Glossary

French: comparateur, extensomètre, jauge de déformation

German: Dehnungsmesser

Spanish: testigo de deformación

Italian: indicatore di deformazione

Portuguese: extensometro

Dutch: rekmeter

See Banding.

French: clouage de liteaux

French: strate, couche

German: Schicht

Spanish: estrato

Italian: strato

Portuguese: estrato, camada

Dutch: laag

French: force, résistance, solidité

German: Festigkeit

Spanish: resistencia

Italian: forza, resistenza

Portuguese: resistencia

Dutch: sterkte

Unindirectional force per unit area (Compare pressure).

French: contrainte, tension

German: Spannung

Spanish: tensión

Italian: sforzo, sollecitazione

Portuguese: tensão, esforço

Dutch: spanning

French: concentration des contraintes

German: Spannungskonzentration

Spanish: concentración de tensiones

Italian: concentrazione dello sforzo

Portuguese: concentração de tensoes

Dutch: spanningsconcentratie

French: distribution des contraintes

German: Spannungsverteilung

Spanish: distribución de las tensiones

Italian: distribuzione degli sforzi

Portuguese: distribuição de tensoes

Dutch: spanningsverdeling

The total stress in a particular direction minus the pore pressure.

The length of a tieback or a tiedown that is not bonded to the surrounding soil or rock.

French: courbe contrainte-déformation

German: Spannungs-Dehnungs-Kurve

Spanish: curva de tensiónes y deformaciones

Italian: curva sforzo-deformazione

Portuguese: curva tensão-deformação

Dutch: spannings-rek-curve