Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Constante de sécurité
English translation:
Safety variable
Added to glossary by
Mary Moritz
Jun 28, 2010 16:14
14 yrs ago
French term
Constante de sécurité
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Personal Protective Equipment
This is in a brochure for harnesses (PPE).
Constante de sécurité is found in a table of various items including listing the clearance required and the length of the lanyard. The value given for "constante de sécurité" is + 1.00 m.
I have found "factor of safety" on Wikipedia, but they also list design factor as a possibility.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_of_safety
I'm wondering if it is one of those or something completely different. Thanks!
Constante de sécurité is found in a table of various items including listing the clearance required and the length of the lanyard. The value given for "constante de sécurité" is + 1.00 m.
I have found "factor of safety" on Wikipedia, but they also list design factor as a possibility.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_of_safety
I'm wondering if it is one of those or something completely different. Thanks!
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MatthewLaSon
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Safety constant
Hello,
It seems to be a common term in engineering and refers to a value of some sort.
Obviously, I could do an eigen value check once all the entries have ..... by machine precision multiplied by 10n (as a safety constant) say ...
www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/newsreader/view.../139651
(a) This value is determined from actual soil tests of the ultimate bearing power by dividing the ultimate value by some arbitrarily adopted safety constant ...
books.google.com/books?id=1alMAAAAYAAJ...
It seems to be a common term in engineering and refers to a value of some sort.
Obviously, I could do an eigen value check once all the entries have ..... by machine precision multiplied by 10n (as a safety constant) say ...
www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/newsreader/view.../139651
(a) This value is determined from actual soil tests of the ultimate bearing power by dividing the ultimate value by some arbitrarily adopted safety constant ...
books.google.com/books?id=1alMAAAAYAAJ...
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Comment: "Thanks for helping out on this one, Matthew. I finally settled for direct translation of the term: safety variable, after conferring with the client."
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