Glossary

French: étude préliminaire

German: Voruntersuchung

Spanish: estudio preliminar

Italian: indagine preliminare

Portuguese: estudo preliminar

Dutch: voorlopig onderzoek

French: micropieu préliminaire

German: Vorversuchs-Mikropfahl (Probepfahl 1)

Italian: micropalo preliminari

Portuguese: microestaca preliminar

Dutch: tijdelijke micropaal

pile installed before the commencement of the main piling works or section of the works for the purpose of
establishing the suitability of the chosen type of pile, driving equipment and/or for confirming the design,
dimensions and bearing capacity

French: pieu préliminaire

German: Probepfahl

Italian: palo preliminare

Portuguese: estaca preliminar

Dutch: voorlopige paal

Application of a predetermined load on a brace or anchor support.

French: chargement préliminaire

German: Vorbelastung

Spanish: carga previa

Italian: precarico

Portuguese: pré-carga

Dutch: voorbelasten

French: résistance à la pointe

German: Spitzenwiderstand

Spanish: resistencia por la punta

Italian: resistenza di punta

Portuguese: resistencia de ponta

Dutch: puntweerstand

French: coefficient de Poisson

German: Poissonsche Zahl

Spanish: módulo de Poisson

Italian: rapporto di Poisson

Portuguese: coeficiente de Poisson

Dutch: Poisson getal

Synthetic additive that increases the viscosity of water.

French: polymère

German: Polymer

Spanish: polimero

Italian: polimero

Portuguese: polimero

Dutch: polymeer

A mixture of water and polymer forming a viscous drilling fluid that is used to stabilize boreholes and to remove drill cuttings from the borehole.

See polymer slurry. Also used in parts of Asia to denote a polymer slurry with bentonite added to reduce loss in granular soils.

French: former une mare

German: Teich

Spanish: embalsar

Italian: stagno

Portuguese: encher de água

Dutch: vijver