Glossary

Sand Brace

A horizontal member securing the piles in a bent.

Sand Cone

Calibrated device used to measure percentage of sand by volume suspended in a slurry.

Sand Content

Percentage of sand by volume suspended in a slurry or drilling fluid. See Sand Cone.

Sand Drains

Vertical sand columns installed to speed drainage and rapid consolidation of marshy land. Also called Sand Pile and Sand Wick.

sand drains

French: drains de sable

German: Sandabflußrinne, Sanddrän

Spanish: drenes de arena

Italian: dreni in sabbia

Portuguese: drenos de areia

Dutch: zanddrain

sand pile

French: pieu de sable

German: Sandpfahl

Spanish: pilote de arena

Italian: palo in sabbia

Portuguese: estaca de areia

Dutch: zandpaal

saturated soil

French: sol saturé

German: gesättigter Boden

Spanish: suelo saturado

Italian: terreno saturo

Portuguese: solo saturado

Saximeter

Trade name for a device for remote measuring of the stroke of an open-end diesel hammer

SBC

Southern Building Code.

scale

French: echelle

German: Maßtab

Spanish: escala

Italian: bilancia

Portuguese: escala

Dutch: schaal