The portion of the earth’s crust which is fragmentory, or such that some individual particles of a dried sample can be readily separated by agitation in water; it includes boulders, cobbles, gravel, sand, silt, clay, and organic matter.
French: sol
Soil Anchor
A high-strength steel tendon installed in the earth with anchoring provision in soil that will resist movement and prestressed against a wall by an anchoring device. See Appendix C.
French: ancrage/scellement
Soil Boring
A small diameter hole drilled into the soil for the purposes of obtaining earth samples and exploring the subsurface conditions.
French: sondage de sol
Soil Boring Log
The complete record of what was found from drilling one soil exploration hole.
French: carotte de sondage
soil cement
French: sol-ciment
German: Erdbodenzement, Bodenvermörtelung
Spanish: suelo-cemento
Italian: cemento del terreno
Portuguese: solo-cimento
Dutch: grond-cement
soil characteristics
French: caractéristiques du sol
German: Bodenklassifizierung, Bodenmerkmale
Spanish: características del suelo
Italian: caratteristiche del terreno
Portuguese: caracteristicas do solo
Dutch: grondeigenschappen
Soil Damping
A dynamic soil resistance force that is a direct function of pile velocity.
Soil Damping Parameter
Often designated by “J” with a unit of measure of second/ft. According to Smith’s definition, soil damping equals J x pile velocity x static soil resistance.
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