ENGLISH APPLIED TO CIVIL ENGINEERING: VOCABULARY LIST

Word
Soil Dam Irrigation Sewage Sewer Culvert Beam Industrial waste Strain Stress Anneal Anodize Electroplate Forge Found Galvanize Grind Roll Plate Soften Temper Eavesdrop Leak Suspension bridge Dike Viaduct Lock Chamber Well (or manhole) Canal Or a escondidas Gotear Puente colgante Muro de contencin Dique Esclusa Pozo Conducto A wall or embankment of timber, stone, concrete or other materials built along the banks of a river or along the coast, to confine flow rigidly within definite limits over the length treated. Carries a road or railway across water. The section of a canal where the water level changes to raise boats from one level to another. A deep hole in the ground where to get water. - Dug underground for roads and railways. - Conduct for removal of liquids. Deformacin Tensin

Translation
Suelo Presa Regado Alcantarillado Alcantarilla Desage Viga

Description
Barrier built across a river to hold back flowing water. Used especially to create a reservoir or to produce electricity. Waste matter usually disposed off by drains. Construction for the total enclosure of a drain or water course. A rigid structural member supported at each end, designed to resist stress in a structure. Material left over from industrial production. The change in shape or size of a body through the action of a force. The intensity of force per unit area that develops inside and on the surface of a body subjected to external force. To make materials tough by cooling them slowly. To give a metal a protective coat by using it as an anode in electrolysis. To cover with a thin layer of metal using electrolysis. To shape metals by heating and then hammering. To melt a metal and then pour it into a form. To protect from rusting by coating in zinc. To polish or sharpen by rubbing on a rough surface. To make thin sheets of metal by passing it between large rollers. To cover a metal with a thin layer of another. To make softer. To heat and then cool metals to obtain the required hardness and elasticity.

Ditch Drainage Desalinate Bulldozer Dredger Road roller Macadam Underdrain Herb/Curv Pothole Sewer Soft shoulder Cantilever Clapper Slope Pier Shovel To shrink Wire Steel Mould To bond Damp Coarse Aggregate Screeds Outward Unsightly Rusting Hand tamper Slab Bevelled Trommel Mat/Raft Core boring Bearing

Canal de drenaje Drenaje Desalar

A canal that is level throughout. The removal of any liquid by a system designed for the purpose. Large powerful vehicle that uses a large blade to move earth and rocks. Machine or ship used to remove sand and mud from the bottom of a river or harbour. Machine used for rolling tarmac or asphalt flat on a road surface.

(Dragar)

Gravilla Desage subterrneo Piedras de revestimiento Bache Alcantarilla Cuneta Viga voladiza Pendiente Muelle Pilar Pala Encoger Cable Acero Molde Hmedo

A beam that extends beyond its support. The tongue or striker of a bell. Relation between vertical and horizontal advance. Measure of the inclination of a line in comparison to the a fixed line (generally, the horizontal). - The support of an arch in the span of a bridge. - Structure built out into the sea as a promenade. - A water breaker.

Hollow container into which a substance is poured or pressed to harden into a required shape. I.e. a structure or frame to hold concrete. To join securely to something else. Rough or harsh in texture. Small stones, gravels or crushed rocks used as a building material.

Capas de mortero Exterior Antiesttico Oxidacin Apisonador manual Plancha Biselado Pulidora

Deteriorate because of the action of oxygen. A flat horizontal moulder layer of reinforced concrete supported by beams. Having a sloping end. A flat steel hand tool used in finishing operations to impart a relatively smooth surface to concrete floors. A slab or beam that resists upward soil pressure. The mat is a single slab which is laid over the entire foundation bed. Its thickness is important for stability. A small hole drilled through the earth for the purpose of taking soil samples. Supporting a load. If it is not a bearing wall, it can be

Sondeo

Clay Coal Workable Durable To grind Bearing capacity Caisson Cast Column To drive into Excavation Footing

