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1 modulus of long-term deformation
Техника: модуль длительной деформацииУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > modulus of long-term deformation
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2 deformation
1. деформацияdeformation of composite — деформация композиционного материала
cold deformation — 1) деформация в холодном состоянии 2) наклёп (упрочнение поверхности металлов и сплавов при пластической деформации; дефекты кристаллической решётки выходят на поверхность образца, увеличивается прочность и твёрдость) 3) нагартовка ( поверхностное упрочнение детали при механической обработке её поверхности)
compression deformation — 1) деформация при сжатии, сжимающая деформация 2) относительное сжатие ( укорочение образца)
compressive deformation — 1) деформация при сжатии, сжимающая деформация 2) относительное сжатие ( укорочение образца)
corrosion deformation — коррозионная деформация
creep deformation — деформация ползучести
dilatational deformation — объёмная деформация
elastic deformation — упругая [эластичная] деформация
elastic limit deformation — деформация перед пределом упругости, предельная упругая деформация
elastoplastic deformation — упругопластическая деформация
fatigue deformation — усталостная деформация
finite deformation — конечная деформация
highly-elastic deformation — высокоэластичная деформация
high-temperature deformation — деформация при высоких температурах
Hookean deformation — деформация в упругой области
hot deformation — деформация в горячем состоянии
hyperelastic deformation — сверхупругая деформация, деформация за пределом упругости
inelastic deformation — пластическая деформация
intergranular deformation — межзёренная деформация
long-term deformation — длительная деформация
macroscopic deformation — макроскопическая деформация
permanent deformation — остаточная деформация
plane deformation — плоская [двухосная] деформация
plastic deformation — пластическая деформация
plastic fiber deformation — пластическая деформация волокна
plastic matrix deformation — пластическая деформация матрицы
prebuckling deformation — докритическая деформация
recoverable deformation — упругая деформация
relative deformation — 1) относительная деформация 2) относительное удлинение
residual deformation — остаточная деформация
reversible deformation — обратимая деформация
set deformation — остаточная деформация
shear deformation — деформация сдвига, сдвиговая деформация
static elastic deformation — статическая упругая деформация
superplastic deformation — сверхпластическая деформация
tensile deformation — деформация растяжения
thermal deformation — тепловая деформация
thermoelastic deformation — термоупругая деформация
ultimate deformation — критическая деформация
unidirectional deformation — однонаправленная деформация
unit deformation — единичная [удельная] деформация ( на единицу длины)
English-Russian dictionary of aviation and space materials > deformation
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3 test
1) испытание; опыт; проба; проверка2) критерий; мерило, пробный камень3) испытательный, контрольный, пробный4) испытывать; делать опыты; подвергать испытанию5) брать пробы•test for soundness — испытание ( цемента) на равномерность изменения объёма
- abruption test - absorption test - accelerated corrosion test - accelerated wear test - acceptance test - acid test - adhesion test - adverse field test - ageing test - air test - air-content test - air-pressure test - alkalimetric test - alternate stress test - alternating bending test - alternating impact test - alternating torsion fatigue test - altitude test - angular test - appearance test - approval test - arbitration test - Atterberg test - autoclave test - axial test - back-and-forth bending test - bacteriological test - ball test - ball hardness test - ball rebound test - beam test - beam rotating fatigue test - beam-strength test - bearing test of soil - bench test - bending test - bending and unbending test - bloating test - blow test - blow-bending test - blowpipe test - bounce test - breakdown test - breaking test - Brinell hardness test - brittleness test - buckling test - burning test - bursting test - calibration test - calorimeter test - cannon test - carbon residue test - Charpy test - check test - chemical test of drain - cleavage test - closure test - coating test - cold test - cold bending test - colorimetric test for organic impurities - commercial test - commissioning tests - compaction