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pano de pedra

English translation: rock veneer

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Portuguese term or phrase:pano de pedra
English translation:rock veneer
Entered by: Maria Cristina Vasconcelos

02:20 Jul 29, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / planejamento urbano
Portuguese term or phrase: pano de pedra
“PANO DE PEDRA”
Constitui-se no revestimento do talude por blocos de rocha, talhados em forma regular e com
tamanho conveniente. Esses blocos são assentados sobre a superfície do talude, e rejuntados com
argamassa, conferindo proteção contra a erosão e promovendo maior estabilidade para a estrutura
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Brazil
Local time: 16:12
rock veneer
Explanation:
Of course a retaining wall will stabilize a slope, but it stands at 90 degrees and chops off the bottom part of the slope. From your description, it seems that you're looking for some form of cladding that covers the entire slope. I was able to find several examples of 'rock veneer'. (I had no luck with 'stone veneer', 'stone cladding', or 'stone sheet(ing)' in the context of slope stabilization.)

If it's not the perfect term, at least it's accurately descriptive.

www.nps.gov/features/glac/gtsr/.../e-ch3.pdf
U.S. National Park Service
Drainage, slope stability, retaining walls, guardwalls, and roadway pavement ..... cally stabilizing the earth (MSE) and reducing or eliminating the load on the .... **Finish the remaining rock veneer work** in the same fashion as it was started; or.

www.mdt.mt.gov/.../pesc_manual...
Montana Department of Transportation
Steep Fill or Cut Slopes Slope Soil Stabilization. Section A9.0 ...... **Rock veneer** is appropriate in areas where the finished slope is composed of highly erodible ...

www.nab.usace.army.mil/.../PN%...
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Apr 2, 2014 - 0029, on the existing alignment, because of an underlying slope ... stream bank, **a 10-foot rock veneer will be constructed** with R-8 rock chocked with native ... are due to the placement of fill associated with the stabilization.

The following definition refers to a natural formation, but the other ones are man-made.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_veneer
Wikipedia
A rock veneer is a geomorphic formation in which rock fragments (clasts) of gravel or cobble size form a thin cover over a surface or hillslope. Rock veneers are ...

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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 12:12
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4rock veneer
Muriel Vasconcellos
4 +1geotextile
Mario Freitas
5retaining wall
Mari Melo
3rock sheath
judith ryan


  

Answers


46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
geotextile


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=geotextile "Slope stabili...

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 55

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: Geotextile is made of fiber.
16 mins
  -> Yup, mineral fiber = rock (basalt). Though it's not composed of blocks of rock as described in the text. So this is probably not the best of suggestions.
agree  Nick Taylor: um “pano de pedra” para proteção superficial de taludes, um muro de contenção de pedras rejuntadas, ..."gabiao manta"
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nick!
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
retaining wall


Explanation:
Deve ser suficiente, embora não seja um jargão como o original.


    Reference: http://www.reconwalls.com/channel-block-walls.html
    Reference: http://www.townetreeandlandscaping.com/retaining_walls.htm
Mari Melo
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
rock veneer


Explanation:
Of course a retaining wall will stabilize a slope, but it stands at 90 degrees and chops off the bottom part of the slope. From your description, it seems that you're looking for some form of cladding that covers the entire slope. I was able to find several examples of 'rock veneer'. (I had no luck with 'stone veneer', 'stone cladding', or 'stone sheet(ing)' in the context of slope stabilization.)

If it's not the perfect term, at least it's accurately descriptive.

www.nps.gov/features/glac/gtsr/.../e-ch3.pdf
U.S. National Park Service
Drainage, slope stability, retaining walls, guardwalls, and roadway pavement ..... cally stabilizing the earth (MSE) and reducing or eliminating the load on the .... **Finish the remaining rock veneer work** in the same fashion as it was started; or.

www.mdt.mt.gov/.../pesc_manual...
Montana Department of Transportation
Steep Fill or Cut Slopes Slope Soil Stabilization. Section A9.0 ...... **Rock veneer** is appropriate in areas where the finished slope is composed of highly erodible ...

www.nab.usace.army.mil/.../PN%...
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Apr 2, 2014 - 0029, on the existing alignment, because of an underlying slope ... stream bank, **a 10-foot rock veneer will be constructed** with R-8 rock chocked with native ... are due to the placement of fill associated with the stabilization.

The following definition refers to a natural formation, but the other ones are man-made.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_veneer
Wikipedia
A rock veneer is a geomorphic formation in which rock fragments (clasts) of gravel or cobble size form a thin cover over a surface or hillslope. Rock veneers are ...



Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 12:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada a todos!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas: This fits better into the context, you're right.
24 mins
  -> Thanks, Mario!
agree  Margarida Ataide
3 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gilmar!
agree  Richard Purdom
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Richard!
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rock sheath


Explanation:
If you want to keep it more literal, but the description is of a rock retaining wall

judith ryan
Brazil
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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