Jul 22, 2016 08:57
7 yrs ago
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French term
triangle pesant
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Statement following accident with a stacking machine.
"Triangle pesant" seems to be a pretty well-known phrase in geometry...
"Il convient également d’observer que le principe de montage de la machine est celui de la construction d’un triangle pesant – basique en mécanique comme application d’un exercice classique de mathématiques de collège sur la détermination d’un lieu géométrique – comme il a été exposé oralement le 3 mars 2015 par Mme XXX, du service après-vente de la société YYY."
... could it be something like "bottom-heavy triangle"?
"Triangle pesant" seems to be a pretty well-known phrase in geometry...
"Il convient également d’observer que le principe de montage de la machine est celui de la construction d’un triangle pesant – basique en mécanique comme application d’un exercice classique de mathématiques de collège sur la détermination d’un lieu géométrique – comme il a été exposé oralement le 3 mars 2015 par Mme XXX, du service après-vente de la société YYY."
... could it be something like "bottom-heavy triangle"?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | heavy triangle |
philgoddard
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| 3 | weighting triangle |
James Peel
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| 2 | triangle of forces |
chris collister
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Proposed translations
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philgoddard
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heavy triangle
The "exercice classique de mathématiques de collège" is shown in my reference, with a picture. It's a problem in which three people are carrying a heavy triangle with unequal sides, and you have to work out who is carrying the heaviest load.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-07-22 15:17:12 GMT)
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Most of the Google hits for this phrase are variations on my example, from old textbooks.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-07-22 15:17:12 GMT)
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Most of the Google hits for this phrase are variations on my example, from old textbooks.
Note from asker:
| Thanks... googling ["heavy triangle" mechanics] tends to suggest you've got it right... |
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James Peel
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weighting triangle
I'm no mathematician, but a definition of this is here:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=spPDCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA73&lpg...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=spPDCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA73&lpg...
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chris collister
: Alas, the chapter in your book deals with weighted quasi-arithmetic means, probably not the case here.
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Daryo
: really can't see how that kind of triangle would apply to this ST
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chris collister
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triangle of forces
Low confidence since this is not an expression I have encountered in FR, but the context of "construction" and "exercice classique" suggests something abstract rather than a physical triangle. See http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/StaticEquilibriumAndTriang... for a nice demonstration.
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Daryo
: that seems to me the most probable meaning, but without more context, you could as well decide by throwing dices
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