Glossary

An analysis using undrained soil parameters, and not separating the influence of pore water pressure.

A proprietary precast concrete-tip pile with thin-shell shaft, driven with the aid of a mandrel.

A structure constructed along a river of loose mounds or heaps of rubble, with or without a surmounting masonry wall, timber, close timber piling, wood sheet piling, steel sheet piling or reinforced concrete to direct the flow of the river into a more fav

French: déflecteur

French: manomètre/capteur

German: Vermittler, Energiewandler

Spanish: transductor

Italian: trasduttore

Portuguese: transductor, manómetro

Dutch: transducer

The energy transferred to the pile head and determined as the integral over time of the product of force, velocity, and pile impedance.

French: zone de transition

German: Übergangzone

Spanish: zona de transición

Italian: zona di transizione

Portuguese: zona de transição

Dutch: overgangszone

1. Placing concrete below water or slurry level through a pipe, the lower end of which is kept immersed in fresh concrete so that the rising concrete from the bottom displaces the water or slurry without washing out cement content. 2. The hopper and drop

Concrete placed by the tremie method.

French: béton coulé sous l'eau

German: Kontraktorbeton, Unterwasserbeton

Spanish: hormigón colocado con tubo-tolva

Italian: calcestruzzo gettato contubo getto

Portuguese: betonagem submersa

Dutch: onderwaterbeton

Pipe through which concrete is placed in a slurry-filled panel or shaft.

Device placed in a tremie pipe, intended to minimize mixing of the concrete and slurry or water at the start of the concrete placement operation. See also Go-Devil, Rabbit