Glossary

French: couronnement d'un mur

German: Stirnwand

Italian: muro di testa

Portuguese: coroamento do muro

Dutch: kopwand

French: chaleur d'hydratation

German: Hydrationswäme

Spanish: calor de hidratación

Italian: calore d'idratazione

Portuguese: calor de hidratação

Dutch: hydratatie warmte

1. The uplifting of earth between or near piles, caused by the displacement of soil by pile driving. 2. The uplift of a previously driven pile caused by the driving of an adjacent pile. 3. The upward movement of soil and/or foundations supported on s

French: se soulever

German: Hebung

Spanish: levantarse

Italian: sollevamento, innalzamento

Portuguese: empolar

Dutch: zwellen, rijzen, opheien

An anchor consisting of a bar and one or several helix rings. The anchor is augered into the ground and capacity is derived by the helix bearing against the soil.

French: extracteur de carotte hélicoïdal

Helical tieback, helical anchor or screw anchor screwed into bearing strata, and used to transfer tensile loads to soil. Helical anchorage consists of small diameter steel shaft, single or multiple helix bearing plates, coatings, corrosion protection, co

French: point d'ancrage hélicoïdal

French: tarière, mèche

German: Schneckenbohrer

Spanish: barrena salomónica

Italian: trivella ad elica

Portuguese: trado helicoidal

Dutch: avegaar

Mild steel bars spirally arranged about the main reinforcement steel to bind the latter to form a cage.

Also known as Helical screw foundation, screw pile, or helical pier, screwed to or into bearing strata and used to transfer compression loads to soil. A helical foundation consists of a small diameter steel shaft, single or multiple helix bearing plates,

A deep foundation system consisting of a Helix Screw Pile and a bracket for transferring loads from a structure to the pile.

Low capacity metal (galvanized steel) pile consisting of a center-pole and successive helices.