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EARTHQUAKE FORCES [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Insurance Law
DEF

An overwhelming, unpreventable event caused exclusively by forces of nature, such as an earthquake, flood, or tornado.

OBS

vis major: [designation that] denotes acts of human intervention (riots, strikes, civil war) as well as natural phenomena (earthquakes, floods).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des assurances
DEF

Événement attribuable à des phénomènes naturels incontrôlables et destructeurs (tremblement de terre, inondation, ouragan, etc.) […]

OBS

force majeure : [désignation qui] vise à la fois les actes humains (émeutes, grèves et guerres civiles) et les phénomènes naturels (tremblements de terre, inondations).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
  • Seguros (Derecho)
OBS

caso fortuito: causa de exoneración del cumplimiento de las obligaciones.

OBS

"Act of God" es la expresión que se utiliza en inglés jurídico para referirse al "caso fortuito". Se trata de un suceso inesperado e imprevisible que impide a una de las partes cumplir las obligaciones asumidas en el contrato. [...] Este suceso debe ser de origen natural, como, por ejemplo, un desastre natural (natural disaster), condiciones climatológicas adversas (extreme weather conditions), una inundación (flood), un terremoto (earthquake) y otros similares.

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Record 2 2000-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
  • Rough Carpentry
  • Metal Framework Elements
CONT

Bracing consists of structural elements that are installed to provide restraint or support, or both, to other members so that the complete assembly forms a stable structure. Bracing may be in lateral, longitudinal, and transverse planes and may consist of sway, cross, vertical, diagonal, horizontal, and like elements to resist wind, earthquake, erection, and other forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
  • Charpenterie
  • Éléments de charpentes métalliques
DEF

Tout ouvrage de consolidation par triangulation à l'aide de pièces obliques, visant à empêcher toute déformation par poussée horizontale.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

In France, the containments are all made of prestressed concrete, which provides a quality and safety level higher than those encountered with reinforced concrete containments, especially in earthquake behavior-the prestressing forces must simultaneously oppose the tensile loads caused both by accident pressure and by earthquake-induced overturning moment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

En France, les enceintes de confinement sont toutes en béton précontraint [...] Les forces de précontrainte doivent en effet s'opposer simultanément aux tractions provenant d'une part de la pression d'accident et d'autre part du moment de renversement dû au séisme.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

Massive disasters, such as an earthquake, could, however, quickly overwhelm the Forces’ capabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)
CONT

Cependant, en cas de catastrophe majeure, d'un très fort tremblement de terre, par exemple, leurs moyens pourraient très vite être dépassés.

Spanish

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Record 6 1989-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

The first of these shocks took place in 1980 (...). It measured 7.3 on the moment-magnitude scale (a successor to the Richter scale, designated M), (...).

OBS

[The seismic moment is] a measure of the strength of an earthquake, particularly of the low-frequency wave motion. The seismic moment is equal to the product of the force and the moment arm of the double-couple system of forces that produces ground displacements equivalent to that produced by the actual earthquake dislocation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
OBS

K. AKI (1980) considère que le moment sismique est peut-être le meilleur paramètre pour mesurer la grandeur d'un tremblement de terre provoqué par un glissement de faible.

OBS

L'échelle de moment sismique est logarithmique.

Spanish

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