cimbra

English translation: Formwork/shuttering

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Spanish term or phrase:	cimbra
English translation:	Formwork/shuttering
Entered by:	Gustavo Carias

21:16 Apr 3, 2002

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / pu�eteros viaductos

Spanish term or phrase: cimbra

OK, I've never been so desperate in my translating life. Me estoy volviendo cimbrático. Pregunté antes por AUTOCIMBRA y CIMBRA AUTOPORTANTE y todo lo que recibí fueron sendos NPIs (Ni P... Idea o versión similar). ¿Hay alguien que tenga media P.I. sobre CIMBRA a secas?: "Viaducto construido por fases con empleo de cimbra". Y es que igual es todo lo mismo. Y si no, me dan a dar de canto con una viga isostática continua y luego enterrarme bajo una losa de hormigón postesado debajo de un viaducto de la Autopista del Atlántico (lo que para mi suerte, está en Galicia, terra de meigas). Piedad :-O

Paul Roige (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 339 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1936 Spain
Local time: 09:26

Formwork/shuttering

Explanation:
Hola Paul:
Soy arquitecto y he trabajado en construccion muchos años. La cimbra o encofrado no es mas que el molde que se usa para vaciar el concreto (columnas, vigas, etc)generalmente son de madera o metal y se retiran una vez que el concreto haya fraguado. En ingles se llama formwork y en Inglaterra le dicen shuttering.

Espero que esto te ayude en tu traduccion.

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Gustavo Carias
Local time: 03:26

Grading comment

Grande! Gracias :-)
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

Centering

P Forgas

4 +1

concrete forms

Bill Greendyk

Formwork/shuttering

Gustavo Carias

centering

Sheila Hardie

didn't you try "bridge soffit" yet? (from previous Q)

Parrot

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

concrete forms

Explanation:
Sorry Paul, I only speak Swahili. :-(

My dictionary also says 'cimbra' can be 'arch centering' but in your context it sounds more like the concrete forms used in construction.

La piedad nos sobra. :-)

Bill Greendyk
United States
Local time: 03:26
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 527

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Centering

Explanation:
Centering
Temporary structure or falsework supporting an arch during construction.

http://pghbridges.com/termsBrg.htm

lamento haberme distraído tanto con el pre/postensado. Espero que este glosario te sea útil.

gnweé
Saludos, P.

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según el diccionario,
cimbra
armazón para construir y sostener un arco o una bóveda

en una sola palabra, es un encofrado especial

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En el caso de hormigón pretensado no se verterá el hormigón directamente sobre las vainas para evitar un desplazamiento de las mismas. Si se trata de hormigonar una dovela sobre un carro de avance o un tramo continuo sobre una cimbra autoportante. se seguirá un proceso de vertido tal que so coloque la mayor masa posible de hormigón fuera del contacto con el elemento anteriormente hormigonado, y de este modo se hayan producido la mayor parte de las deformaciones del carro o autocimbra en el momento en que se hormigone la junta.

http://www.carreteros.org/pg3/articulos/6/i/a_610.htm

con lo que queda demostrado que
cimbra autoportante=autocimbra

self-supporting debe solucionar tus problemas

P Forgas
Brazil
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 1249

23 mins confidence:

centering

Explanation:
According to this architectural glossary I found on the internet, it is centering.

P.S. My Zhuang keyboard is out of action, sorry about that. I hope English is OK today.

Cement. Cemento.Centering. Cimbra.
Uncentering. Decimbrar, retirar cimbras.
http://members.tripod.com/robertexto/archivo5/dicc_arq.htm

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Could autoportante be self-supporting? Just an idea:)

Centering A temporary framework over which arch elements are assembled until they are self-supporting.

http://www.nireland.com/bridgeman/Dictionary.htm

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A photo of this lovely cimbra autoportante (I think):
http://www.premex.com.mx/prod02.htm
a losa nervada Premexcimbra es un sistema a base de viguetas pretensadas que forman las nervaduras unidireccionales a cada 75 cms. de interejes, entre estas se montan en sitio la cimbra autoportante de fibra de vidrio la cual es recuperable, se tiende y se fija la malla electrosoldada. Posteriormente se procede a colar la losa de compresión con concreto con un f\'c=200 kg/cm2, a las 24 horas se retiran los módulos de fibra de vidrio quedando así la losa nervada.

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1383

40 mins confidence:

didn't you try "bridge soffit" yet? (from previous Q)

Explanation:
See pic:
http://www.abam.com/project_gallery/sr509.html

Glossary definition:
Soffit
- the underside or lining beneath a beam, or lintel, or of any projection from the face of a building, eg a portico or stair or overhanging roof. The under side of an arch should properly be referred to as an intrados.

However, there is such a thing as a bridge soffit, which is the underside of the deck (top part).

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Reply to Sheila: autoportante in structural engr. IS self-supporting. However, this guy had one hell of a weird problem with another type of auto- what was that, Paul?

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AH SI!!! AUTOCIMBRA. Pues, NPI...

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 7645

1 day 7 hrs confidence:

Formwork/shuttering

Gustavo Carias
Local time: 03:26
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 7

Grading comment

Grande! Gracias :-)

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