Glossary

French: air

German: Luft

Spanish: aire

Italian: aria

Portuguese: ar

Dutch: lucht

French: entraínement d'air

German: Luftporenzusatz

Spanish: aire incluido, aire atrapado

Italian: inglobamento d'aria

Portuguese: ar incorporado

Dutch: lucht bijmenging

French: manche á air, gaine

German: Druckluftschlauch, Ansaugschlauch

Spanish: manguera de aire

Italian: tubo dell'aria

Portuguese: tubo de ar, mangueira de ar

Dutch: luchtslang

The ports on a diesel hammer which serve as both air intake and air exhaust ports.

Impact pile driver powered by compressed air or steam; action of machine may be single, double, differential or compound.

Device for lifting slurry, suspended solids and drill cuttings from the bottom of a bentonite or polymer slurry-filled excavation for a trench, coffer dam cell or drilled shaft. Usually, compressed air is introduced into the slurry at the bottom of the excavation via a small pipe inside a larger pipe. The upward airflow inside the larger pipe reduces slurry density. The higher density of the surrounding slurry causes an upward flow inside the larger pipe that tends to lift material from the bottom of the excavation.

French: extraction/élévateur à air comprimé

Device use to control internal pressure of Pneumatic caissons.

French: sas à air

The ports on a diesel hammer which serve as air intake and exhaust ports.

French: force portante limite

German: zulässige Tragfähigkeit

Spanish: carga admisible, carga de seguridad del terreno

Italian: valore di carico ammissibile

Portuguese: capacidade de carga

Dutch: toelaatbare draagkracht

The maximum load permitted, considering structural strength, bearing capacity, horizontal movement, code requirements, or measured settlement in a load test.

French: force portante limite des pieux

German: Pfahltragfähigkeit

Spanish: capacidad admisible de un pilote

Italian: carico ammissibile su palo

Portuguese: carga admissivel de estacas

Dutch: toelaatbare paaldraagkracht