Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cuñas

English translation:

rotational slides

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Nov 2, 2006 16:17
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Spanish term

cuñas

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems
I have seen this translated as "wedges" in other contexts, but I would like to make sure that it is appropriate for this field. Thanks for the help! Here's the context...

ANCHO DE BERMA MÍNIMO Y ÁNGULO INTERRAMPA MÁXIMO
En nuestro caso, los sistemas estructurales predominantes son subverticales, con manteos en el rango de 70º a 90º y valores típicos de 85º, por lo que no generan inestabilidades de importancia a nivel de banco, y es posible afirmar que el ancho de berma, B, no presenta restricciones respecto a los derrames producidos por deslizamientos planos y/o de ***cuñas***; y por lo tanto, el ángulo interrampa, αIR, tampoco estaría condicionado por este tipo de inestabilidades.

Conforme con todo lo anterior, y tomando en cuenta que los diseños analizados han considerado las recomendaciones de diseño señaladas por Karzulovic et al (2005), las geometrías del sistema banco berma de los taludes que aquí interesan, se resumen en tabla siguiente, y que corresponde al uso de bancos dobles de 32 m (2 × 16 m):
Proposed translations (English)
5 rotational slide
3 +1 wedges

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rotational slide

..instead of sliding along a plane, the slide develops a semi-circular or wedge shaped formation...

The two major types of slides are rotational slides and translational slides. ... Translational slide: In this type of slide, the landslide mass moves along ...
pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/fs-2004-3072.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages


[PDF] Types of landslides.inddFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
face and transverse across the slide (fig. 3A). Translational slide: In this type of slide, the. landslide mass moves along a roughly planar ...
pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/pdf/fs2004-3072.pdf - Similar pages


[PDF] Geological and geotechnical investigation of a shallow ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Geological and geotechnical investigation of a shallow translational slide. along a weathered rock/soil contact for the purpose of model ...
www.geo.tum.de/people/thuro/pubs/2004_ecl_rio_lutzenberg.pd...

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27 mins

wedges

Una sugerencia.
Peer comment(s):

agree Enrique Espinosa : sí, wedges es aplicable aquí
1 hr
Gracias Enrique
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