Dictionary of Civil Engineering
BACKFILLING
Remblayage
Earthwork
The blocking up of an excavation, a cavity,etc.by material supply. The two types of fill are:
hydraulic
(
le remblayage hydraulique
), whichconsists in dredging materials of all dimensionsin the bed of a river, in carrying these mixedwatermaterials in pipings and in pouring themon the place envisaged of the filling. Deposits of excavated materials are carried out bydecantation at the exit of the piping, waterturning over to the river by drainings judiciously
put up;
mechanical
(
le remblayage mécanique
)
,
inwhich materials are solely conveyed and set upby mechanical means such as bulldozers, powershovels,etc.Syn.with STOVING
BACKFILLING MACHINE
Remblayeuse
Equipment and Tools
Syn. with BACKFILLER
BACKGROUND
Arrière-plan; Fond; Subjectile
Drawing; Construction; Paining
1.
What, in perspective, is furthest away from theeye of the onlooker.
2.
A support existing in the state. Syn. withBACKING; BASE
3.
Syn. with SUBSTRATE.(Thebackground iscalled
new
when it is bare, before anyapplication; it is called
old,
when it was oncepainted.)
BACKGROUND COLORING
Colorationrésiduelle dela surfaceexaminée
Welding
The unwanted coloring that remains after anincomplete removal of a surface penetratingcoloredfluid.
BACKGROUND PREPARATION
Mise enétat derecette
Work
Syn. with PREPARATION
BACKHOE
Pelle rétrocaveuse mécanique
Equipment and Tools
An earthmover specially designed for trenchingto bury pipes. Syn. with BACKACTER;DIGGER; DRAG SHOVEL; TRENCH HOE
BACKHOE LOADER Chargeuse-pelleteuse
Equipment and Tools
A self-propelled pneumatic-mounted earthmoverequipped in the front of a loadingbucket and atthe back of a dipper arm equipped with a pullshovel. Syn. with BUCKET LOADER;LOADING SHOVEL
BACKING
Remplage; Fond
Construction
1.
Fillingthespacecontainedbetweenthetwofacings of a wall with wastes of bricks or quarrystones mixed with a mortar.
2.
Syn. with BACKGROUND; BASE
BACKINGDélardement
Metal Construction; Building Materials
1.
The progressive diminution, according to a
slope of one fourth the thickness of a sheet metal,a leg or the web of a section to avoidconcentrations of stresses by change of thickness.
2.
The thinning of a metal part or a wooden pieceor the result of sloping action. Syn. withPARING
BACKING (OF WALL)
Renforcement
Work
A complete work intended for allowing astructure to withstand loads of higher intensitythan firstly considered. Syn. withREINFORCEMENT; STIFFENING
BACKING BRICK Grisée
Defects - Damage (Building Materials)
A brick that presents a firing defect,inclusions,cracks, or any other tare that makes it unfit tofacing. They are mostly used in filling bybuilders.
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