Glossary

A structure constructed to obstruct the flow or impound water.

French: barrage

German: Talsperre, Staudamm

Spanish: presa

Italian: diga

Portuguese: barragem

Dutch: dam

A coefficient that is determined as the ratio of a force to velocity. In dynamic testing of piles, the damping factors are the following types: (1) Smith Damping factor (presented by E.A. Smith, 1960) is defined as the ratio of a force to a velocity. (2)

French: Facteur d'amortissement

Incision or notch cut in timber into which the head of a pile or other timber is fitted.

French: traction de référence

German: Vorbelastung

Italian: carico di riferimento

Portuguese: carga de referência

Dutch: initiële belasting (nullast)

French: poids mort

German: Eigengewicht

Spanish: peso propio

Italian: carico permanente

Portuguese: peso próprio

Dutch: eigen gewicht

1. Piles driven behind retaining walls, and beyond the area where soil may slip, to which a retaining wall’s tie-back rods or cables are attached. 2: Piles driven near test pile to anchor jacking beam (Also called Reaction Pile or Anchor Pile).

French: poids mort

German: Erdanker

Spanish: muerto

Italian: ancoraggio, corpo morto

Portuguese: bloco de ancoragem

Dutch: ballastanker

French: temps de descente

German: Zersetzungszeit, Abklingzeit

Spanish: tiempo de atraso

Italian: tempo di decadimento

Portuguese: tempo de queda de pulsação

French: roche décomposée

German: zersetztes Gestein

Spanish: roca descompuesta

Italian: roccia decomposta

Portuguese: rocha alterada

Dutch: verweerd gesteente

French: décompression

German: Druckentlastung

Spanish: descompresión

Italian: decompressione

Portuguese: descompressão

Dutch: drukafname

Removal of a load in steps at completion of test loading.

French: décroissement par tranches