utezanje drveta

English translation: wood swelling and shrinking

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Croatian term or phrase:utezanje drveta
English translation:wood swelling and shrinking
Entered by: VIVA VOCE Ltd.

07:16 Jul 2, 2010
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / ponašanje drveta u uvjetima vlage i temperature
Croatian term or phrase: utezanje drveta
Te promjene se odražavaju na drvu kroz bubrenje i utezanje
VIVA VOCE Ltd.
Croatia
Local time: 21:55
wood swelling and shrinking
Explanation:
Some adhesives develop a strong bond to wood under dry conditions, but with wetting and drying and resultant wood swelling and shrinking, they progressively debond from the wood.
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2000/chris00b.pdf

Carvel and lapstrake are two different approaches to build a boat that tolerates wood swelling and shrinking without breaking or developing leaks.
http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/wood/wood6.htm

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Note added at 20 mins (2010-07-02 07:36:59 GMT)
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bubrenje i utezanje drveta - wood swelling and shrinking
bubrenje drveta - wood swelling
utezanje drveta - wood shrinking
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Natasa Stankovic
Serbia
Local time: 21:55
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3 +1wood swelling and shrinking
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wood swelling and shrinking


Explanation:
Some adhesives develop a strong bond to wood under dry conditions, but with wetting and drying and resultant wood swelling and shrinking, they progressively debond from the wood.
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2000/chris00b.pdf

Carvel and lapstrake are two different approaches to build a boat that tolerates wood swelling and shrinking without breaking or developing leaks.
http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/wood/wood6.htm

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Note added at 20 mins (2010-07-02 07:36:59 GMT)
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bubrenje i utezanje drveta - wood swelling and shrinking
bubrenje drveta - wood swelling
utezanje drveta - wood shrinking

Natasa Stankovic
Serbia
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  bonafide1313: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:uNa8xYX2Zf0J:hrcak...
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