Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

desaguando nas descidas de água em concreto armado

English translation:

flowing into reinforced concrete water spillways

Added to glossary by Mario Freitas
Sep 12, 2014 05:43
10 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

desaguando nas descidas de água em concreto armado

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
Hi,

I do not understand very well this part of the sentence: desaguando nas descidas de água em concreto armado

Sistema de drenagem superficial composto por drenagem na própria berma, com revestimento em laterita compactada (camada de 30 cm) desaguando nas descidas de água em concreto armado localizadas a cada 400 metros, sendo todos os dispositivos de drenagem dimensionados para Tempo de Retorno igual a 1.000 anos.

Intento: Surface drainage system composed of a drainage system in the berm itself, covered with compacted laterite (30 cm layer), it flows over the water falls? in reinforced concrete? located at each 400 meters, and all drainage devices are sized for the 1000 year return period.

Thank you in advance for your help.
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Sep 15, 2014 16:35: Mario Freitas Created KOG entry

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flowing into reinforced concrete water spillways

Desaguar: to flow into, to outflow (no caso, o fluxo é natural e a primeira opção é melhot, IMO).
Descida de Água: Water spillway ou water ladder (novamente, prefiro a primeira)
Concreto Armado: reinforced concrete
Peer comment(s):

agree Margarida Ataide
22 mins
Obrigado, Margarida!
agree airmailrpl : flowing into reinforced concrete spillways.."water" is not necessary
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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discharging into reinforced concrete channels

discharging into reinforced concrete channels
Peer comment(s):

agree Matthew Salt
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thanks matthew
agree Richard Purdom
2 days 4 hrs
thanks Richard
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