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12:07 Feb 20, 2013 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Highways - Roads - Tunnel | |||||||
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4 | tunnel mouth |
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4 | portal (construction) |
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3 | tunnel opening |
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tunnel opening Explanation: FYI "face" is not the opening end of the tunnel but the digging end.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2013-02-20 12:48:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or maybe more general, "tunnel opening area"....I think the point is that there is always ease of access (escape) from the tunnel even in difficult situations (e.g. when there is a TBM inside, etc.) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2013-02-20 12:49:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It would be good to know what is being established? Have you some more context? |
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tunnel mouth Explanation: This is the same as "emboquille" or "emboquillado", which is "tunnel mouth". "Una vez completadas las excavaciones de los tajos y realizadas las obras de estabilización de los taludes que los forman, se avanzará con la media sección superior por ambos frentes del túnel en los llamados tramos de emportalamiento (o emboquillado) (unos 10 a 20 m de longitud cada uno, aproximadamente)" "Por las razones expuestas, esta solución resulta muy atractiva en los emportalamientos o emboquilles de túneles y en los primeros metros de avance de las excavaciones, así como en zonas de mala calidad geotécnica." These are pdfs and I can't copy the urls, but if you google phrases from the above quotes, you'll see mexican websites with the references. |
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portal (construction) Explanation: The portals are tunnel entrances and exits. The diagram below shows the relationship between these underground structures in a typical mountain tunnel. The opening of the tunnel is a portal. The "roof" of the tunnel, or the top half of the tube, is the crown. The bottom half is the invert. The basic geometry of the tunnel is a continuous arch. Because tunnels must withstand tremendous pressure from all sides, the arch is an ideal shape. In the case of a tunnel, the arch simply goes all the way around. http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/tunn... [PDF] Tunnel-Technology - Mining and Blasting miningandblasting.files.wordpress.com/.../tunnel-technology.p...ShareFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View The opening of the tunnel is a portal. ... The tunnel engineers' term .... The stability of the face (stand-up time) may be examined in terms of four principal ... I think you may find that "portal construction" would be a better translation for your term than just portal in many cases. Reference: http://www.arema.org/files/comm/c1/06-04-12/C1_GLOSSARY_OF_T... |
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Reference Reference information: Here are some references which may help to decipher the term. One reference uses "end portal" (or different entrances), but I am not 100% convinced. www.scribd.com/.../MEMORIA-TRADECO-18-A... Jun 7, 2012 – The construction site had an area of 1. y con el fin de brindar a la comunidad un ...... of the asphalt concrete to make a single slope.5 km long bodies. ..... cada uno de ellos cuenta con un “emportalamiento” o entradas diferentes. ...... oil Companies face nowadays at the moment of performing installation jobs ... ****Técnicamente se podría decir quese construyeron cuatro túneles,porque cada uno de ellos cuenta conun “emportalamiento” o entradas diferentes. Technically it could be said that four tunnels were built, because each one of them includes an “end portal”, or different entrances.*** http://www.smig.org.mx/archivos/pdf/XXV/ar_01.pdf Examples: Figura 12. Tratamientos para las zonas de emportalamiento y cruce con fallas. Marcos metálicos 6.2 Antecedentes En mayo de 2009, después del avance de los trabajos de emportalamiento y después de varias lluvias en la zona, ocurrió un desprendimiento de un gran bloque de roca ubicado en el costado izquierdo y central del portal. Este se originó por la presencia de una grieta vertical continua (desconocida) que apareció detrás del escarpe o cantil, delimitado también por una discontinuidad de ángulo bajo de inclinación (llamada paleosuelo), localizada en la base de la ladera, junto al sector del corte para emportalamiento. El sector Tuxpan no se escapa de las condiciones mencionadas para el sector México. 4rd amendment to mixed public works contract - Securities and ... www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885012/.../y10410exv4w7.txt... in the Agreement, of the portals of the deviation tunnels and the access road to ... ramp and "emportalamiento" of said tunnel the amount of US $ 1,662,411.00 ... Deposit Agreement - ICA CORP - 6-30-2005 www.docstoc.com › ... › Account Control AgreementJun 30, 2005 – ... of the portals of the deviation tunnels and the access road to the Site, ... for the "emportalamiento" of said tunnel the amount of $ 338,578.50 ... |
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