Glossary

A mixture of bleed water, cement and fine sand that may appear at the top of concrete after placing, especially in high lifts, such as piling. It has no structural value.

French: bouillie de ciment

Metal left, as at a bevel on the flange of an H-pile, for back-up of a weld.

French: terre

German: Land

Spanish: tierra

Italian: terra

Portuguese: terra

Dutch: land

French: glissement de terrain

German: Erdrutschung

Spanish: corrimiento de tierras

Italian: frana, scivolamento di terreno

Portuguese: escorregamento

Dutch: aardverschuiving

A pile with a nominal diameter exceeding 24 in. (600 mm).

French: forces latérales

German: seitliche Belastung

Spanish: fuerzas laterales

Italian: forze laterali

Portuguese: forças laterais

Dutch: laterale, zijdelingse krachten

Horizontal component of load on a pile.

French: charge latérale

Normally used in reference to the lateral pressure or force imposed by a soil mass against an earth-supporting structure such as a retaining wall or basement wall, or on a fictitious vertical plane located within a soil mass. The coefficient of earth pre

French: pression latérale

German: Seitendruck

Spanish: presión lateral

Italian: pressione laterale, spinta laterale

Portuguese: pressão lateral

Dutch: laterale, zijdelingse druk

The maximum pressure (load) that may be safely applied in the horizontal direction to a soil or rock by a foundation unit.

1. Inclined piles or reinforcement to resist lateral forces on piles or footings. Also called Bracing, or Shoring. 2. Support provided by soil, which prevents column failure of a driven pile.

French: support latéral

German: seitliche Abstützung

Spanish: sostén lateral

Italian: supporto laterale, sostegno laterale

Portuguese: suporte lateral

Dutch: laterale, zijdelingse ondersteuning

French: couche

German: Schicht

Spanish: capa

Italian: strato

Portuguese: camada

Dutch: laag