Arcilla Carbn

Foundations

Cimientos

Foundation bed Pile Precast Raft foundation Stratum Subsoil Substratum Freighter Seepage Silt Thrust Spillway Upstream Downstream Aliviadero Aguas arriba (Contracorriente) Aguas abajo Filtracin Limo/Cieno

removed without causing damage. Soil material finer than 0002 mm. It is a fine-textured sedimentary or residual deposit, which consists of hydrated aluminium silicates mixed with various impurities. A hard, black mineral which burns and supplies heat. Easy to manipulate. Long-lasting. To break mechanically into small pieces. /ground/ Maximum unit pressure that progressive settlement will handle before failure. A box used during underwater construction, into which water cannot flow (watertight chamber). It is used in laying foundations of bridges etc. in deep waters. Formed by pouring materials into a mould. Concrete piles are either precast or cast at the site. Vertical supporting member. Force into place by blows (golpes). Bore. Operate. Removal of earth, or place of removal. A widening of a foundation or base to spread the weight over a larger area. A bearing wall is supported by a continuous footing. - Structural elements through which the load of a structure is transmitted to the earth: a solid ground or base beneath a structure. - Lowest part of a structure, usually below ground levels. - Material base. The stratum of soil upon which the foundation is built. Every foundation bed will settle somewhat after the foundation has been built on it. Long piece of wood, steel or concrete driven into the ground to support a load. Concrete cast in its final shape before positioning. A continuous slab of concrete, usually reinforced, laid over soft ground or wherever heavy loads must be supported to form a foundation. A later or bed of rock or earth. Layer of soil beneath the surface. Layer or earth deep below the surface layers. We use piles to transfer the weight to a stronger substratum. Large ship or plane that carries goods. A quantity of fluid that flows or passes slowly through fine pores or small openings. Material of an earthy character intermediate in grainsize between sand and clay. Usually carried by flowing water down to the mouth of a river or a harbour. To push something suddenly or violently in a particular direction. A channel or pipe dug round the side of a reservoir or a dam through which excess water is conducted away. Along a river, in the opposite direction to the way the water flows. In the direction of flow of a stream.

Reservoir Buttress Abutment Thrust Gate Sluice Stability Hydraulic Gravity dam Site engineer Cofferdam

Embalse Contrafuerte Empuje Compuerta

A natural or artificial lake where water is stored in quantity before it is taken by pipes, when required. A supporting pier built on the exterior of a wall so as to enable it to resist onward thrust. A movable barrier for stopping or regulating the flow in a channel. Water channel equipped with means of controlling the flow. The ability of a structure to resist forces. Having to do with liquids in motion. A dam which, by its weight, resists the forces against it. A temporary wall serving to exclude water from a site, usually under water, so as to ease the laying of foundations or other similar works. It consists of a watertight enclosure made of piles or steel sheets and sunk into a water bed. It is pumped dry to work inside. A deep narrow valley with steep sides where a river passes. Very soon after Curriculum Vitae Eat away Set off Transverse measurement of the pavement. Horizontal design of the centre line of a road.

Ingeniero de obra Atagua Compartimento Garganta Pisando los talones de Erosionar Desencadenar

Gorge Hot on the heels of Resume Erode Trigger Pavement width Horizontal alignment Channelization Handrails Interchange Intersection Trafficoperation Environment concern Federal aid Freeway Expressway Arterial highway Access control Sight distance Grade Superelevation Transition

Quitamiedos Cruce Interseccin

Way of limiting the transversal movement of a vehicle on a road. Point where two highways cross at different levels. System of laws and techniques by which vehicles move in a network. Interest in the effects of man-made facilities to nature. Economical aid given by the federal governments in the USA to states, counties, cities and towns. Highway with total access control, throughway several lanes in each direction and strict motorway design elements which assure safe, relaxed and efficient driving. A motorway without total access control. Highway in good conditions, but of an inferior quality that freeways. Control of the entering and exiting of vehicles into the pavement. Road distance that a normal person sees at a moment of the road ahead. Longitudinal slope of a road. Transversal grade given to the pavement where a curve occurs. Special curve designed between a straight alignment

Autopista Autopista Autova

Visibilidad

curve Shoulder Right-of-way Roadway Roadside Median Arch dam Channel/Flum e Hydraulic jump Hydroelectric Pipeline Apron Blanket Tubera Espign Estrato de un material Canto rodado Canal Calzada Borde de la carretera Mediana Arcn

