Glossary

Device to withdraw end stop after the concrete has achieved initial set.

A pile that supports the major portion of the load placed upon it by end or toe bearing on a firm stratum existing at some depth below the ground surface.

French: pieu résistant à la pointe

German: Spitzendruckpfahl

Spanish: pilote resistente por la punta

Italian: palo portante di punta

Portuguese: estaca trabalhando de ponta

Dutch: stuitpaal (puntdragende paal)

A device for measuring resistance to penetration of a point, calibrated to indicate approximate load-bearing strength of a pile. Often called Dutch Cone Penetrometer or CPT

Pile hammer leads composed of two holes or pipes which are loosely coupled at the boom point and the base and the hammer is guided between the pipes.

French: digue

German: Deich

Spanish: dique

Italian: argine, diga

Portuguese: dique

Dutch: dijk

Ground improvement method in which loose granular soils are densified at depth by the dropping of a heavy weight at ground surface in a planned grid pattern.

French: compactage dynamique

Force applied to a pile by a rotating eccentric weight vibratory pile driver/extractor.

French: force dynamique

A mathematical equation which calculates the static load carrying capacity of a pile from the energy per blow of the pile hammer and the observed set of the pile. It includes terms for pile weight to ram-weight ratio, pile rebound, and cushion properties.

Evaluating pile resistance from impact-induced strain and acceleration in a pile during driving or restrike and typically with signal matching analysis.

French: essai de chargement dynamique

German: dynamische Probeelastung

Italian: test di carico dinamico

Portuguese: ensaio de carga dinâmico

Dutch: dynamische proefbelasting

French: charge dynamique

German: dynamische Belastung

Spanish: carga dinámica

Italian: carico dinamico

Portuguese: carga dinâmica

Dutch: dynamische belasting