Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 23, 2018 12:50
6 yrs ago
22 viewers *
Spanish term
Ecuador
2 language couple - Scientist/Marketeer
Native in: English 
, Spanish (Variants: Peruvian, Chilean, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Latin American, Standard-Spain, Colombian) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Italian to English, and 816 more.
cajón
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Rehabilitation
From an inspection report from Spain for translation to British English. Talking about actions to reinforce building structure.
"Pilares: refuerzo mediante empresillado o cajón metálico."
"Pilares: refuerzo mediante empresillado o cajón metálico."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | steel jacketing |
bigedsenior
|
| 3 | metal box/enclosure |
John Morató (X)
|
| 3 | caisson / deep foundation |
Neil Ashby
|
Proposed translations
+1
3 hrs
Selected
steel jacketing
We saw a lot of this in California after the 1989 earthquake. All the highway bridge and overpass columns were retrofitted with steel and concrete jackets.
onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1991/1290vol1/1290-039.pdf
by S Jacketing - Related articles
Seismic Retrofit of Bridge Columns by. Steel Jacketing. Y. H. CHAI, M. J. NIGEL PRIESTLEY, AND FRIEDER SEIBLE. Inadequate flexural strength and ducLility of shear strength of concrete bridge columns has resulted in collapse or severe damage of a number of California bridges in recent moderate earthquakes.
Typical steel jacket retrofit details: (a) full height (b) typical section ...
https://www.researchgate.net/.../Typical-steel-jacket-retrof...
See figure: '13: Typical steel jacket retrofit details: (a) full height (b) typical section. ' from publication 'RELIABILITY BASED SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF RETROFITTED CONCRETE BRIDGE BENT' on ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.
onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1991/1290vol1/1290-039.pdf
by S Jacketing - Related articles
Seismic Retrofit of Bridge Columns by. Steel Jacketing. Y. H. CHAI, M. J. NIGEL PRIESTLEY, AND FRIEDER SEIBLE. Inadequate flexural strength and ducLility of shear strength of concrete bridge columns has resulted in collapse or severe damage of a number of California bridges in recent moderate earthquakes.
Typical steel jacket retrofit details: (a) full height (b) typical section ...
https://www.researchgate.net/.../Typical-steel-jacket-retrof...
See figure: '13: Typical steel jacket retrofit details: (a) full height (b) typical section. ' from publication 'RELIABILITY BASED SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF RETROFITTED CONCRETE BRIDGE BENT' on ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks"
2 hrs
metal box/enclosure
It is probably a metal box reinforcement.
2 hrs
Neil Ashby
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
DrNeil TechTrans, Precision & Clarity
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
255
caisson / deep foundation
Routledge Technical Dictionary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson
Deep foundation, also called a caisson foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson
Deep foundation, also called a caisson foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_foundation
Something went wrong...