and a circular one. Outside pavement of a road, designed for accidental parking or emergency stops. Land affected by the highway. It includes the roadside. Roadbed plus land affected by culverts, bridge piers and traffic signs. Part of the road not included in the roadway. Strip of land that separates the two directions in a freeway. A dam that curves upstream. It needs a solid rock foundation and less material for construction that a gravity dam. A course, open at the top, through which water flows. A sudden increase in the force exerted by a stream of water when the water level increases. Having to do with the production of electricity by water power. A line of pipes for moving fluid from one place to another. Gas (gasoducto), petrol (oleoducto) The protecting slope on the downstream side of a lock gate or dam provided to withstand the force of falling water. A thin widespread geologic deposit. A detached and rounded or much-worn mass of rock from 8 inches to 10 or more feet in diameter typically carried some distance from the parent rock by natural forces and worn by a stream, ocean waves or by weathering in situ. A rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in a fine-grained matrix as sand or clay. A curved surface designed to deflect flowing water gradually and to prevent erosion (as between the overflow face and apron of a dam). The sudden development of a gas bubble in the water as a result of excessive tension. A quick descent, steep channel, or narrow sloping passage by which water flows to a lower level. Its the way we call an inclined tube for conducting ready-mixed concrete deliveries to the point of placing. Watertight wall built within a dam or embankment as an absolute barrier to the passage of water. The rise of water of a slope or parapet. The top of a slope or parapet. A material that serves to waterproof. The flowing over the top of a dam. Teethlike structures built at the bottom of the plunge pool to prevent erosion.

Boulder

Breccia Bucket Cavitation Chute Core Creep Crest Curtain Dam overtopping Dental works

Conglomerado Deflector Cavitacin Trampoln Ncleo de una presa. Ascensin capilar, percolacin Coronacin Pantalla impermeabilizador a Desbordamiento Dado deflector a pie de presa

Desilt Embankment Face Filter Phreatic water surface Grouting Watershed Lining Outlet

Filtrar limos Terrapln Parmetro Filtro/Filtrar Nivel fretico Gunitar Cuenca hidrogrfica Revestimiento Canal de desage

To remove suspended silt from the water of a stream. A retaining wall from the top of which the supported earth normally rises at a slope Each of the surfaces that limit the dam. A porous mass that serves as a medium for separating from a liquid passed through it, matter held in suspension or dissolved impurities. Water level reached in a soil. The process of injecting a fluid cement to fill crevices for strengthening purposes. Surface that collects water from a dam. A layer of clay puddle covering the sides of a canal, making them watertight. The channel through which a stream flows from a culvert. A deep hollow constructed to collect falling water from the chute. Large rock or stone dug from an open excavation. The channel presently or formerly occupied by a river. Rough uncut stones, of no particular size or shape. The heap of accumulate waste materials. A gently folded structure in which beds dip inwards from the margin towards the centre. The line of contact between the lower of downstream face and the base of a dam or reservoir. A frame placed in a stream to stop the passage of fish and floating matter. A dam placed across a river to rise its level in dry water. A bridge supported by cables that are usually hung from towers. A movable bridge with a span that is risen at an angle by means of a counterweight. The simplest kind of bridge. It consists of a rigid beam between two supports. See Cantilever above. A bridge with an arch made of reinforced concrete.

Cubeta de recogida Plunge pool del agua del trampoln Quarried rock Roca de cantera River bed Lecho fluvial Rubble Escombro Spoil tip/Dump Vertedero Storage basin Toe Trashrack Weir Suspension bridge Bascule bridge Beam bridge Cantilever bridge Concrete arch bridge Lift bridge Masonry arch bridge Steel arch bridge Swing bridge Pivot bridge Anchorage Crane Deck Gra Puente voladizo Pantano Lnea de base aguas abajo Rejilla filtradora Represa Puente colgante

Puente levadizo Puente de arcos de mampostera

A movable bridge with a span that is raised by elevators. A bridge of masonry (unequal stones) with arches between piers. A bridge with an arch made of steel beams. A movable bridge that swings open parallel to the channel. The terminal support, usually a huge block of concrete, for the main cables of a suspension bridge. A device that moves and lifts heavy weights. The roadway or traffic-bearing surface of a bridge.

Falsework Keying Pneumatic caisson Pontoon Span Stay Limestone To size To vary inversely Water/cement ratio Air-entrained concrete Formwork Void Edger Power float To brace Reinforcement Concrete mixer To level Masonry Pozzolana Bitumen Tar Tarmac Tensile strength Fatigue Riveting Welding Polymers Polmeros Alquitrn Alquitranado Hormigonera