test - comparative test - comprehensive test - compression test - compression-compression test - consistency test of concrete - continuous test - continuity of test - corrosion test - corrosive wear test - crack test - crash test - creep test - cross-bending test - crushing test - cupping test - cyclic test - damp test - decantation test - deep test - deflection test - deformation test - degradation rate test - density test - destruction test - destructive test - Deval abrasion test - doubling test - drain test - drill test - drop test - dummy test - duplicate test - dynamic breaking test - elongation test - endurance test - end-use test - evaluation test - extraction test on Portland cement - factory test - failure test - fatigue test - field tests - field in-place test - file test - fire hose reel test - fire resistance test - flange test - flattening test - flexion test - flexure test - float test - flow test - folding test - fracture test - free-bend test - freezing test - freezing and thawing test - fuel test - full-scale test - green test - grinding test - guarantee test - hardness test - hot bend test - hot twist test - immersion test - impact test - impact bend test - indentation test - ink test - intermittent test - internal pressure test - Izod impact test - knock test - Knoop microhardness test - laboratory test - leak test - leakage test - life test - limiting pressure test - load test on pile - load test - loading test - long run tests - minimum flow rate test - model test - moment test - mortar bar test - non-destructive test - notch bar test - notch bending test - on-the-road test - organic impurities test - pat test - pendulum test - penetration test - percentage test - performance test - physical endurance test - pile test - pile loading test - pneumatic test - preliminary test - pressure test - prototype test - pull-out bond test - pumping test - puncture test - qualification test - quality test - rattler test - reduced section tension test - reduction-in-alkalinity test - reduction-in-expansion test - reheat test - relaxation test - remolding test - repair test - repetition test - resistance to corrosion test - resistance to impact test - reversed bend test - ride test - rig test - road tests - rod test - running test - running-in test - salt spray tests - scale test - scratch test - sedimentation test - service test - settleability test - severe test - shear test - shear test of soil - shock test - shop test - Shore's scleroscope hardness test - short-circuit test - size test - sizing test - skid test - slump test - smell test - smoke test - soap test - sodium solution test - soil test - soundness test - spray angle test - spring closure test - squeeze test - stain test - static test - strength test - strip-off adhesion test - subgrade test - subzero test - sugar test of cement - taking over tests - tear test - tee-bend test - tensile test - tension test - throw range test - time-of-setting test - torsion test - transverse test - twisting test - ultrasonic test - unit-weight test - vane test - Vicat needle test - warpage test - warranty test - water test - water absorption test - water retention test - wear test - weather exposure test - weldability test - X-ray testto test the instrument — проверять прибор, эталонировать прибор
* * *испытание; проверка; тест; опыт; проба; анализ; исследование; эксперимент || испытывать; проверять; исследовать- test of timetest by immersion in boiling water — проба [испытание] кипячением в воде
- AASHO density test
- Abbot compaction test
- Abrams' test
- abrasion test
- absorption test
- accelerated test
- accelerated test for compressive strength
- accelerated strength test
- acceptance test
- accredited tests
- acid test
- aggregate crushing test
- aggregate impact test
- air test
- air content test
- air entrainment test
- air filter blackness test
- air leakage test
- air permeability test
- air permeability fineness test
- alternating bending test
- anchorage shear test
- aptitude test
- Atterberg test
- attrition test
- autoclave test
- baling-out permeability test
- ball test
- ball hardness test
- barium sulphate test
- beam test
- bearing test
- bending test
- bending tensile test
- bit wear test
- blackness air filter test
- Blain test
- block shear test
- blow flexure test
- boiling test
- bond test
- bootstrap test
- borehole shear test
- breaking test
- Brinell hardness test
- California bearing ratio test
- cement tests
- Charpy test
- Charpy V-notch impact test
- checking test
