Glossary

A load less than that which would cause objectional settlement, with a factor of safety as necessary to provide for variations in material, workmanship and loading. The safe load for a group of friction piles may be less than the sum of the safe loads for

French: charge admissible

German: zulässige Last

Spanish: carga admisible

Italian: carico ammissibile

Portuguese: carga de segurança

Dutch: toelaatbare belasting

A factor modifying (reducing) overall capacity or strength as used in working stress design. (Usually having upper case symbol “F”. Lower case symbols, “f”, are used for factors in ultimate limit states design). The safety factor is defined as a ratio of

French: coefficient de sécurité

German: Sicherheitsfaktor

Spanish: coeficiente de seguridad

Italian: fattore di sicurezza

Portuguese: coeficiente de segurança

Dutch: veiligheidsfactor

The margin (dimensional) between mobilized resistance, applied load, or actual value, and maximum available resistance or acceptable value, e.g., the margin between the mobilized shear stress and the shear strength, or the margin between calculated settle

French: marge de sécurité

A coarse grass growing in salt marsh areas; used for rough caulking of breast boarding and around cofferdams.

The maximum or ultimate soil resistance mobilized in shear along the shaft of a pile or foundation unit.

The maximum or ultimate soil resistance mobilized at the toe of a pile or foundation unit.

The maximum or ultimate soil resistance mobilized by a foundation unit; See Capacity.

French: moment resistant

German: widerstehendes Moment

Spanish: momento resistente

Italian: momento de resistenza

Portuguese: momento resistente

Dutch: tegenwerkend moment

French: fréquence de résonnance

German: Resonanzfrequenz

Spanish: frecuencia de resonancia

Italian: frequenza di risonanza

Portuguese: frequencia de ressonancia

Dutch: resonantiefrequentie

Driving (striking) a previously driven pile with the same hammer to observe increase (setting) or decrease (relaxation) in pile support capacity.

French: re-battre un pieu