Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
emportalamiento
English translation:
tunnel mouth
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Justin Peterson
Feb 20, 2013 12:07
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Spanish term
Spain
emportalamiento
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Highways - Roads - Tunnel
"Se establece para las peores condiciones posibles a lo largo del trazo y para emportalamiento en situación difícil, exclusivamente en el túnel derecho".
CONTEXT: Tunnel construction in Mexico. The translation of this term appears in none of the translator's key resources. A good translation would be of wide use. If the "portal" refers to the mouth, face or portal of the tunnel, is this the portal/face/mouth construction, or is it referring to progress inside the tunnel?
CONTEXT: Tunnel construction in Mexico. The translation of this term appears in none of the translator's key resources. A good translation would be of wide use. If the "portal" refers to the mouth, face or portal of the tunnel, is this the portal/face/mouth construction, or is it referring to progress inside the tunnel?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | tunnel mouth |
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
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| 4 | portal (construction) |
Nikki Graham
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| 3 | tunnel opening |
Neil Ashby
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Proposed translations
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Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
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tunnel mouth
This is the same as "emboquille" or "emboquillado", which is "tunnel mouth".
"Una vez completadas las excavaciones de los tajos y realizadas
las obras de estabilización de los taludes que los forman, se
avanzará con la media sección superior por ambos frentes del
túnel en los llamados tramos de emportalamiento (o
emboquillado) (unos 10 a 20 m de longitud cada uno,
aproximadamente)"
"Por las razones expuestas, esta solución resulta muy atractiva en los emportalamientos o emboquilles de túneles y en los primeros metros de avance de las excavaciones, así como en zonas de mala calidad geotécnica."
These are pdfs and I can't copy the urls, but if you google phrases from the above quotes, you'll see mexican websites with the references.
"Una vez completadas las excavaciones de los tajos y realizadas
las obras de estabilización de los taludes que los forman, se
avanzará con la media sección superior por ambos frentes del
túnel en los llamados tramos de emportalamiento (o
emboquillado) (unos 10 a 20 m de longitud cada uno,
aproximadamente)"
"Por las razones expuestas, esta solución resulta muy atractiva en los emportalamientos o emboquilles de túneles y en los primeros metros de avance de las excavaciones, así como en zonas de mala calidad geotécnica."
These are pdfs and I can't copy the urls, but if you google phrases from the above quotes, you'll see mexican websites with the references.
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Neil Ashby
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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tunnel opening
FYI "face" is not the opening end of the tunnel but the digging end....
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Note added at 41 mins (2013-02-20 12:48:39 GMT)
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or maybe more general, "tunnel opening area"....I think the point is that there is always ease of access (escape) from the tunnel even in difficult situations (e.g. when there is a TBM inside, etc.)
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Note added at 41 mins (2013-02-20 12:49:06 GMT)
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It would be good to know what is being established? Have you some more context?
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Note added at 41 mins (2013-02-20 12:48:39 GMT)
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or maybe more general, "tunnel opening area"....I think the point is that there is always ease of access (escape) from the tunnel even in difficult situations (e.g. when there is a TBM inside, etc.)
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Note added at 41 mins (2013-02-20 12:49:06 GMT)
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It would be good to know what is being established? Have you some more context?
4 days
portal (construction)
The portals are tunnel entrances and exits.
The diagram below shows the relationship between these underground structures in a typical mountain tunnel. The opening of the tunnel is a portal. The "roof" of the tunnel, or the top half of the tube, is the crown. The bottom half is the invert. The basic geometry of the tunnel is a continuous arch. Because tunnels must withstand tremendous pressure from all sides, the arch is an ideal shape. In the case of a tunnel, the arch simply goes all the way around.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/tunn...
[PDF]
Tunnel-Technology - Mining and Blasting
miningandblasting.files.wordpress.com/.../tunnel-technology.p...ShareFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
The opening of the tunnel is a portal. ... The tunnel engineers' term .... The stability of the face (stand-up time) may be examined in terms of four principal ...
I think you may find that "portal construction" would be a better translation for your term than just portal in many cases.
The diagram below shows the relationship between these underground structures in a typical mountain tunnel. The opening of the tunnel is a portal. The "roof" of the tunnel, or the top half of the tube, is the crown. The bottom half is the invert. The basic geometry of the tunnel is a continuous arch. Because tunnels must withstand tremendous pressure from all sides, the arch is an ideal shape. In the case of a tunnel, the arch simply goes all the way around.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/tunn...
