Glossary

Sump Pump

Usually a self-priming centrifugal type pump capable of handling water with high mud content.

French: pompe de puisard

support

French: appui

German: Stütze

Spanish: apoyo

Italian: supporto

Portuguese: apoio

Dutch: support, ondersteuning

supporting fluid

French: fluide d'excavation

German: Stützende Flüssigkeit

Italian: fluido di supporto

Portuguese: fluido de escavação

Dutch: steunvloeistof

surcharge

A surface loading that is additional to the soil load behind a retaining wall.

French: surcharge

German: Auflast

Spanish: sobrecarga

Italian: sovraccarico

Portuguese: sobrecarga

Dutch: voorbelasting

stone

French: pierre, roche

German: Stein

Spanish: piedra

Italian: pietra, sasso

Portuguese: pedra

Dutch: steen

Stone Columns

Coarse crushed stone or gravel injected into poor bearing soil by jetting and vibro-displacement to improve carrying capacity. See Vibroflotation.

Stop End Joint

See End Pipe.

Stope

An excavation made into the ground in a series of steps or benches.

Stoppers

Plates fastened between flanges of an H, or other steel pile at right angles to the vertical axis, for the purpose of increasing the pile’s bearing area. See Lagged Pile.

strain

French: déformation

German: Deformation pro Längeneinheit, Anstrengung

Spanish: deformación

Italian: deformazione

Portuguese: deformação

Dutch: rek