Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tunel de herradura

English translation:

horseshoe section tunnel

Added to glossary by pedrores
Feb 3, 2002 01:16
22 yrs ago
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Spanish term

tunel de herradura

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering cables
los cables en la zona de tunel de herradura se tenderan en soportes...

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horseshoe section tunnel

Los túneles se excavan con el techo en forma de arco para que la sección se estable. Hasta hace algunos años las paredes del túnel no eran rectas sino que tambien tenian forma de arco, pero con el paso de los años se adoptado una sección con paredes verticales completamente rectas. Si el terreno es muy débil, se acude a hacer el propio piso (llamado invert) tambien en arco. En terrenos extremadamente débiles se adopta una sección completamente circular.

La sección antigua (paredes curvas) tiene exactamente la forma de una herradura de caballo y en inglés se llama "horseshoe section". La forma con paredes verticales se denomina "herradura modificada" (modified horseshoe), pero lo corriente es llamarla simplemente "herradura" para distinguirla de la sección circular.

En el caso presente, se trata de definir como se llevarán los cables (supongo que eléctricos) en el tramo de túnel que tiene sección herradura. Mi concepto es que basta con decir:
"the horseshoe section tunnel zone" para que se entienda que se está hablando de esa zona del túnel (que seguramente tiene otras zonas con sección circular).

Fuente: Mi trabajo en excavación de túneles y en diseño de centrales hidroeléctricas, soy ingeniero civil.
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horseshoe part of the tunnel

Not enough context, but this could be it (rounded top, straight or narrower sides), while other parts may be some other shape such as completely round, etc.... mostly a guess.

What can you get from context?
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bent part of the tunnel - "U" part of the tunnel

...since the horseshoe has the form of a U
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horseshoe tunnel

side, westbound trains would travel six miles of 2.2 grade through a horseshoe tunnel
turnning eastward to another horseshoe curve where it would pass within ...
www.ida.net/org/errhsi/EagleTracks6-7-98.htm

The opening to the west is the entry to the 600 foot long horseshoe tunnel that takes
trains under the transit center and US 26 to the side of Oregon Hwy 217. ...
www.geocities.com/ortraxandroads/sunsettc.html

good luck, P.
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agree Esther Hermida
2 days 3 hrs
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horseshoe-shaped tunnel

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Hey keith, why not start grading the answers you get?

If you're going to use this system to get help, use it properly and stop abusing it. You've asked 249 questions that you haven't graded. It's all there for everyone to see (that is, anyone who bothers to look) in your asker history.

I personally don't intend to offer you any further help, either by answering or peer grading, until you clean up your act.
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agree Patricia Lutteral
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agree Andrea Bullrich
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