Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

arrachements de départ de matériaux

English translation:

ravelling, loss of surface materials

Added to glossary by Jeanne Zang
Sep 4, 2010 21:10
13 yrs ago
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French term

arrachements de départ de matériaux

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering road paving
Dégradations avec désordres secondaires tels que faïençage, nids de poule, arrachements de départ de matériaux

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ravelling, loss of surface materials

"Ravel(l)ing" is one of those words that means different things to different people. To some it is a particular form of distress a road surface, alongside stripping, scabbing, potholing, bleeding, flushing, etc. To others it is a generic term for loss of aggregate or of aggregate and binder by any number of processes.

raveling - A PAVEMENT DISTRESS CHARACTERIZED BY THE LOSS OF SURFACE MATERIAL involving the dislodgment of aggregate particles and degradation of the binder material
www.trb.org/mepdg/appendix_A_Glossary.pdf


Raveling The progressive SEPARATION OF AGGREGATE PARTICLES IN A PAVEMENT from the surface downward or from the edges inward
http://www.iust.ac.ir/files/Abrc/user_files/asphalt_industry...

RAVELING WEARING AWAY OF THE PAVEMENT caused by loss of liquid asphalt and ...
www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/guidebooks/.../HUDGB3GGUID...

Ravelling The LOOSENING OF STONES from the surface of a pavement.
http://www.resperion.com/glossary.htm

See "LOSS OF SURFACING MATERIALS" under "Surface texture deficiency" in the glossary here:
http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/business-and-industry/tech...

Here "ravelling" is used generically for "loss of surface materials":
may include the construction of new road links or widening, ... that is Distress (a) surface distress as RAVELLING (LOSS OF SURFACE MATERIALS), cracking, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0419205306...

that road running surfaces in the logging area shall be treated to prevent LOSS OF SURFACE MATERIALS by chemically treating, asphalting or oiling. ...
ftp://thp.fire.ca.gov/.../North.../20081002_1-08-143MEN_1stR...

An excessive amount of moisture in road pavements is often a major contributing factor ...... LOSS OF SURFACE MATERIALS BY AGGREGATE STRIPPING OR RAVELLING ...
eprints.usq.edu.au/8395/2/Langdon_2009.pdf
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stripping of surface aggregates

The term "arrachements de départ de matériaux" is certainly not a standard term.

I get the feeling that it covers several types of defects such as the "desenrobage", "pelade", and "plumage" given in Frensp's reference below, which describe the localised and generalised "wear and TEAR" of the road surface.

I have a nice link to a civil engineering dictionary to explain my use of the term stripping in this context.

I hope this helps or inspires someone else to come up with better.
Peer comment(s):

agree B D Finch : Though I'd probably omit "surface".//I'm not saying "surface" is wrong, just that it is an addition to the source expression and also somewhat redundant.
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it a difficult one, and I'm not totally sure that I've got it right but thanks anyway.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Arrachements de départ

Voir la section portant sur les arrachements du document en référence.
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