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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

poutraison

English translation:

Beam assembly

Added to glossary by Louisa Tchaicha
Jun 22, 2015 14:23
8 yrs ago
French term

poutraison

French to English Tech/Engineering Aerospace / Aviation / Space actuator for aircraft nac
Hi,

"On a représenté à la fig...une nacelle de turboréacteur pour aéronef, qui s'étend axialement suivant un axe longitudinal.
La nacelle comporte une partie avant fixe qui comporte une poutraison centrale de fixation sur l'aéronef, et une partie arrière mobile qui est ici un volet d'inversion de poussée."

I have been using "beam" but would like to know if it could be something else (in this particular field obviously)

Thank you
Proposed translations (English)
4 Beam assembly
5 girder framework
4 +1 system of beams
2 girder section

Discussion

B D Finch Jun 23, 2015:
@Chris www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/intectbfrep.pdf/$FILE/intectbfrep.pdf
Well-designed timber girder bridges are architecturally pleasing. Viewers “read” the structural forms, and appropriate designs can be conceived for both urban ...

http://www.woodcenter.org/docs/allot96a.pdf"The authors have identified the bridge girder as the main constraint in the use of wood for medium span bridges and have developed a built-up timber girder to solve the problem."
chris collister Jun 23, 2015:
@ Barbara Technically, there's no reason why a beam made of aluminium, fibreglass or plastic shouldn't be called a girder, especially if it has the classic I-beam cross-section. It's just that, in practice, it's unusual. And I have never come across a wooden girder...
kashew Jun 23, 2015:
Reliable terminology: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/JOHN-EDWARD/Mes%20documents/Downloads/09_Schagerl_Prof%20Presentation%20FACC%20Kolloquium%205.&%206.07.2012.pdf
See examples of beam and girder therein.
B D Finch Jun 23, 2015:
@Chris I believe that the difference between girders and ordinary beams (of course, girders are beams) is more functional than material. I understand girders to be collector beams, to be particularly deep and capable of taking rolling loads.
chris collister Jun 22, 2015:
I'd say that aluminium or magnesium "girders" (for they wouldn't be steel in an aircraft) would be unusual. Non-ferrous items such as this are usually referred to as "beams".
Bashiqa Jun 22, 2015:
I think beam sounds OK

Proposed translations

4 hrs
Selected

Beam assembly

In aerospace "beam" is used a lot for "poutre". I suspect this is just a set of beams.
Reference:

http://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/services/lexique-bilingue/?sw=poutre&lang=french

Note from asker:
Thanks:) Yes I usually translate "poutre" by "beam" in this field, and since there arent any "poutres" in my text, "beam" might just do here
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3 mins

girder section

Reference: reverso.com
Note from asker:
Thank you
Peer comment(s):
neutral B D Finch : Reverso isn't an adequate authority for technical translation.
20 hrs
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4 hrs

girder framework

The rigid airship contained an internal framework constructed of a lightweight but ... Longitudinal girders connected the peripheries of these frames and were in turn ...
Note from asker:
Thank you
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+1
20 hrs

system of beams

NB Not girders, because girders are a particular type of beam (not necessarily present in an airframe?) and "poutraison" includes all types of beams.

archive.org/stream/nasa_techdoc.../19890010805_djvu.txtThe computers and avionics are placed in front of these sections so that they are .... These panels are supported by a system of beams and struts, as seen in ...

http://www.51sqnatc.co.uk/acp/airframes.pdf
"Beams are members carrying loads at an angle (often at right angles) to their
length, and take loads in bending. The beams in an airframe include most of
the most important parts of the structure, such as the main spars and stringers"

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Note added at 22 hrs (2015-06-23 12:37:55 GMT)
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www.slickaircraft.com/page/structural-integrityIn this test rig, called a whiffletree, the aerodynamic loads on the wing are simulated through a system of beams and links connected to a single hydraulic ...

naca.larc.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19770007575&qs...1 Nov 1976 - A detailed numerical example consisting of a tilt-rotor VTOL aircraft is ... for representing a structure as an equivalent system of beams, springs, ...

www.loescher.it/librionline/risorse.../pre-test_module3_uni... main parts of an airplane. An aircraft .... PRE-TEST Module 3 The Parts of the Airplane Units 1-2-3 .... The truss type is made up of a system of beams called ...
Peer comment(s):
agree Bashiqa : Beams IMHO
11 mins
Thanks Bashiqa
neutral kashew : No real argument v beam as it seems a sort of bulkhead, but system is vague AND I don't think an engineer/designer would use it in this context. That's why I used framework and accept Lucy's assembly. Half wrong, so I stay neutral instead of disagreeing
50 mins
It seems odd for a bulkhead to have a "poutraison". "System" means that the beams work in conjunction with each other to produce an outcome.
neutral Lucy O'Shea : Yes, I think system sounds a bit mechanical Answer to BD Finch: now that's a contradiction in terms!!! Mechanical usually involves movement!
51 mins
Beams are mechanical in a static sort of way.// Not really, it's the direction and management of physical forces. There can be quite a lot of movement if a beam fails./www.jrgreer.caltech.edu/content/.../15_Cellular_Solid_Mecha... Mechanics of Beams
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