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転倒モメント

English translation: buckling moment

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Japanese term or phrase:転倒モメント
English translation:buckling moment
Entered by: dchild

22:14 Feb 12, 2012
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography / Seismic Engineering
Japanese term or phrase: 転倒モメント
転倒モメントによる転倒条件
dchild
Local time: 09:15
buckling moment
Explanation:
It appears that the Katakana should have had a dash after "mo".

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/japanese_to_english/construction_c...
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Jeffrey Slenker
United States
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Summary of answers provided
5buckling moment
Jeffrey Slenker
4 +1overturning moment
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
1tipping moment
Maynard Hogg


Discussion entries: 1





  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
buckling moment


Explanation:
It appears that the Katakana should have had a dash after "mo".

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/japanese_to_english/construction_c...

Jeffrey Slenker
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
overturning moment


Explanation:
See: http://www.google.co.th/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF...

Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: Thai
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Maynard Hogg: Topple fits the context better. 転倒 means fall down (person), fall over (tree), etc. Overturn is usually 転覆.
1 day 10 hrs
agree  grooble: I like "overturning moment" here. It seems like an accepted physics/engineering term. http://bit.ly/yqBlsD this dictionary has no tipping, toppling or buckling moment.
2 days 3 hrs
agree  Harumi Uemura
4 days
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
tipping moment


Explanation:
Since 転倒 means a person falling down/over, I gather that here it refers to a building or other structure tipping over—i.e. falling out of vertical equilibrium so that it topples over or collapses.

Maynard Hogg
Canada
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: English
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