What is a ramp? What is this adaptation?

We understand the meaning of the term "ramp". What kind of adaptation, for sure, the seamen know. The military also faced this concept. Perhaps, not all, but specialists of engineering units should know exactly what it is.

Definition

The word of French origin appareil can be translated as "device" or "apparatus". In another sense, this is the "entry". Another interpretation - appareiller can be translated as "picking up", "staging", "location next" (in order something to something, for example, bricks when laying in construction).

So, the ramp - what kind of device is the entrance, located next to it? In the traditional sense this is an inclined platform without steps between two levels (ground-vehicle), used as an auxiliary device for moving loads. The concept is most used in shipping: on ships, ferries, ferries. Vehicles are equipped with lifting structures (ramps), usually with fences, for the convenience of organized movement of people, rolling loads, animals and other things.

In military affairs, with the help of ramps, heavy guns and non-self-propelled equipment are raised to the heights of a fortified fortification structure or bastion. According to them, if necessary, redeployment of military equipment, auxiliary equipment and goods fall down to the ground. If necessary, the principle of the ramp is used to move equipment to trenches or other depressions.

Features

So, the ramp - what is this device from the constructive point of view? On ships and ferries cargoes are usually delivered from the stern or sides. Each floating device has its own dimensions. To be able to quickly load, the ship is equipped with ramps. It is such a kind of convenient gangway with fences on the sides, which can be quickly lowered in a suitable place and organize loading operations.

In heavy-duty vessels, such attachments consist of several collapsible sections and rise upwards. During transportation, the ramp occupies a vertical position and limits the aperture of the stern. When lowering the structure forms an inclined platform (the way from the ship to the pier), fenced on the sides. Can be linear or angular. This feature makes it possible to save the berth place or to work from the side of the vehicle.

In fortifications, ramps for the installation of military equipment can be prefabricated and bulk. If a primer is used, on the approaches to the boundary it is stacked so that a slope is formed, suitable for moving the guns to the position. The surface must be able to withstand the required weight.

The ramp and ramp are varieties of the ramp?

These devices use the general principle of moving something along an inclined plane from one level to another. They are used for lifting or lowering. But in civil construction and architecture, where the main role is assigned to the movement of people, the definition of "ramp" is used. An inclined platform is equipped at the entrances of houses, entrances and exits of buildings and structures. It is usually installed permanently with the ability to use constantly or if necessary.

Rampa is more industrial. It is also an inclined platform, but designed primarily for moving loads. Can be stationary or temporary. Depending on the purpose it is designed with different load-carrying capacity: to withstand the weight of a fifty-kilogram trolley or a multi-ton tractor with a trailer.

In some countries, a ramp ramp is used. What is this object? On the highways in a mountainous area, there is a lateral branch of the road with a slope. The surface of such a site is loose. It is able to stop a truck with faulty brakes or a car that has lost control. Installation of objects of this type, as well as the installation of ramps, shall be carried out in accordance with technical documentation, with the requirements of standards and safety standards.

Trademark

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