Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

lajes de piso aligeiradas

English translation:

lightweight floor slabs

Added to glossary by rhandler
May 18, 2007 16:59
17 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

lajes de piso aligeiradas

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering European PT, British EN
This is in the description of a building's construction.

Thank you in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 light floor slabs
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May 28, 2007 16:52: rhandler Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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light floor slabs

aligeiradas = tornadas mais leves

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JSTOR: Milestones and Memoranda on the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright
528 light floor slabs are tapered hollow from the core to carry air-conditioning, lighting and appurtenance systems. These cantilevers are formed by special ...
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0023-7639(195611)32:4<361:M...


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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2007-05-21 13:53:43 GMT)
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You may consider my suggestion as LIGHTWEIGHT FLOOR SLABS, as in these examples:

[PDF] Pittini electrowelded steels
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For lightweight floor slabs, plates are supplied from the prefabrication plant with. polystyrene void formers which are positioned between the lattice ...
www.buildup.it/Documents/Portal/NotiziarioPittini/Pittini B...

[PDF] Looking back years as a structural engineer
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mainly lightweight floor slabs, among them what was later. called 'ortho-tropic plate'-a stiffened steel plate with a thin. asphalt-wearing surface. ...
www.istructe.org/thestructuralengineer/HC/getfile.asp?id=36...

William Rodriguez Hits the Mainstream | 911Blogger.com
Why do you compare this building to WTC, which had no concrete structure, other that lightweight floor slabs? Explosions have long ago been explained, ...
www.911blogger.com/node/8093
Peer comment(s):

agree lexical : Yes, absolutely right.
1 hr
Thank you, lexical!
agree Carla Queiro (X) : light or light-weight floor slabs
6 hrs
Thank you, Carla! Yes, you are right: light-weight is a good option.
agree asptech : A lightweight floor slab can be either lightweight in design, see http://www.r4tecno.com.br/laje.alveolar, or made of lightweight materials, e.g. lightweight concrete aggregate.
2 days 13 hrs
Thank you, asptech. Yes, both approaches exist, and may be combined.
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