Glossary

French: boulance

German: Fließerscheinung

Spanish: sifonamiento

Italian: liquefazione

Portuguese: sifonamento

Dutch: vloeiconditie

French: chaux vive

German: ungelöschter Kalk

Spanish: cal viva

Italian: limi sciolti mobili

Portuguese: cal viva

Dutch: vloeiend kalk

A maintained pile load test with time intervals less than 20 minutes between adding load increments. (reference ASTM D1143).

A condition rather than a type of soil. Generally, a fine granular soil temporarily super-saturated with rising water and acting as a fluid under pressure. See Liquefaction

French: sable boulant

German: Fließsand

Spanish: arena movediza

Italian: sabbie mobili

Portuguese: areia movediça

Dutch: drijfzand

Symbol for piling capacity in tons. Example; 2R is a term meaning twice design capacity

See Pile Monkey. Also sometimes used for Tremie Plug or Go-Devil

French: mouton

German: Rammbär, Fallbär

Spanish: maza

Italian: maglio (di battipalo)

Portuguese: martelo de bate-estacas

Dutch: persoon/apparaat voor positioneren paal

Severe bouncing of the casing of a power pile hammer during driving operations

French: foundation sur radier

German: Plattengründung

Spanish: cimentación flotante

Italian: fondazione a platea

Portuguese: ensoleiramento geral

Dutch: balken fundering

Usually three recycled railroad rails with edges of their bases welded together and the heads out, driven as a unit

French: voie ferrée

German: Eisenbahn

Spanish: ferrocarril

Italian: ferrovia

Portuguese: caminho de ferro

Dutch: spoorweg