Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

anti-orniérants

English translation:

anti-rutting (pavement)

Added to glossary by Kate Hudson (X)
Nov 30, 2005 08:18
18 yrs ago
French term

anti-orniérants

French to English Other Petroleum Eng/Sci BITUMES
LE BITUME UN PRODUIT INNOVANT

Les enrobés anti-orniérants maintiennent le profil de la chaussées
Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 anit-rutting (pavement)

Proposed translations

+5
20 mins
French term (edited): anti-orni�rants
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anit-rutting (pavement)

Pavement here means a layer of paving
The aim of this project is to manufacture and place a roller compacted concrete mix as a base course on a major road and overlay same with a thin lift of polymer modified "b" mix asphalt and monitor its performance as an anti-rutting measure for a period of five years
http://rip.trb.org/browse/orgprj.asp?i=896&n=City of Calgary...

Though this refinement led to better discrimination between rutting resistance of various asphalts, not all asphalts with the same performance-grade based on the new parameter behaved iden
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=n... in their rutting performance in laboratory mixture test evaluations.

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-11-30 08:38:49 GMT)
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That should be anti-rutting, of course
Peer comment(s):

agree Conor McAuley : Yes, Rout. Tech. Dict.: CONST: ornière = rut
13 mins
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agree CMJ_Trans (X) : anti-rutting is correct - pavement is however an Americanism so be careful if the target is UK
20 mins
Thanks - pavement appears to be the technical term for the stuff that is put on the roadway
agree Bourth (X) : Prefer "non rutting" (236 ghits vs 84 for "anti rutting"), even if strictly speaking it is not the same thing! "non rutting" sells better! And makes me think of "brame de cerf".
28 mins
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agree Mikaele (X)
1 hr
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agree Tom Walker (X) : excellent - whats the discussion about pavement? the noun or the verb?
2 hrs
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