Glossary

A prime mover and a hoist with one or more hoisting wire rope (cable) drums, mounted on a common sled base.

French: machine d'extraction

An earth auger with an end bit on a hollow center shaft. See also Auger.

A point at which a pile has reached specified soil penetration and/or blow count.

French: homogène

German: gleichartig, homogen

Spanish: homogeneo

Italian: omogeneo

Portuguese: homogeneo

Dutch: homogeen

French: pression horizontale (poussée)

German: horizontaler Erddruck

Spanish: empuje de tierras horizontal

Italian: spinta orizzontale del terreno

Portuguese: pressao horizontal de terras

Dutch: horizontale gronddruk

A colloquial expression indicating the side of the pile driver which is the most dangerous.

See Steel H-Pile. Also called H-Beam.

French: pieux à section en forme d'H

German: H-Profilpfahl

Spanish: pilotes en H

Italian: palo con putrella a doppio T

Portuguese: estacas de perfil H

Dutch: H-profiel paal

Can occur when the hydrostatic pressure in the ground (usually below a clay strata) is sufficient to cause the collapse of thin-wall pile casing.

French: Affaissement

Term for the physical property that permits water to flow through the voids in a soil.

French: Conductivité

Earth fill moved and placed by pumping with water.

French: remblai hydraulique

German: aufgespülter Boden

Spanish: relleno hidráulico

Italian: riempimento idraulico

Portuguese: aterro hidraulico

Dutch: opgespoten grond