Glossary

French: déblais

German: Aushubmaterial

Spanish: material excavado

Italian: materiale escavato

Portuguese: material escavado

Dutch: ontgraven grond

A space created by the removal of soil or rock for the purpose of construction.

French: excavation

German: Baugrube, Ausschachtung, Bodenaushub

Spanish: excavación

Italian: escavazione, scavo

Portuguese: escavação

Dutch: ontgraving

French: pression effective

German: wirksame Druckspannung

Spanish: presión efectiva

Italian: pressione efficace

Portuguese: pressão efectiva

Dutch: effectieve spanning, korrelspanning

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Alteration in length of a pile, or structural member due to load (reduction for compression piles, elongation for tension piles). An important factor in evaluating apparent pile movements under test load. Also called Elastic shortening, Elongation.

French: deformation élastique

German: elastische Dehnung

Spanish: deformación elástica

Italian: deformazione elastica

Portuguese: deformação elástica

Dutch: elastische rek

French: module d'élasticité

German: Elastizitätsmodul

Spanish: módulo de elasticidad

Italian: modulo elastico

Portuguese: módulo de elasticidade

Dutch: elasticiteitsmodulus

French: électrode

German: Elektrode

Spanish: electrodo

Italian: elettrodo

Portuguese: electrodo

Dutch: electrode

French: électro-osmose

German: Elektro-Osmose

Spanish: electroosmosis

Italian: elettro-osmosi

Portuguese: electro-osmose

Dutch: electro-osmose