drukbelaste

Drukbelaste is a Dutch adjective meaning “subject to pressure” or “pressure-loaded.” It is used to describe components, structures, or materials that experience internal or external pressure. The related noun drukbelasting denotes the pressure-induced load acting on a body or element.

Etymology and usage context: The term combines druk (pressure) with belasting (load). In engineering and materials science, drukbelaste components are those exposed to pressure, such as walls of pressure vessels, piping, or hulls under seawater pressure. Design and analysis commonly consider the resulting compressive stresses and ensure that strength, stiffness, and safety criteria are met under the expected pressure loads.

Contexts: In mechanical and civil engineering, discussions of pressure vessels, pipelines, and tanks routinely refer to drukbelaste parts. In fluid dynamics and structural analysis, predicting the response of drukbelaste components involves calculating stresses (often approximated as hoop and longitudinal stresses in thin-walled vessels) and checking against allowable limits. The term also appears in process industries where equipment is designed for specified internal or external pressure conditions.

Distinctions and translations: drukbelaste describes the condition of being subjected to pressure, while drukbelasting is the actual load or stress caused by that pressure. The concept is related to other load types such as trekbelasting (tensile load) or snellast (dynamic load). In English, equivalents include “pressure-loaded” or “subjected to pressure.” The term is predominantly found in Dutch-language technical literature.