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| English to French translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / Concrete | |||||||
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| 5 | béton à consistance de terre humide |
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| 4 | béton sec |
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| earth-moist concrete béton à consistance de terre humide Explanation: Un article très pertinent : https://www.cpi-worldwide.com/fr/journals/artikel/12985 |
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béton sec Explanation: I have done a lot of work for an institute representing manufacturers of precast concrete products and conducting research into their production. They use the term 'béton sec' for a concrete mix with low water content, as is desirable for fast production of precast units. In context it is clear that it is 'wet concrete', not concrete that has dried and hardened. Moreover, 'earth-moist' is a variant on other terms used for the same thing and revolving around use of the word 'slump' (tassement): 'no/low/zero slump concrete'. In my 40 years working with concrete, I cqn't say I recall encountering 'earth-moist' until today. It appears, however, that it goes back to at least 1978 when the Canadian Thesarus of Construction Technology and Science advised against the literal translation and recommended 'béton sec'.   -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 hrs (2022-02-08 23:50:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Thinking more about it, while in the industry they say 'béton sec', the fuller term is 'béton sec à démoulage immédiat'. A Mazières-de-Touraine, c'était plutôt le jardin et la maison individuelle qui constituaient les cibles de ce spécialiste des produits en béton. Mais attention, pas n'importe quel béton, du BÉTON SEC, vibré et pressé ayant une vocation décorative. [...] A Mazières-de-Touraine, les 7.500 m 2de l'usine abritent les vingt-trois vibro-presses qui produiront le BÉTON SEC À DÉMOULAGE IMMÉDIAT, https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/weser-dej... "Un BÉTON SEC À DÉMOULAGE IMMÉDIAT dont la formulation est couramment utilisé pour la fabrication de blocs de construction (pleins ou creux) par vibrocompactage (NF EN 771-3/CN)." https://augc.asso.fr/offres-emploi/83/consulter "Les blocs, hourdis, pavés et bordures… sont fabriqués selon un procédé de moulage sous vibration et À DÉMOULAGE IMMÉDIAT. Ces produits sont constitués d’un BÉTON SEC (environ 7 % d’eau) et de peu de ciment, de 7 à 12 % selon le type." https://www.constructioncayola.com/batiment/article/2008/10/... It's 'consistance' is S1 (slump 1), the grading corresponding to no-slump and therefore earth-moist concrete. |
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