Glossary

French: célérité des ondes

German: Wellengeschwindigkeit

Spanish: velocidad de onda

Italian: velocità d'onda

Portuguese: velocidade de onda

Dutch: golfsnelheid

See Side Channels.

French: sols sans consistance

German: Boden mit geringer Tragfähigkeit

Spanish: suelo blando

Italian: terreno poco resistente

Portuguese: solo brando

Dutch: grond met geringe draagkracht

French: altération

German: Verwitterung

Spanish: meteorización

Italian: alterazione (alle intemperie)

Portuguese: meteorização, erosão por agente metereológico

Dutch: verwering

French: coin, cale

German: Keil

Spanish: cuña

Italian: cuneo

Portuguese: cunha

Dutch: wig

French: fonçage des pieux par vibration

German: Pfhleinrütteln

Spanish: hinca de pilotes por vibración

Italian: infissione a vibrazione

Portuguese: cravação vibratoria de estaca

Dutch: palen intrillen

Ground improvement method in which loose granular soil at depth is densified by the vibrations generated by a vibratory probe inserted into the ground.

French: compactage par vibrations

Qualitative term to rate the predicted ease or difficulty of vibrating a pile into place, considering the soil conditions and vibrator type. Used to differentiate from “driveability”. See illustration #14, Appendix B.

Trade name for a means of densifying non-cohesive soils by deep vibration coupled with air or waterjetting. A Vibroflot is the instrument used, with an internal motor driving eccentric weights.

French: vibroflottation

German: Rütteldruckverfahren

Spanish: vibroflotación

Italian: vibroflottazione

Portuguese: vibroflutuação

Dutch: vibroflotation

French: branche de première compression du diagramme

German: Erstdrucklastkurve

Spanish: curva de compresión noval

Italian: curva di compressione vergine

Portuguese: curva virgem de compressão

Dutch: initiele drukcurve