Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

amorces à la rupture

English translation:

crack initiation

Added to glossary by mchd
Jun 21, 2013 13:03
10 yrs ago
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French term

amorces à la rupture

French to English Medical Medical: Instruments Orthopaedics
...and another from this horrible text:

Context: This is a text about primary femoral components. It is from an excel document describing problems with the implant, and their perioperative and post-operative effect, as well as the 'Nature du risque', which is the section this comes under.

Surface irrégulière sur le col favorisant les amorces à la rupture

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Jul 2, 2013 12:18: mchd Created KOG entry

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crack initiation

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agree kashew
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merci
agree GILLES MEUNIER
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merci Gilles
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flaw leading to a possible rupture

or presenting a risk for rupture

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orrosion of modular hip prostheses - The Bone & Joint Journal
www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/73.../569.full.p...‎Traduire cette page
de EB Mathiesen - 1991 - Cité 94 fois - Autres articles
Hospital. The prostheses are made of cast cobalt- chromium. (Francobal), which ..... 1972). Metallurgical flaws, such as inclusions and porosities in cast devices.
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neutral Tony M : 'rupture' is probably not the most natural term to use here in EN, where it has a more restricted range of senses than in FR. Maybe, but usage in a foreign hospital is not necessarily authoritative; can you find any NATIVE references?
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For flawed prosthesis rupture is the term we have used with our ortopedics units.
neutral Joanne Archambault : to follow-up on Tony's comment, failure or breakage are more appropriate for this context
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Same reply Joan.
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failure initiation points

or just "failure points"
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incipient fracture

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As in: [...] ce que l'axe comporte au moins une ***amorce de rupture*** (4) et au moins un moyen de renfort (5,51,52) disposé au droit de l'amorce de rupture et permettant d'accro tre la résistance de l'axe, le moyen de renfort étant susceptible de se déplacer sous l'action d'un moyen moteur (7,62) pour se positionner à distance de l'amorce de rupture (4) assurant ainsi la fragilisation de l'axe (1).
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[...] that the pin incorporates at least one incipient fracture (4) and at least one reinforcement means (5, 51, 52) at right angles to the incipient fracture and strengthening the pin, the reinforcement means being able to be displaced under the action of drive means (7, 62) to take up a position at a distance from the ***incipient fracture*** (4) thereby ensuring the embrittlement of the pin (1).
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starting points for cracks


"Crack Dynamics
... the way the crack behaves at the starting point turns out to affect where it goes from there ..."

[http://sciencenetlinks.com/science-news/science-updates/crac...]
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