Glossary

Driving a pile underwater by operating the hammer under water. Provisions must be made for hammer exhaust to the atmosphere for both steam or compressed air powered pile hammers.

French: échantillon intact

German: ungestörte Bodenprobe

Spanish: muestra inalterada

Italian: campione indisturbato

Portuguese: amostra intacta

Dutch: ongeroerd monster

French: résistance au cisaillement à teneur en eau constante

German: undrainierte Scherfestigkeit

Spanish: resistencia al esfuerzo cortante, sin consolidación

Italian: resistenza al taglio non drenata

Portuguese: resistencia ao corte com teor de humidade constante

Dutch: ongedrianerde schuifsterkte

French: compression uniaxial

German: einachsiger Druck

Spanish: compresión unidimensional

Italian: compressione monoassiale (uniassiale)

Portuguese: compressão uniaxial

A soil classification system based on grain size distribution, liquid limit and plasticity index of the soil.

French: système de classification USCS

German: vereinheitlichte Bodenklazifizierung

Spanish: clasificación unificada de suelos

Italian: classificazione dei terreni unificata

Portuguese: classificação unificada de solos

Dutch: uniforme bodemklassering

French: micropieu defaisabilité

German: Eignungsversuchs-Mikropfahl (Probepfahl 2)

Italian: microplai prova

Portuguese: microestaca de ensaio

Dutch: proefmicropaal

French: pieu a faisabilité

German: Probepfahl

Italian: pali prova

Portuguese: estaca de ensaio

Dutch: proefpaal

See European Lead.

French: distrubtion triangulaire

German: dreieckige Lastverteilung

Spanish: carga repartida triangularmente

Italian: distribuzione triangolare dei carichi

Portuguese: distribuição triangular de carga

Dutch: driehoekige belastingsverdeling

French: appareil triaxial

German: Triaxialgerät

Spanish: aparato triaxial

Italian: apparecchiatura triassiale

Portuguese: aparelho triaxial

Dutch: triaxiaalapparaat