arch barrels

French translation: Fûts, culées.

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English term or phrase:arch barrels
French translation:Fûts, culées.
Entered by: Andrew Paul Kennett

13:11 Mar 25, 2021
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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Ponts
English term or phrase: arch barrels
If built over water, the water is diverted in the watercourse bed in order for the gravel to be replaced by a strong material.
Arch barrels are built and filled with rubble.
2.
The abutments are erected to the base of the arches (springing).
5.
A road or railway line is built on the bridge.
3.
The arch frames are built.
They are either raised at the same time or individually if the abutments are wide enough.
6.
Parapet walls are built to protect bridge traffic.


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Geneviève Ghenne
France
Local time: 17:01
Fûts, culées.
Explanation:
Possible que ce soit ce que vous cherchez; Les arcs ou voûtes sont posés dessus.
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3 +1Fûts, culées.
Andrew Paul Kennett
3voûte plein-cintre / voûte en berceau
florence metzger


  

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voûte plein-cintre / voûte en berceau


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florence metzger
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daryo: "des voûtes" built FIRST (before the foundations?) and filled with rubble?
16 hrs
  -> culée c'est abutment

agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
1 day 1 hr
  -> merci
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Fûts, culées.


Explanation:
Possible que ce soit ce que vous cherchez; Les arcs ou voûtes sont posés dessus.


Example sentence(s):
  • En cas de construction au-dessus de l'eau, l'eau est détournée dans le lit du cours d'eau afin que le gravier soit remplacé par un matériau résistant. Des fûts en arc sont construits et remplis de gravats.

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_en_arc
Andrew Paul Kennett
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agree  Daryo: il est question des fondations de piliers de pont
11 hrs
  -> Merci Daryo
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