[PDF]
Tunnel-Technology - Mining and Blasting
miningandblasting.files.wordpress.com/.../tunnel-technology.p...ShareFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
The opening of the tunnel is a portal. ... The tunnel engineers' term .... The stability of the face (stand-up time) may be examined in terms of four principal ...
I think you may find that "portal construction" would be a better translation for your term than just portal in many cases.
Reference comments
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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
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Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
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Reference:
Here are some references which may help to decipher the term. One reference uses "end portal" (or different entrances), but I am not 100% convinced.
www.scribd.com/.../MEMORIA-TRADECO-18-A...
Jun 7, 2012 – The construction site had an area of 1. y con el fin de brindar a la comunidad un ...... of the asphalt concrete to make a single slope.5 km long bodies. ..... cada uno de ellos cuenta con un “emportalamiento” o entradas diferentes. ...... oil Companies face nowadays at the moment of performing installation jobs ...
****Técnicamente se podría decir quese construyeron cuatro túneles,porque cada uno de ellos cuenta conun “emportalamiento” o entradas diferentes.
Technically it could be said that four tunnels were built, because each one of them includes an “end portal”, or different entrances.***
http://www.smig.org.mx/archivos/pdf/XXV/ar_01.pdf
Examples: Figura 12. Tratamientos para las zonas de emportalamiento y cruce con fallas. Marcos metálicos
6.2 Antecedentes
En mayo de 2009, después del avance de los trabajos de
emportalamiento y después de varias lluvias en la zona,
ocurrió un desprendimiento de un gran bloque de roca
ubicado en el costado izquierdo y central del portal. Este
se originó por la presencia de una grieta vertical continua
(desconocida) que apareció detrás del escarpe o cantil,
delimitado también por una discontinuidad de ángulo bajo
de inclinación (llamada paleosuelo), localizada en la base
de la ladera, junto al sector del corte para
emportalamiento. El sector Tuxpan no se escapa de las
condiciones mencionadas para el sector México.
4rd amendment to mixed public works contract - Securities and ...
www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885012/.../y10410exv4w7.txt... in the Agreement, of the portals of the deviation tunnels and the access road to ... ramp and "emportalamiento" of said tunnel the amount of US $ 1,662,411.00 ...
Deposit Agreement - ICA CORP - 6-30-2005
www.docstoc.com › ... › Account Control AgreementJun 30, 2005 – ... of the portals of the deviation tunnels and the access road to the Site, ... for the "emportalamiento" of said tunnel the amount of $ 338,578.50 ...
www.scribd.com/.../MEMORIA-TRADECO-18-A...
Jun 7, 2012 – The construction site had an area of 1. y con el fin de brindar a la comunidad un ...... of the asphalt concrete to make a single slope.5 km long bodies. ..... cada uno de ellos cuenta con un “emportalamiento” o entradas diferentes. ...... oil Companies face nowadays at the moment of performing installation jobs ...
****Técnicamente se podría decir quese construyeron cuatro túneles,porque cada uno de ellos cuenta conun “emportalamiento” o entradas diferentes.
Technically it could be said that four tunnels were built, because each one of them includes an “end portal”, or different entrances.***
http://www.smig.org.mx/archivos/pdf/XXV/ar_01.pdf
Examples: Figura 12. Tratamientos para las zonas de emportalamiento y cruce con fallas. Marcos metálicos
6.2 Antecedentes
En mayo de 2009, después del avance de los trabajos de
emportalamiento y después de varias lluvias en la zona,
ocurrió un desprendimiento de un gran bloque de roca
ubicado en el costado izquierdo y central del portal. Este
se originó por la presencia de una grieta vertical continua
(desconocida) que apareció detrás del escarpe o cantil,
delimitado también por una discontinuidad de ángulo bajo
de inclinación (llamada paleosuelo), localizada en la base
de la ladera, junto al sector del corte para
emportalamiento. El sector Tuxpan no se escapa de las
condiciones mencionadas para el sector México.
4rd amendment to mixed public works contract - Securities and ...
www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885012/.../y10410exv4w7.txt... in the Agreement, of the portals of the deviation tunnels and the access road to ... ramp and "emportalamiento" of said tunnel the amount of US $ 1,662,411.00 ...
Deposit Agreement - ICA CORP - 6-30-2005
www.docstoc.com › ... › Account Control AgreementJun 30, 2005 – ... of the portals of the deviation tunnels and the access road to the Site, ... for the "emportalamiento" of said tunnel the amount of $ 338,578.50 ...
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