- check test
- COLE volume change test
- colorimetric test
- color test
- compacting factor test
- compaction test
- complience test
- compression test
- cone penetration test
- consistency test
- consolidated quick test
- consolidation test
- constant head permeability test
- constant rate of penetration test
- constant rate of uplift test
- constant volume test
- control test
- core test
- creep test
- C.R.P. test
- crushing test
- cube strength test
- cube test
- cylinder test
- dehydration test
- diametral compression test
- diamond pyramid hardness test
- dioctylphthalate test
- direct shear test
- dispersion test
- dissipation test
- DOP test
- Dorry test
- drain test
- drained triaxial test
- driving test
- drop-weight test
- durability test
- dust spot test
- Dutch sounding test
- dynamic penetration test
- expandable sleeve concrete test
- exposure tests
- fast field tests
- fatigue test
- field tests
- field density test
- field loading test
- field percolation test
- field vane test
- flexure test
- flow-table test
- flow test
- four-point bending test
- fracture test
- freeze-thaw test
- freeze-thaw durability test
- freezing test
- gravimetric air filter test
- hardening test of concrete
- hardness test
- Herbert cloudburst test
- hollow cylinder test
- hydraulic drain test
- hydraulic flat-jack test
- hydraulic pressure test
- hydraulic test
- hydrostatic test
- impact test
- impact crushing value test
- indentation test
- ink test
- in-place test
- in-place slump test
- in-situ test
- in-situ soil tests
- insulation test
- integrity test
- Izod impact test
- Izod test
- jolt test
- Kelly ball test
- Knoop hardness test
- laboratory test
- leakage test
- life test
- line-load test
- load test of structures
- loading test
- long-term test
- long-time creep test
- maintained load test
- manufacturer test
- methylene blue test
- model test
- needle test
- notch bending test
- notched bar test
- nuclear density test
- operational test
- organic test
- organic test for fine aggregate
- orifice tube test
- penetration test
- percussion test
- performance test
- photoelastic test
- pile load test
- pile pulling test
- pile redriving test
- plate-bearing test
- pneumatic test
- point-load test
- preliminary test
- pressure test
- pressure meter test
- proof test
- proof load test
- pumping test
- punching shear test
- pycnometer test
- Q-test
- quick test
- R-test
- Ro test
- radial percolation test
- Raymond standard test
- reception test
- reference test
- reliability test
- repeated load test
- resonant-column test
- reverse bend test
- rock bolts convergence test
- Rockwell hardness test
- Rockwell superficial hardness test
- S-test
- saponification test
- scratch test
- shearing test
- shear test
- shock bending test
- short-term test
- single point test
- site test for cement content of mortars
- slow test
- slump test
- smoke test
- soap test
- splitting tensile test
- standard-density test
- standard penetration test
- static penetration test
- strength test
- stress-relaxation test
- stress-rupture test
- tensile test
- tightness test
- time-of-set test
- torsion test
- triaxial compression test
- triaxial test
- two-point test
- type test
- ultrasonic test
- undrained test
- vacuum test
- vane test
- vibrated mortar cube test
- vibrating crushing test
- Vicat needle test
- water test
- water loading test
- water retention test
- wind loading test
- wind-tunnel test
- works beam test
- works cube test
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1) прочность; предел прочности; сопротивление; крепость2) сила, интенсивность3) крепость, концентрация ( раствора)•- strength of current - strength of extension - strength of materials - strength of solution - acid strength - actual strength - adhesive strength - aged strength - air-dry strength - alternate strength - alternate bending strength - bearing strength - bearing strength of ice - bond strength of cement to sand - bond strength - bonding strength - breaking strength - buckling strength - bulk strength - characteristic strength - cleavage strength - coating strength - colour strength - combined strength - compressive strength - concrete strength - crack strength - cross-breaking strength - crushing strength - cube crushing strength - current strength - cylinder strength - designed strength of concrete - drained strength - dry bond strength - dye strength - effective strength - elastic strength - emission strength - endurance strength - fatigue strength - film strength - flexural strength - flow strength - folding strength - frictional strength - impact strength - lateral strength - limit strength - long-time strength - mechanical strength - polluting strength - pull strength - reverberation strength - rupture strength - sand strength - sewage strength - shear strength - shock strength - short-time strength - solution strength - source strength - stressed-state strength - stripping strength - structural strength - tensile strength - thermal insulation strength - tinting strength - transverse strength - twisting strength - ultimate strength - vibration strength - weld strength - wet strength - wind strength - working strength - yield strengthstrength under shock — сопротивление удару; прочность на удар
* * *1. прочность; предел прочности; предел выносливости2. крепость, концентрация ( раствора)- strength of materialsstrength under sustained load — прочность при длительной нагрузке, долговременная прочность
- strength of sewage
- abrasive strength
- actual strength
- actual aggregate breaking strength
- actual breaking strength
- adequate strength
- adfreezing strength
- adhesional strength
- adhesion strength
- aggregate breaking strength
- alternate strength
- alternate bending strength
- axial tensile strength
- bearing strength
- bending strength
- bending compression strength
- bending oscillation strength
- bending tensile strength
- bonding strength
- bond strength
- bond strength of cement to coarse aggregate
- bond strength of cement to sand
- Brazilian test strength
- breaking strength
- buckling strength
- bursting strength
- characteristic strength
- characteristic strength of concrete
- characteristic strength of prestressing tendon
- characteristic strength of reinforcement
- characteristic cube strength
- combined strength
- compressive strength
- compressive strength affected by water-cement ratio
- compressive strength increased by revibration
- concrete strength
- concrete strength at 7 days
- concrete strength at 28 days
- concrete compressive strength
- crack strength
- creep strength
- crushing strength
- cube strength
- cylinder strength
- deformation strength
- design strength
- design strength of materials
- design mean strength
- drained strength
- dried strength
- dynamic strength
- dynamic ultimate strength
- early strength
- early strength of concrete
- elastic strength
- endurance strength
- fatigue strength
- final strength of concrete
- fired strength
- flexural strength
- fracture strength
- guaranteed strength
- impact strength
- initial strength
- long-term strength
- mean strength
- no-load shearing strength
- offset yield strength
- peak strength
- postbuckling strength
- postcracking strength
- pull-out rebar strength
- reduced strength
- reinforcing bar pull-out strength
- rock joint strength
- rupture strength
- shearing strength
- shear strength
- short-term strength
- soil strength
- specified works cube strength
- splitting tensile strength
- stripping strength
- taking-off strength
- tearing strength
- tensile strength
- tensile splitting strength
- tinctorial strength
- tinting strength
- torsion strength
- transfer strength
- transverse strength
- ultimate strength
- ultimate tensile strength
- works cube strength
- yield strength -
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- strength
- n1. прочность; предел прочности; предел выносливости
2. крепость, концентрация ( раствора)
strength under sustained load — прочность при длительной нагрузке, долговременная прочность
- strength of materials
- strength of sewage
- abrasive strength
- actual strength
- actual aggregate breaking strength
- actual breaking strength
- adequate strength
- adfreezing strength
- adhesional strength
- adhesion strength
- aggregate breaking strength
- alternate strength
- alternate bending strength
- axial tensile strength
- bearing strength
- bending strength
- bending compression strength
- bending oscillation strength
- bending tensile strength
- bonding strength
- bond strength
- bond strength of cement to coarse aggregate
- bond strength of cement to sand
- Brazilian test strength
- breaking strength
- buckling strength
- bursting strength
- characteristic strength
- characteristic strength of concrete
- characteristic strength of prestressing tendon
- characteristic strength of reinforcement
- characteristic cube strength
- combined strength
- compressive strength
- compressive strength affected by water-cement ratio
- compressive strength increased by revibration
- concrete strength
