amorces à la rupture

English translation: crack initiation

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French term or phrase:amorces à la rupture
English translation:crack initiation
Entered by: mchd

13:03 Jun 21, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / Orthopaedics
French term or phrase: amorces à la rupture
...and another from this horrible text:

Context: This is a text about primary femoral components. It is from an excel document describing problems with the implant, and their perioperative and post-operative effect, as well as the 'Nature du risque', which is the section this comes under.

Surface irrégulière sur le col favorisant les amorces à la rupture

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Claire Knell
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:32
crack initiation
Explanation:
http://www.larrylawson.net/fatigue.htm
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mchd
France
Local time: 16:32
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2crack initiation
mchd
4flaw leading to a possible rupture
Drmanu49
4incipient fracture
kashew
4starting points for cracks
Daryo
3failure initiation points
Joanne Archambault


  

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flaw leading to a possible rupture


Explanation:
or presenting a risk for rupture

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orrosion of modular hip prostheses - The Bone & Joint Journal
www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/73.../569.full.p...‎Traduire cette page
de EB Mathiesen - 1991 - Cité 94 fois - Autres articles
Hospital. The prostheses are made of cast cobalt- chromium. (Francobal), which ..... 1972). Metallurgical flaws, such as inclusions and porosities in cast devices.
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Drmanu49
France
Local time: 16:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 326

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: 'rupture' is probably not the most natural term to use here in EN, where it has a more restricted range of senses than in FR. Maybe, but usage in a foreign hospital is not necessarily authoritative; can you find any NATIVE references?
25 mins
  -> For flawed prosthesis rupture is the term we have used with our ortopedics units.

neutral  Joanne Archambault: to follow-up on Tony's comment, failure or breakage are more appropriate for this context
36 mins
  -> Same reply Joan.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
crack initiation


Explanation:
http://www.larrylawson.net/fatigue.htm

mchd
France
Local time: 16:32
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  kashew
22 mins
  -> merci

agree  GILOU
2 days 2 hrs
  -> merci Gilles
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
failure initiation points


Explanation:
or just "failure points"

Joanne Archambault
United States
Local time: 11:32
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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incipient fracture


Explanation:
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As in: [...] ce que l'axe comporte au moins une ***amorce de rupture*** (4) et au moins un moyen de renfort (5,51,52) disposé au droit de l'amorce de rupture et permettant d'accro tre la résistance de l'axe, le moyen de renfort étant susceptible de se déplacer sous l'action d'un moyen moteur (7,62) pour se positionner à distance de l'amorce de rupture (4) assurant ainsi la fragilisation de l'axe (1).
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[...] that the pin incorporates at least one incipient fracture (4) and at least one reinforcement means (5, 51, 52) at right angles to the incipient fracture and strengthening the pin, the reinforcement means being able to be displaced under the action of drive means (7, 62) to take up a position at a distance from the ***incipient fracture*** (4) thereby ensuring the embrittlement of the pin (1).
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kashew
France
Local time: 16:32
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starting points for cracks


Explanation:

"Crack Dynamics
... the way the crack behaves at the starting point turns out to affect where it goes from there ..."

[http://sciencenetlinks.com/science-news/science-updates/crac...]

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:32
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
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