junta fría cold joint
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| Language pair: | Spanish to English |
| Definition / notes: | A cold joint is a weak and leaky joint between two lifts of concrete, caused by delay between them. To avoid it, no upper surface should be allowed to wait for an hour (less in hot weather) before the next lift is placed over it. Therefore, there is a casting sequence to avoid these cold joints. A cold joint is a construction joint that has gone cold, and it is therefore not really necessary to say "cold construction joint" as simply "cold joint" will suffice. |
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