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LIGNE ELASTIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 2010-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Hardware
CONT

Continuous feedback of what a line will look like before it is submitted to the system is very helpful, and rubber-band lines - that is, lines that are continuously updated as the cursor is moved about the screen during end-point selection-help in this visualization.

Key term(s)
  • rubber band line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Matériel informatique
CONT

[...] le terminal graphique 2648 A [...] offre une fonction de tracé de ligne «élastique» permettant de «tendre» une ligne puis de la tracer entre le point sélectionné et le curseur, afin d'accélérer les tracés.

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering
OBS

The passive resistance of the soil behind the bulkhead at its lowest tip is replaced by a concentrated force at a distance above that tip equal to 0.2D'. The elastic line of the bulkhead is assumed to be tangent to the vertical at the point t.

OBS

Earth-retaining structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
OBS

(...) la butée des terres derrière le rideau, à son extrémité inférieure, est remplacée par une force concentrée, à une distance au-dessus de cette extrémité égale à 0, 2D'; la ligne élastique du rideau est supposée tangente à la verticale au point t.

OBS

Ouvrages de soutènement.

Spanish

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