Mar 10, 2004 19:20
20 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
fuseplug
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
assessed a number of spillway upgrade options at XXX Dam to pass the PMP Design Flood. Options assessed included construction of a tertiary spillway, raising of the secondary embankment and provision of a fuseplug spillway.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | de emergência |
Henrique Magalhaes
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| 4 | escoadoura auxiliar |
Deborah do Carmo
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Henrique Magalhaes
Native in Portuguese
Traduttore...ma non traditore!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, and 4 more.
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de emergência
Declined
IN THIS CASE WE ARE TALKING OF A 'ESCOADOURO = SPILLWAY'AND ADDING THE TERM FUSEPLUG I THINK THAT THE PORTUGUESE VERSION WOULD IS 'EMERGÊNCIA'
3 days 2 hrs
Deborah do Carmo
Portugal
Portugal
Native in English
Portugal
Lawyer-Linguist
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Dutch to English, Flemish to English, English
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Portuguese term (edited):
fuseplug spillway
escoadoura auxiliar
Declined
This is another option to using the term emergency:
In order to reduce the likelihood of a dam failure, consideration should be given to constructing a separate emergency fuseplug spillway (or auxiliary spillway) to carry part of the spillway discharge at maximum flows.
As the flood increases in size and exceeds the capacity of the dam's standard spillway, the fuseplug is overtopped and washes out. For the maximum probable flood, both the standard dam spillway and fuseplug spillways will discharge at the design discharges.
Chris E. Maeder, M.S.
Senior Technical Engineer
[email protected]
In order to reduce the likelihood of a dam failure, consideration should be given to constructing a separate emergency fuseplug spillway (or auxiliary spillway) to carry part of the spillway discharge at maximum flows.
As the flood increases in size and exceeds the capacity of the dam's standard spillway, the fuseplug is overtopped and washes out. For the maximum probable flood, both the standard dam spillway and fuseplug spillways will discharge at the design discharges.
Chris E. Maeder, M.S.
Senior Technical Engineer
[email protected]
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