viés

English translation: skews

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Portuguese term or phrase:viés
English translation:skews
Entered by: Douglas Bissell

13:55 Sep 27, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Portuguese term or phrase: viés
Pontes e e obras de arte similares, com vão único e igual ou inferior a 10 metros e viés superior a 70.° •

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Douglas Bissell
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Local time: 15:13
skews
Explanation:
skews

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Note added at 30 mins (2015-09-27 14:26:07 GMT)
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For bridge skews less than or equal to 30 degrees, the abutment diaphragms shall be connected to bearing stiffeners aligned with the centerline of bearings. In the upper part of Figure 5.5.1.4.1.9 two details for fillet welding a skewed stiffener to the girder web are shown.
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 15:13
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4skews
Nick Taylor
3obliqueness / skewness
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral


  

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obliqueness / skewness


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skew_arch

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Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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skews


Explanation:
skews

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Note added at 30 mins (2015-09-27 14:26:07 GMT)
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For bridge skews less than or equal to 30 degrees, the abutment diaphragms shall be connected to bearing stiffeners aligned with the centerline of bearings. In the upper part of Figure 5.5.1.4.1.9 two details for fillet welding a skewed stiffener to the girder web are shown.

Nick Taylor
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