Comporta Segmento do Vertedouro
English translation: Spillway Dam Section
| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| 12:32 Apr 6, 2005 |
| Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Power Generation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
|  Selected response from: Luiza Modesto Brazil Local time: 19:18 | ||||||
Grading comment
| |||||||
| Summary of answers provided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | weir sluice gate |
| ||
| 3 +1 | Spillway Dam Section |
|
Answers
1 hr confidence: 
weir sluice gate Explanation: Este é o nome. Veja estes exemplos e visite os sites (com ilustrações): 26003 - Foston Beck at Foston Mill ... Flows measured by a sharp-edged weir sluice gate. Theoretical rating. Pre-1976 the sluice position was not accurately recorded and the computed flows ... www.nwl.ac.uk/ih/nrfa/station_summaries/026/003.html Return of Salmon to the Calder ... Maker's plate, Kirkthorpe Weir sluice gate. Maker's plate, the sluice gate, Kirkthorpe Weir. There were probably still salmon in the Calder in 1827. ... www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/naturediary/docs/2004/8/19.html |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
2 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Spillway Dam Section Explanation: Meu dicionário traduz "comporta de vertedouro" como "spillway dam". Buscando esse termo na net, encontrei "spillway dam section". The main elements of the project are the dam, two power plants, and the navigation facilities. The spillway dam section is in the center of the river channel, that is, on the original main river course, while the intake and non-overflow sections are arranged on each side. The powerhouses are to be located at the toe of the intake section. The navigation structures are on the left bank. http://www.chinadam.com/dam/dam.htm The spillway dam, which is located in the middle of the river channel, is 483 m long in total, where there are 23 bottom outlets dimensioned 7¡Á9 m with an elevation of 90 m and 22 Surface sluice gates with a net width of 8 m and a sill elevation at 158 m. In the downstream part of this section, flip bucket for energy dissipation is provided. On both sides of the spillway dam section, there will be arranged the intake-dam and non-overflow dam sections. http://www.china-hiking.com/ThreeGorges/4.htm |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.
You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.
See also:
Search millions of term translations