ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TREMIE
From French, from Italian tramoggia, from Latin trimodia a three-peck measure.
WHAT DOES TREMIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Tremie
The
tremie concrete placement method uses a pipe, through which concrete is placed below water level. The lower end of the pipe is kept immersed in fresh concrete so that the rising concrete from the bottom displaces the water without washing out the cement content.
Definition of tremie in the English dictionary
The definition of tremie in the dictionary is a large metal hopper and pipe used to distribute freshly mixed concrete over an underwater site. The foot of the pipe is kept below the concrete level, while the upper level of the concrete in the pipe is kept above the water level to prevent the water diluting the concrete.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREMIE»
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tremie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tremie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Tremie concrete is placed under water by gravity feed through a vertical pipe with
one end above water for charging with concrete and the bottom immersed in the
concrete being placed. This type of placement is used for sealing cofferdams ...
Mary Krumboltz Hurd,
2005
2
Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook
water in the pipe before the concrete is discharged into the tremie. When the
concrete is discharged into the tremie, the plug or go-devil is between the water
and the fresh concrete, preventing the fresh concrete from being washed out.
3
Deep Foundations on Bored and Auger Piles - BAP V: 5th ...
5.4 Concrete placement Critical issues relating to underwater placement in large
or deep drilled shafts include the initiation of flow through the tremie and control
of concrete during casing removal. Gravity tremie placement is preferred over ...
William F. Van Impe, Peter van Impe,
2008
4
Dictionary Of Civil Engineering
In this way the concrete in the pipe is always under a higher pressure than the
water outside it and is unlikely to be diluted by water. Placing by a tremie
prevents segregation of the concrete, and closely resembles the placing of the
grout in ...
(i) Placing in dewatered caissons or coffer dams (ii) Tremie method (iii) Bucket
placing (iv) Placing in bags (v) Prepacked concrete The placing in dewatered
caissons or coffer dams follows the normal in-the- dry practice. Tremie Method A
...
6
Practical Handbook of Environmental Site Characterization ...
(13 to 25 mm) diameter tremie tube (usually PVC pipe) is lowered to the bottom of
the open probe hole, and a grout slurry is prepared and pumped under pressure
down the tremie tube (Figure 6.102). This method assures that undiluted grout ...
7
Building on Sinkholes: Design and Construction of ...
At the top is a connection for directing the concrete into the tremie tube, either a
funnel-shaped chute or a connection to a concrete pump. At the bottom of the
tremie, there is a flap valve that keeps water out of the tremie tube when it is
being ...
8
Practical Handbook of Ground-Water Monitoring
In wells more than about 50 feet deep, granular bentonite may be mixed with
water and conveyed through a tremie pipe from the surface directly to its intended
depth in the annulus; pelletized bentonite is not effectively installed through
tremie ...
9
Supervision of Concrete Construction 2
Where the water/bentonite is deep, concrete will be placed by tremie tubes. A
tremie is a jointed pipe (the joints being watertight) with a hopper fixed to the top.
The pipe reaches from the surface to the very bottom of the excavation to be filled
.
10
New Developments in Dam Engineering: Proceedings of the 4th ...
The underwater C20 concrete backfilling was carried out with concrete mixed
with gelatinizer by tremie method for the location below El. 30.00m and the
construction was required to lift up continuously and evenly. The spacing of the
tremie ...
Martin Wieland, Qingwen Ren, John S.Y. Tan,
2004
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREMIE»
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tremie is used in the context of the following news items.
Chris Tremie será coach de las Águilas
El equipo de las Águilas del Zulia anunció ayer la contratación del técnico estadounidense Chris Tremie, quien ejercerá el rol de coach de banca para la ... «El Universal, Jul 15»
Cleveland Indians surprise former Bulldog with selection in Major …
Former New Waverly catcher Cade Tremie swings at a pitch during the Bulldogs' regular-season finale against Trinity. Tremie was selected in the 35th round of ... «Huntsville Item, Jun 15»
Cleveland Indians deal in bloodlines, switch-pitcher on last day of …
Tremie is the son of Chris Tremie, the Indians' Class AAA manager. He made his big league debut with the White Sox in 1995. Perez went 4-1 with a 4.61 this ... «cleveland.com, Jun 15»
Baseball | Clippers: Tremie back to manage, has two new coaches
Chris Tremie will travel to Cleveland later this week to begin discussions with the Indians about the upcoming baseball season, his third as the manager of the ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jan 15»
Baseball: Chris Tremie returns for second season as Clippers …
Tremie, 44, guided the team to a 71-73 record and a second-place finish in the International League West in 2013, in his first managerial job at the triple-A level. «Columbus Dispatch, Dec 13»
Season preview: Managing Clippers is perfect fit for Tremie
Chris Tremie settled into the Clippers manager's office in Huntington Park yesterday and felt comfortably at home in his new surroundings. “I think I always ... «Columbus Dispatch, Apr 13»
Cleveland Indians promote Chris Tremie to Columbus manager, set …
Cleveland Indians, spring training, Feb. 26, 2011 Chris Tremie (left) works with Shin-Soo Choo in spring training last year. Tremie will manage the Class AAA ... «Plain Dealer, Nov 12»
Mike Sarbaugh, Chris Tremie back as managers at Columbus and …
Manager Chris Tremie, and his 2011 staff of pitching coach Tony Arnold and hitting Rouglas Odor return for the second straight year at Class AA Akron. «Plain Dealer, Dec 11»