cajón

English translation: jacketing

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Spanish term or phrase:cajón
English translation:jacketing
Entered by: BristolTEc

12:50 Mar 23, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Rehabilitation
Spanish term or phrase: cajón
From an inspection report from Spain for translation to British English. Talking about actions to reinforce building structure.

"Pilares: refuerzo mediante empresillado o cajón metálico."
BristolTEc
Ecuador
Local time: 16:16
steel jacketing
Explanation:
We saw a lot of this in California after the 1989 earthquake. All the highway bridge and overpass columns were retrofitted with steel and concrete jackets.

onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1991/1290vol1/1290-039.pdf
by S Jacketing - ‎Related articles
Seismic Retrofit of Bridge Columns by. Steel Jacketing. Y. H. CHAI, M. J. NIGEL PRIESTLEY, AND FRIEDER SEIBLE. Inadequate flexural strength and ducLility of shear strength of concrete bridge columns has resulted in collapse or severe damage of a number of California bridges in recent moderate earthquakes.
Typical steel jacket retrofit details: (a) full height (b) typical section ...
https://www.researchgate.net/.../Typical-steel-jacket-retrof...
See figure: '13: Typical steel jacket retrofit details: (a) full height (b) typical section. ' from publication 'RELIABILITY BASED SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF RETROFITTED CONCRETE BRIDGE BENT' on ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.
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bigedsenior
Local time: 14:16
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3 +1steel jacketing
bigedsenior
3metal box/enclosure
John Morató (X)
3caisson / deep foundation
Neil Ashby


  

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metal box/enclosure


Explanation:
It is probably a metal box reinforcement.

John Morató (X)
Spain
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caisson / deep foundation


Explanation:
Routledge Technical Dictionary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson

Deep foundation, also called a caisson foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_foundation


Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 22:16
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steel jacketing


Explanation:
We saw a lot of this in California after the 1989 earthquake. All the highway bridge and overpass columns were retrofitted with steel and concrete jackets.

onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1991/1290vol1/1290-039.pdf
by S Jacketing - ‎Related articles
Seismic Retrofit of Bridge Columns by. Steel Jacketing. Y. H. CHAI, M. J. NIGEL PRIESTLEY, AND FRIEDER SEIBLE. Inadequate flexural strength and ducLility of shear strength of concrete bridge columns has resulted in collapse or severe damage of a number of California bridges in recent moderate earthquakes.
Typical steel jacket retrofit details: (a) full height (b) typical section ...
https://www.researchgate.net/.../Typical-steel-jacket-retrof...
See figure: '13: Typical steel jacket retrofit details: (a) full height (b) typical section. ' from publication 'RELIABILITY BASED SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF RETROFITTED CONCRETE BRIDGE BENT' on ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.


bigedsenior
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