Glossary

The property exhibited by a slurry that gels when undisturbed and returns to a viscous fluid when stirred or agitated.

French: thixotropie

German: Thixotropie

Spanish: tixotropía

Italian: tissotropia

Portuguese: tioxtropia

Dutch: thixotropie

See Lace.

A quick-acting valve mounted in the motive fluid line used to control the flow of fluid to a steam/air pile hammer.

French: clapet de réglage/vanne régulatrice à papillon

French: marées

German: Tide, Gezeiten

Spanish: mareas

Italian: marea

Portuguese: marés

Dutch: getijden

Metal rod used to measure vertical movement of test pile at pre-specified depth in comparison with movement of pile head at different applied loadings.

French: température

German: Temperatur

Spanish: temperatura

Italian: temperatura

Portuguese: temperatura

Dutch: temperatuur

French: tirant d'ancrage provisoire

German: Kurzzeitanker

Italian: ancoraggio temporaneo

Portuguese: ancoragem provisória

Dutch: tijdelijk anker

Shoring system used primarily to provide soil and water retention during construction, and not utilized in the permanent construction.

French: mur temporaire

Part of a tieback or a tiedown consisting of prestressing steel, anchorage, corrosion protection, sheathing and coating (if required), spacers and centralizers

French: armature

German: Zugglied

Italian: trefolo

Portuguese: armadura

Dutch: verankering

French: longueur de scellement de l'armature

German: Verankerungslänge de Zuggliedes

Italian: lunghezza di fondazione del trefolo

Portuguese: comprimento de selagem duma armadura

Dutch: verankeringslengte