Rct

12:17 Sep 12, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / thermal underwear
French term or phrase: Rct
Hello,

In a document about thermal underwear, I have the following:

: Résistance thermique Rct
• 0,06 =
Idna
Local time: 01:48


Summary of answers provided
5Rct
Mair A-W (PhD)
3 +1Rct
Eren Kutlu Carnì
3TCR
Marco Solinas


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Rct


Explanation:
Thermal "R"esistance to "c"onductive heat transfer ("t"extile)




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Eren Kutlu Carnì
Italy
Local time: 01:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think you are right. Impressed - how did you find this? There seem to be very few references to Rct out there. Thank you!!

Asker: This is actually a note to Lorraine. Does Rct (ct in subscript as pointed out by Charles) still work in English though?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lorraine Dubuc: Résistance à la conductivité thermique donc, ce qui revient souvent dans la domumentation sur le textile.
1 hr

agree  Charles Davis: The c and t should be subscript, strictly speaking.
2 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Rct


Explanation:
Total thermal resistance


https://www.satra.com/spotlight/article.php?id=295 "The device operates in two modes: i) for measuring water vapour resistance (or 'Ret'), and ii) for measuring thermal resistance (or 'Rct'). "

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a275206.pdf The intrinsic thermal resistance Rct of the fabric ...

http://file.yizimg.com/33331/2008051412095509.pdf

Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, as Eren indicated, it seems to be in English already. Thank you!

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
TCR


Explanation:
"résistance thermique de contact
(RTC)" -->"Thermal Contact Resistance (TCR)".
See this document: https://cfm2017.sciencesconf.org/130688/document

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-09-12 12:44:12 GMT)
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This paper explains the difference between total thermal resistance and thermal contact resistance See bottom of page 299 and top of page 300): https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/aut.2014.14.issue-4/...

Marco Solinas
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: neither of your refs seems to involve native English speakers (or translators I'd assume)
28 mins

neutral  Lorraine Dubuc: Several documents can be found on the Net about Thermal Contact Resistance. I am not sure if it is not more about thermal conductivity resistance though.
38 mins

neutral  Mair A-W (PhD): Q was Rct, not Rtc
2 hrs
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