Surépaisseur de coquillage

English translation: Outer cladding

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French term or phrase:	Surépaisseur de coquillage
English translation:	Outer cladding
Entered by:	Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X)

10:27 Mar 5, 2007

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mathematics & Statistics / Oceanography - Offshore construction

French term or phrase: Surépaisseur de coquillage

In a (post-grad?) student worksheet on the physics and maths of offshore construction.

The term appears in the following list:

SPECIFICATIONS
Environnement
Conditions générales
Profondeur d'eau: 32 m
Courant constant: 1.125 m/s
Surépaisseur de coquillage: 2" au rayon entre les niveaux +4 m et -8 m exclus
Coefficients hydrodynamiques: Cd = 0.75 et Cm = 1.50
Surélévation de marée: 2 m

I was thinking of going with 'Casing allowance' but would welcome suggestions and improvements!

Thanks

Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 55 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 70 United Kingdom
Local time: 04:51

Casing reinforcement

Explanation:
Sounds a bit more, er, forceful in a tech spec than "allowance", perhaps? (With apologies for the forced pun...)

Selected response from:

Frank Foley
Local time: 05:51

Grading comment

It turned out to be 'Outer Cladding'! but your answer helped me get there so I hope 2 points seems fair :)
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

Casing reinforcement

Frank Foley

extra depth of shell

narasimha (X)

Answers

27 mins confidence:

Casing reinforcement

Explanation:
Sounds a bit more, er, forceful in a tech spec than "allowance", perhaps? (With apologies for the forced pun...)

Frank Foley
Local time: 05:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 5

Grading comment

It turned out to be 'Outer Cladding'! but your answer helped me get there so I hope 2 points seems fair :)

2 hrs confidence:

extra depth of shell

Explanation:
Surépaisseur means extra thickness/extra depth.it can also be mentioned as additional thickness, which can be termed as reinforcement.

narasimha (X)
India
Local time: 09:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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