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00:51 Dec 28, 2018 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Safety / Firefighting | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 19:34 | ||||||
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4 +4 | structure: unibody type (fire truck) |
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structure: unibody type (fire truck) Explanation: It's usually written as one word, monocasco, and it means a vehicle in which the body and the floor and chassis form a single structure, as opposed to a body-on-frame design in which the body is a separate unit. "Estructura Tipo mono casco, debe constar de una sola estructura enteriza diseñada para soportar las cargas estáticas y dinámicas del rodaje." https://www.fonplata.org/oportunidades/convocatorias-a-licit... "Se denominan monocasco (o «carrocería autoportante») a las carrocerías de los vehículos que incluyen el chasis y el habitáculo de componentes y de pasajeros en una sola pieza con punteras que sirven de soporte al motor." https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocasco#En_la_ingeniería_aut... It's derived from the French word monocoque, but the correct word for a vehicle of this type in English is "unibody": "The term unibody or unit body is short for unitized body, or alternatively unitary construction design. It is A type of body/frame construction in which the body of the vehicle, its floor plan and chassis form a single structure. [...] Although this is sometimes also referred to as a monocoque structure, because the car's outer skin and panels are made load-bearing, there are still ribs, bulkheads and box sections to reinforce the body, making the description semi-monocoque more appropriate. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_frame#Unibody "The term monocoque is frequently misapplied to unibody cars. Commercial car bodies are almost never true monocoques but instead use the unibody system (also referred to as unitary construction, unitary body-chassis or body frame integral construction)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocoque -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 days (2019-01-09 14:34:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You're welcome! This is a "not-for-points" question, so there's no score; all you have to do is choose this answer and close the question. |
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