English versions of this EN standard (it does exist, by the way, as a BS EN)

In case anyone happens to have the relevant documents to hand (sadly, I dont!):

"...tous ces paramètres sont issus de l’EN 1992-1-1 et de l’EN 1992-1-2"
Tony M
France
Local time: 14:33
concrete tensile strength temperature-dependent reduction coefficient/factor
Explanation:
With "reduction" rather than "attenuation" there are some promosing looking ghits.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-02-15 17:05:04 GMT)
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Yes Polyglot45, it could be "temperature-dependent concrete tensile strength reduction coefficient/factor" given that - one would hope - anyone likely to be reading it will understand that it is not the concrete's tensile strength per se that is temperature-dependent but its reduction coefficient : "coefficient d’affaiblissement ... en fonction de la température".
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3 +2concrete tensile strength temperature-dependent reduction coefficient/factor
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4attenuation coefficient of concrete's traction at tempertures fonction
Constantinos Faridis (X)
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oefficient d’affaiblissement du béton en traction en fonction de la température
attenuation coefficient of concrete's traction at tempertures fonction


Explanation:
attenuation coefficient of concrete's traction at tempertures fonction

Constantinos Faridis (X)
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oefficient d’affaiblissement du béton en traction en fonction de la température
concrete tensile strength temperature-dependent reduction coefficient/factor


Explanation:
With "reduction" rather than "attenuation" there are some promosing looking ghits.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-02-15 17:05:04 GMT)
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Yes Polyglot45, it could be "temperature-dependent concrete tensile strength reduction coefficient/factor" given that - one would hope - anyone likely to be reading it will understand that it is not the concrete's tensile strength per se that is temperature-dependent but its reduction coefficient : "coefficient d’affaiblissement ... en fonction de la température".

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Thanks a lot, Alex et al!

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neutral  polyglot45: your word order is bizarre to say the least !
6 mins
agree  kashew: or heat-effect instead of temperature-dependent. Word order looks good to me!
3 hrs
  -> "temp-dependent" is pretty standard in this sort of context I think.
agree  Simon Cole: reference is part of the Eurocodes - like all BS, you'd have to buy it on-line!
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Reference comments


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Reference: refs

Reference information:
[PDF] ANNEX 7 NATIONAL ANNEX TO STANDARD SFS-EN 1992-1-1 EUROCODE 2 ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Reduction based on assessment of concrete strength in finished structure .... 0,85 is the coefficient taking into account of long term effects on the ..... avoided if, under the characteristic combination of loads, the tensile stress in ...
www.eurocodes.fi/etusivu/NAinenglish/EN 1992-1-1 NA en.pdf - Similar pages
[PDF] EN 1992-1-1 CompanionFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
safety coefficient β as defined in EN 1990 [4] should be the same or greater ...... The column load reduction factors given in EN 1992-1-1 were found not to be as ... concrete tensile strength. – concrete modulus of elasticity ...
www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/43... - Similar pages
[PDF] EN 1992-1-1 DesignFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Coefficient Xi1. The bond coefficient x. 1 according to EN 1992-1-1, ... This factor is used to specify the effective concrete tensile strength f ...
www.infograph.eu/download/en1992_manual.pdf

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It's all here:
http://www.eurocodes.co.uk/PartDetail.aspx?EurocodePartID=12

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