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Feb 13, 2008 10:13
16 yrs ago
Russian term

нормальные составляющие скоростей

Russian to English Tech/Engineering Transport / Transportation / Shipping port regulations
Нормальные составляющие скоростей подхода судов к причалам при их швартовке в соответствии с требованиями СНиП 2.06.04-82 не должны превышать 0,22; 0,15; 0,13; 0,11; 0,10; 0,09 и 0,08 м/с при водоизмещениях судов соответственно до 2; 5; 10; 20; 40; 100 и 200 тыс. т.

Speeds in particular directions are the "components" making up the overall velocity - or something like that?? It's all right to say "velocity components" in English, as far as I know, but I'd be interested to hear any informed opinions on this.

Apart from that, I would particularly like to know how an engineer understands the word нормальные in this context.

Discussion

Sergei Tumanov Feb 13, 2008:
imho, not 'wharf' but 'berth' should be used in this context. Or 'quay'
Dylan Edwards (asker) Feb 13, 2008:
I've discussed this with a British engineer who immediately understood "normal" this way too: normal to the wharf.
AKhram Feb 13, 2008:
Нормальная составляющая - в данном случая, составляющая, перпендикулярная направлению вдоль причала

Proposed translations

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normal velocity components

or
just normal velocity

Normal means perpendicular
Note from asker:
Thanks. I had lost sight of the fact that normal/нормальный can mean perpendicular.
Peer comment(s):

agree Igor Savenkov : normal velocity
3 mins
thanks
agree David Knowles
24 mins
thank you
agree Ed Friesen : They appear to mean the normal component of the vessel's velocity. (I.e. how quickly the distance to the peer is decreasing.)
2 hrs
you are right. thanks
agree Sergei Tumanov
3 hrs
thanks
agree Dorene Cornwell
3 days 12 hrs
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lateral velocity

как вариант
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