Glossary

S.I. (Systeme Internationale) unit of force equal to 0.2248 kips.

French: kilonewton

1. The center pile in a dolphin or cluster of piles usually with the top higher than the adjacent piles to hold lines from a ship. 2. Added support for a precast concrete or steel sheet pile wall.

French: pieu central

A concrete pile poured (either with or without a metal casing) in its permanent location in the ground. Also called Cast-In-Place Pile, or Caisson.

French: pieu coulé sur place

French: résistance en place

German: Festigkeit an Ort und Stelle

Spanish: resistencia in situ

Italian: resistenza in sito

Portuguese: resistência "in situ"

Dutch: sterkte ter plaatse, in situ sterkte

French: essai in situ

German: Prüfung an Ortund Stelle

Spanish: ensayo in situ

Italian: test in sito, prova in sito

Portuguese: ensaio "in situ"

Dutch: test ter plaatse, in situ test,

French: inspection

German: Banüberwachung

Spanish: inspección

Italian: ispezione

Portuguese: inspecção

Dutch: inspectie

The individual who observes pile installation for conformance with contract requirements.

French: inspecteur

Any device intended to measure the performance of a wall or structural system, or physical parameters such as soil pressure or water head.

French: instruments de mesure

German: Meßgerätausrüstung

Spanish: instrumentación

Italian: strumentazione

Portuguese: instrumentaçao

French: instruments de mesure

German: Meßgerätausrüstung

Spanish: instrumentación

Italian: strumentazione

Portuguese: instrumentação

Dutch: instrumentatie

Pile load test performed on a shaft in which instrumentation has been installed to measure parameters such as stress, strain, and displacement. The load transfer mechanism and stress distribution can be determined from an instrumented pile load test.