essai des butées d'arrêt de flexion

English translation: bending-moment stop test

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French term or phrase:essai des butées d'arrêt de flexion
English translation:bending-moment stop test
Entered by: truptee

11:03 May 31, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: essai des butées d'arrêt de flexion
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truptee
Local time: 02:11
"bending-moment stop test"
Explanation:
Harraps gives "bending moment test" or "stress test" for "essai de flexion", and simply "stop" for "butee d'arret". Ernst gives "crash stop" for the latter, but why risk what looks like a needless specificity that may not be wholly appropriate.
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Paul Becke (X)
Local time: 21:41
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1test of the flex arrest blocks
Mike Birch
4"bending-moment stop test"
Paul Becke (X)


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
test of the flex arrest blocks


Explanation:
presumably the limb should bend only so far - not a 'double-jointed' prosthetic

Mike Birch
Local time: 21:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): but bending, as of a knee maybe, rather than flex
7 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"bending-moment stop test"


Explanation:
Harraps gives "bending moment test" or "stress test" for "essai de flexion", and simply "stop" for "butee d'arret". Ernst gives "crash stop" for the latter, but why risk what looks like a needless specificity that may not be wholly appropriate.

Paul Becke (X)
Local time: 21:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 31
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Thanks Dear!
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