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voiles

English translation: Concrete walls

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French term or phrase:voiles
English translation:Concrete walls
Entered by: Chakib Roula

07:19 Feb 28, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
French term or phrase: voiles
can anyone give me an idea what voiles means in this sentence
Les hourdis seront autoportants et reposeront sur les talons des poutres et des voiles. I have worked out that talos de poutres are beam flanges but voiles is still a mystery.
Thanks Nick
Nicholas Hogg
Georgia
Concrete walls
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Chakib Roula
Algeria
Local time: 01:05
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3 +3Concrete walls
Chakib Roula
5 +1thin concrete wall
narasimha (X)


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Concrete walls


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Chakib Roula
Algeria
Local time: 01:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 14
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman: Thin concrete wall
9 mins
  -> Thank you Sandra.
agree  Didier Fourcot: concrete cast wall d'après Dicobat si c'est du béton, ou framed shell si c'est de la charpente, la proximité de poutres pourrait le suggérer
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thank you Didier
agree  Istvan Nagy
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thank you Istvan
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
thin concrete wall


Explanation:
It is not just a concrete wall but a thin concrete wall
voile m armé reinforced wall (thin)
voile m d’étanchéité diaphragm [watertight], grout curtain [dam]
voile m d’injection grout curtain
voile m (de béton) thin (concrete) wall
voile m de sécurité safety net
voile m en béton concrete shell
voile m mince thin concrete shell roof
voile m non armé thin unreinforced wall.

This is a list of voiles that you will get in Civil Engineering.

narasimha (X)
India
Local time: 05:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 158

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Thank you, Daryo
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