- concrete strength at 7 days
- concrete strength at 28 days
- concrete compressive strength
- crack strength
- creep strength
- crushing strength
- cube strength
- cylinder strength
- deformation strength
- design strength
- design strength of materials
- design mean strength
- drained strength
- dried strength
- dynamic strength
- dynamic ultimate strength
- early strength
- early strength of concrete
- elastic strength
- endurance strength
- fatigue strength
- final strength of concrete
- fired strength
- flexural strength
- fracture strength
- guaranteed strength
- impact strength
- initial strength
- long-term strength
- mean strength
- no-load shearing strength
- offset yield strength
- peak strength
- postbuckling strength
- postcracking strength
- pull-out rebar strength
- reduced strength
- reinforcing bar pull-out strength
- rock joint strength
- rupture strength
- shearing strength
- shear strength
- short-term strength
- soil strength
- specified works cube strength
- splitting tensile strength
- stripping strength
- taking-off strength
- tearing strength
- tensile strength
- tensile splitting strength
- tinctorial strength
- tinting strength
- torsion strength
- transfer strength
- transverse strength
- ultimate strength
- ultimate tensile strength
- works cube strength
- yield strength
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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свойства; работа; поведение (напр. машины, металла); режим; режим работы (машины); протекание (процесса или процедуры); линия поведения (системы); характеристика; характеристики; изменения; характер изменения (напр. режима работы); ход (процесса)- behavior constraint - behaviour in particular circumstances - behaviour in service - behavior of device - behavior of fluid - behavior of structure under tow - behavior of tooth contact - aberrant behavior - adaptive behavior - chatter behavior - cool-down behavior - cutting behavior - cyclic behavior - deformation behavior - deterministic behavior - dynamic behavior - elastic behavior - engine behavior - erratic behavior - error-free behavior - faulty behavior - flexible behavior - friction behavior - goal-seeking behavior - long-term behavior - off-design behavior - optimum behavior - permanent faulty behavior - resonant behavior - robot's behavior - search behavior - seasonal behaviour - sensory-interaction goal-directed behavior - spurious behaviors - static behavior - steady-state behavior - stepper behavior - stick-slip behavior - structural behaviour - system behavior - thermal behavior - thermomechanical behavior - time behaviour - time-dependent behavior - torsional behavior - transient behavior - warm-up behavior - wear behavior -
7 mode
1. режим <полета, работы>2. форма <напр. движения>; тип; вид3. мода, тип колебаний, форма колебаний; тон (колебаний); колебания, колебательное движение; тип волны4. способ, методmode of motionmode of vibration4-D modeadaptive modeadvisory modeaeroelastic modeair resonance modeaircraft modeairframe modeairplane modeairspeed hold modeall-out jamming modealtitude hold modealtitude hold control modeaperiodic modeapproach modeapproach control modeassumed modesattitude command modeattitude hold modeauto-flap modeauto-trim modeautoflight modeautopilot modeautopilot-coupled modeautothrottle modebalance modebeacon bombing modebeam modebeating modebending modebeyond-the-horizon modeblade modebody freedom modeboresight acquisition modebuckling modecamber control modeCAS modechord modeclimb modeclosed-loop modeclosely spaced modesclosely spaced frequency modescommand augmentation modecompensatory modecomponent modesconstant airspeed modeconstraint modescontrol modecontrolled modescoupled modecrack opening modecruise modecruise camber control modecrushing modeCTOL modedecoupled modedeformation modedegraded modedemand modedigital modedirect force modesdirect force control modesdirectional modedivergence modedivergent modedogfight modedutch roll modeedgewise modeelastic modeelectronic modefailure modefine pointing modefinite frequency modesfire-and-forget modefirst bending modefirst flap modefirst flexible modefirst lag modefixed-free modefixed-gain modefixed-wing modeflap modeflapping modeflatwise modeflexible modeflexural modeflight control modeflight director modeflight operation modeflight path rate modeflutter modeflutter-critical modefly-up modeFMS-controlled modefree modefundamental modefuselage modeground contact modehard-ride modehead-down modeheading modeheave