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11:47 Feb 24, 2004 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Science - Geology / seismology | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Romina Minucci Italy Local time: 13:01 | ||||||
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4 +1 | shear resistance / shear strength |
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4 | shearing resistance |
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shear resistance / shear strength Explanation: resistenza alla sollecitazione di taglio = resistance to shearing stress bye R :-) |
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shearing resistance Explanation: "shearing resistance of the soil. Both types of problems must be addressed to advance the development of performance-based geotechnical earthquake engineering. ... peer.berkeley.edu/news/1999july/geotech.html " "which may be operating either to reduce the shearing resistance or increase ... Rapid drawdown following floods, high tides or breaching of natural dams; Earthquake; ... fbe.uwe.ac.uk/public/geocal/SLOPES/SLOPES.HTM |
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