wearing course

French translation: couche d'usure / de roulement

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English term or phrase:wearing course
French translation:couche d'usure / de roulement
Entered by: Tony M

13:02 Jun 10, 2020
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: wearing course
Surfacing system designed to provide greater safety for roads in a wide variety of situations.

Security Datasheet
Guidance on the Specification for Highway Works - NG924 High Friction Surface states "…on occasion cracking which extends into the wearing course can be induced by the application of high friction surfacing.
The risk of this occurring is much greater when the wearing course is newly applied and un-trafficked.

J'ai du mal à traduire "wearing course" ici. Merci pour votre aide !
Elise Tiberghien
Spain
couche d'usure / de roulement
Explanation:
Not my specialist field, though I think this term may have already come up in FR > EN, so worth checking that!

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Tony M
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3 +3couche d'usure / de roulement
Tony M
5 +1couche de roulement
Merlin Bertrand NGAN NSOA


  

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couche d'usure / de roulement


Explanation:
Not my specialist field, though I think this term may have already come up in FR > EN, so worth checking that!

See, for example:

https://www.editions-eyrolles.com/Dico-BTP/definition.html?i...


Tony M
France
Local time: 17:12
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agree  Nicolas Gambardella: couche de roulement
15 mins
  -> Merci, Nicpolas !

agree  Antoine Dequidt: l'un ou l'autre
3 hrs
  -> Merci Antoine !

agree  Johannes Gleim: couche d'usure
8 hrs
  -> Danke, Johannes!
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
couche de roulement


Explanation:
Domaine(s): Construction des voies de circulation, Pistes et aires d'aéroport
DÉFINITION: Couche supérieure de la chaussée, en contact direct avec le trafic.
CONTEXTE: Les revêtements servent à adoucir la surface de roulement, à distribuer les charges transmises dans la chaussée et dans le sol, à augmenter la capacité de support, et enfin, à protéger les fondations contre l'action du trafic et des intempéries.
OBSERVATION: couche de roulement; couche d'usure : termes et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.
Source: https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?l...


Le Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées(LCPC) parle également de "Couche de roulement"
Source: http://www.bitumequebec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/select...


Merlin Bertrand NGAN NSOA
Cameroon
Local time: 17:12
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: As I think I already said over a day ago...
15 mins

agree  GILOU
1 day 8 hrs
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