Concrete that achieves proper consolidation by its self-weight without requiring vibration. This type of concrete is typically used for flatwork, but is beginning to be used in deep foundations. The high fluidity of self-consolidating concrete makes the t
sensitive clay
French: argile sensible au remaniement
German: strukturempfindlicher Ton
Spanish: arcilla susceptible
Italian: argilla sensitiva
Portuguese: argila sensitiva
Dutch: gevoelige klei
Sensitivity
The ratio of a soil’s undisturbed strength to its disturbed strength.
French: sensibilité
sensor
French: capteur
German: Empfangsapparat, Meßfühler
Spanish: captor
Italian: sensore
Portuguese: sensor
Dutch: sensor
sequence of strata
French: suite de couches ou de bancs
German: Aufeinanderfolge der Schichten
Spanish: sucesión de los estratos
Italian: successione di strati, sequenza di strati
Portuguese: sequencia de estratos ou camadas
Dutch: laagvolgorde
Set
1. The net penetration of a pile into the ground per blow or specific series of blows of a pile hammer. 2. The final penetration of a pile or final set, expressed in inches or millimeters per blow.
setting (materials)
French: prise (matériaux)
German: Abbindung
Spanish: fraguado (materiales)
Italian: messa a punto
Portuguese: presa (materiais)
Dutch: opstijving, verharding
settlement
The downward movement of a foundation unit or soil layer due to rapidly or slowly occuring compression of the soils located below the foundation unit or soil layer, when the compression is caused by an increase of effective stress due to an applied load o
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