Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

robustesse sismique

English translation:

seismic or earthquake resistibility

Added to glossary by EirTranslations
May 13, 2012 09:42
12 yrs ago
French term

robustesse sismique

French to English Other Nuclear Eng/Sci
For a nuclear power plant, with regards to an earthquake event, plse see below thanks (damaging agents to equipment and structures and "seismic solidness" or how solid an item is with regards to an earthquake taking place)

Au niveau des études et avant réalisation, elle doit faciliter la vérification que des agresseurs (non classés au séisme), tels qu'équipements, structures ou systèmes présents dans l'environnement des équipements cibles (IPS, classés au séisme) ne peuvent affecter leur bon fonctionnement et leur robustesse sismique (en particulier vis à vis des fonctions de sûreté qu'ils assurent).

Proposed translations

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seismic or earthquake resistibility

I´d say

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Note added at 2 Stunden (2012-05-13 12:21:50 GMT)
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other options would be resistivity or resilience
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Peer comment(s):

agree chris collister : or resilience// no, not resistivity, which is more usually used to indicate an electrical property
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thank you ! yes resilience is fine,too. also resistivity.
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earthquake durability

and "earthquake/Seismic safe (building etc)
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seismic resistance

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