Glossary

Ground improvement method in which a cement based slurry is injected and mixed with the weak soils to increase the strength of such soils

French: flèche/déviation

German: Durchbiegung

Spanish: flecha, desplazamiento

Italian: flessione

Portuguese: flecha, deflecção

Dutch: doorbuiging, horizontale verplaatsing

French: déformation

German: Verformung

Spanish: deformación

Italian: deformazione

Portuguese: deformação

Dutch: vervorming, verplaatsing

French: degré de compactage

German: Verdichtungsgrad

Spanish: grado de apisonado

Italian: grado di compattazione

Portuguese: grau de compactação

Dutch: verdichtingsgraad

French: degré de saturation

German: Sättigungsgrad

Spanish: grado de saturación

Italian: grado di saturazione

Portuguese: grau de saturação

Dutch: verzadigingsgraad

French: retard

German: Verzögerung

Spanish: atraso

Italian: ritardo

Portuguese: diferenca de tempo de detonações

Dutch: vertraging

The weight or mass per unit of volume. In reference to soil, the term usually indicates weight per unit volume and is synonymous with unit weight

French: poids volumétrique

German: Dichte

Spanish: densidad

Italian: densità, peso di volume unitario

Portuguese: baridade, densidade

The span between the loosest void ratio and the actual void ratio divided by the span between the loosest and densest void ratios.

French: poids volumétrique

German: Dichte

Spanish: densidad

Italian: densità, peso di volume unitario

Portuguese: baridade, densidade

Dutch: dichtheid, volumiek gewicht