modehelicopter modehelmet modehigh-frequency modehigher modehigher order modehighly damped modehybrid tandem fan modein-plane modeinflow modeinstability modeinteracting modesintercept modeland modelateral modelateral modeslateral-directional modelateral-directional mode slateral-sway modelead-lag modelift modelightly damped modeloading modelock-before-launch modelong-term holding modelongitudinal modelongitudinal modeslongitudinal-sway modelongitudinal-lateral modeslook-down modelook-up modelow-frequency modelow-probability-of-intercept modelow-speed modelow-yaw-rate spin modelower order modesMach-hold modemaneuver modemaneuver camber control modemanual modemanual sweep modemapping modemechanical modemonitored modesmotion modemultitracking modenatural modenonreversing modenormal modenuisance modeopen-loop modeoperational modeorbit modeoscillatory modeout-of-control modependulum modephugoid modephugoidal modepitch modepitching modeplunge modeplunging modepoorly damped modeposition modepower approach modepowered-lift modepulse modepusher moderamjet modereconfiguration moderecovery moderesidual modesresponse modereturn-to-base modereverse modereversing modereversion moderigid body moderoll moderoll rate command moderolling moderotary-wing moderotational moderotor-pylon modeshort-period modeslender wing modesliding modespin modespiral modestand-off modestealthy modesteering modestroke modestructural modestructure modesupercruise modesupersearch modesupersonic cruise modetakeoff modetask-tailored modeterminal tracking modeterrain-avoidance modeterrain-clearance modeterrain-following modethird flap modethreat-avoidance modethrust-vectoring modetorsion modetrack-on-jam modetranslational modeturbojet modetwisting modeuncontrolled modeunmodeled modesunstable modeunstick modevector modevectoring modevertical flight-control modevibration modeweakly damped oscillatory modewindowing modewing bending modewing sweep modewingborne modewing-pylon modeswing's open modeyaw modeyawing mode -
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модуль (величина, характеризующая различные свойства материалов, изделий); коэффициент; степень; единица измерения- modulus of creep - modulus of deformation - modulus of design - modulus of dilatation - modulus of elasticity - modulus of elasticity in shear - modulus of elasticity in tension - modulus of elasticity of bulk - modulus of elasticity of volume - modulus of elongation - modulus of flow - modulus of foundation - modulus of precision - modulus of resilience - modulus of resistance - modulus of rigidity - modulus of rupture - modulus of section - modulus of stretch - modulus of subgrade reaction - modulus of torsion - Abram's fineness modulus - adiabatic modulus of elasticity - compression modulus - bulk modulus - drainage modulus - fineness modulus - flexural modulus - foundation modulus - initial tangent modulus - instantaneous modulus of elasticity - longitudinal modulus of elasticity - long-termed modulus of elasticity - plastic modulus - plate modulus - secant modulus of elasticity - section modulus - shear modulus - shearing modulus of elasticity - silica modulus - sustained modulus of elasticity - transverse modulus of rupture - volumetric modulus of elasticity - Young's modulus* * *модуль; коэффициент- modulus of compression
- modulus of deformation
- modulus of elasticity
- modulus of elasticity in tension
- modulus of elasticity in shear
- modulus of elongation
- modulus of foundation
- modulus of incompressibility
- modulus of inertia
- modulus of resilience
- modulus of rigidity
- modulus of rupture
- modulus of section
- modulus of subgrade reaction
- modulus of torsion
- modulus of ventilation
- modulus of volume elasticity
- Abram's fineness modulus
- bulk modulus
- chord modulus
- concrete modulus of elasticity
- constrained modulus
- Coulomb's modulus
- creep modulus
- discharge modulus
- drainage modulus
- dynamic modulus of elasticity
- elastic modulus
- fineness modulus
- initial tangent modulus of elasticity
- initial tangent modulus
- plastic modulus
- secant modulus of elasticity
- secant modulus
- shearing modulus of elasticity
- shear modulus of elasticity
- shearing modulus
- shear modulus
- short-term elastic modulus
- shrinkage modulus
- sonic modulus
- static modulus
- sustained modulus of elasticity
- tangent modulus of elasticity
- track modulus
- twisting modulus
- twist modulus
- Young's modulus of elasticity
- Young's modulus
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