Glossary

French: résistance à la compression sans contrainte latérale

German: Druckfestigkeit mit Querdehnung

Spanish: resistancia a la compresión sin constricción lateral

Italian: resistenza alla compressione semplice

Portuguese: resistencia à compressão simples

French: essai de compression triaxiale rapide

German: unverfestigter direkter Scherversuch, Schnellversuch

Spanish: ensayo sin consolidación ni drenaje

Italian: prova non consolidata - non drenata

Portuguese: ensaio de compressão nao-adensado e nao-drenado

See Top-down Method.

French: drains sous chaussée

German: Sickerdrainage

Spanish: subdren

Italian: dreno, sottofondo drenante

Portuguese: dreno subterraneo, inferior

French: souterrain

German: Untergrund, unterirdisch

Spanish: subterráneo

Italian: sottosuolo

Portuguese: subterraneo

Dutch: ondergrond

Piles, piers, walls, sheet piling, or other supports added to or replacing foundations under an existing structure to preserve the integrity of the structure or increase its load capacity.

French: reprise en sous oeuvre

German: Fundamentunterstützung, Unterfangung

Spanish: recalce

Italian: sottomurazione

Portuguese: reforço de fundação

Dutch: funderingsherstel

Enlargement of the lower end of an augered or drilled pile, shaft or caisson to increase its bearing area. Also called a Bell.

French: puits à base élargie

German: mit Kleinem Durchmeßer vorgebohrte Pfahl

Spanish: pilote de base ensanchada

Italian: palo alesato

Portuguese: estaca de base alargada

French: infiltration

German: Untersickergung

Spanish: filtración através de la cimentación

Italian: sottofiltrazione, filtrazione dal fondo

Portuguese: infiltração

Dutch: infiltratie

French: subaquatique

German: Unterwasser

Spanish: subacuático

Italian: subacqueo

Portuguese: subaquatico

Dutch: onderwater