Glossary

French: matrice rocheuse

German: ungestörtes Gestein

Spanish: roca sana

Italian: roccia intatta

Portuguese: rocha sã

Dutch: intacte rots

A means of assessing the integrity of a deep foundation nondestructively and non-invasively – See Impulse Echo Test and Impulse Response Test

French: essai d'intégrité

German: Integritätsprüfung

Italian: test d'integrità

Portuguese: ensaio de integridade

Dutch: integriteits meting, sonisch doormeten

French: intergranulaire

German: zwischen den Bodenkörnern

Spanish: intergranular

Italian: intergranulare

Portuguese: intergranular

Dutch: intergranulaire

The portion of a steel sheet pile or other sheeting which connects adjacent piles through a thumb and finger or similar configuration to make a continous wall. Also called a Clutch

French: crochets des joints des palplanches métalliques

German: Spundbohlenschloß

Spanish: enclavamiento de las tablestacas

Italian: collegamento tra palancole

Portuguese: encaixes de estacas-pranchas metálicas

Dutch: damwand slot

French: frottement interne

German: innere Reibung

Spanish: rozamiento interno

Italian: attrito interno

Portuguese: atrito interno

Dutch: inwendige wrijving

A gravity hammer which acts internally on a plug at the base of a pile casing and is used to advance the casing by driving at the bottom to a given set or penetration.

Reinforcing steel embedded in a wall to provide bending resistance between points of lateral support.

Proprietary name for a type of cast-in-place concrete pile.

French: radier

German: Sohle

Spanish: invert

Italian: arco rovescio

Portuguese: base de uma conduta

Dutch: omkeren

French: essai préalable

German: Untersuchungsprüfung

Italian: test d'indagine

Portuguese: teste de ensaio

Dutch: onderzoek test