The temporary scaffolding used to support an arch while it is being constructed. Extending the piers of a bridge into bedrock instead of simply resting them on top of the rock. A cylinder with a cutting edge that can be sunk into the water bed. Water is forced out by compressed air. A floating hollow metal structure supporting a roadway. The distance between two supports of a bridge. A cable that runs at a diagonal from the main supporting cable to the deck of a suspension bridge. A mineral, chemically calcium hydroxide or carbonate. To classify by size. To increase when another factor decreases, or vice versa. The weight of the water divided by the weight of the cement in concrete. Concrete injected with small air bubbles. Total system of support for freshly placed concrete including the mould which contacts the concrete as well as supporting members. A space in concrete filled with air. A finishing tool used on the edges of fresh concrete to make them round. A motor driven revolving disc used in finishing operations. It smoothes, flattens and compacts the surface of concrete floors. To make something stronger or more solid by supporting it with something. Bars, wires, strands or other slender members which are embedded in concrete in such a manner that they and the concrete act together in resisting forces. A machine usually with a rotating drum, in which aggregates, cement and water are mixed for 2 or 3 minutes to make concrete. To make something flat or smooth. Building materials suck as rock, brick or tile, often bound together by mortar or cement. A natural cement used by Romans. A binding agent made from natural tars. Thick black sticky liquid, hard when cold, obtained from coal and used in making roads. Pista de aterrizaje. The ability of a material to retain its strength under tension. Tendency of a material to weaken as a result of continual changes in stress. Process of fastening together pieces of metal with rivers that do not have threads. Process of fastening together pieces of metal by melting a bending metal between similar metals. Long manlike compounds of elements, principally hydrogen and carbon.

Fatiga

Trusses Steel Portland Cement Concrete Reinforced concrete Bond Prestressed concrete Grout Curtain wall Acero Cemento Prtland

Diagonal beams in bridges that extend between the horizontal and the vertical beams for support. An alloy or mixture of iron with a small amount of carbon or some other substance that increases its strength. A mixture of limestone and clay, which is then heated and ground into a powder. A mixture of cement, aggregate, sand and water. Concrete with steel rods embedded in it to increase its tensile strength and resistance to sharing forces. Union between two materials. Concrete in which the steel rods are pulled tight in advance, before pouring concrete, to give the material the greatest strength possible. A thin mortar or cement used as binding agent. A wall supported by a steel or concrete structure of a building. A curtain wall does not have any support function itself, as does a bearing wall.

GRAPHS

Pie chart

Line graph

Bar chart

Flow chart

Increase Rose

Decrease Fill

Shoot up Take off

Plunge Slump

Fluctuate

Recover Pick up

Level off Rocket

Remain steady Stabilize

Peak

Bottom out

Grow Expand

Shrink Decline

Symbol
P Q P Q X A X B A B A B A B A B A\B AB X+1 X1 X1 XY X/Y X=1 @ 0 XY XY X>Y XY XY 0<X<1 |X| X2 X3 X4 X-n X (X+Y)2 (X/Y)2 N!

Translation
There exists For all P implies Q P if and only if Q X belongs to A X does not belong to A A is contained / is a subset of B A contains B A cup / join / union B A cap / meet / intersection B A minus B / the difference A cross B / Cartesian product of A and B X plus 1 X minus 1 XY / X multiplied by Y X over Y X equals / is equal to 1 At Zero / nought X is equivalent to Y X is not equivalent to Y X is greater than Y X greater than or equal to Y X is less than or equal to Y 0 is less than X is less than 1 Mood / modulus X X squared / raised to power 2 X cubed / raised to the power 3 X to the fourth X to the power minus n Square root X X plus Y all squared X over Y all squared N factorial X hat X bar / tilde

Symbol
Xi ai ||X||

Translation

X subscript / suffix / sub i The sum from I equals 1 to n of ai The norm / modulus of X OA / the vector OA OA / the length of the segment OA T A A transpose / the transpose of A -1 A A inverse / the inverse of A F (x) Fx / F of x /the function F of x F : S T Function F from S to T F (x) F prime / dash X F (x) F double-prime / double-dash X F / X1 Partial derivate of F with respect to X1. Integral from 0 to infinity. Lim (x0) The limit as x approaches zero Lim (x0+) from above Lim (x0-) from below Log e Y Logarithm Y to the base e / Ln Y Logarithm to the base e of Y + Addition, to add to Subtraction, to subtract from Multiplication, to multiply by Division, to divide by AB = E A times B equals E () Parenthesis [] Square brackets | Vertical Horizontal = 45 45 degree angle < 90 Acute angle > 90 Obtuse angle > 180 Reflex angle = 90 Right angle (to be at) / Diagonal Perpendicular to // Parallel Intersecting lines < Bisector Perpendicular bisector

MBA B.Sc B.A Eng MA MS PhD Internship

Master in Business Administration Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts Engineer Master of Arts Master of Science Philosophy Doctor Beca dentro de una empresa.

Scolarship

Beca para estudiar.

PARTS OF A DAM

PARTS OF A BRIDGE