Means for joining lengths of piles. 1. H-Pile: full penetration butt weld or close-fitting mechanical device plus welding across flanges and additions. 2. Pipe-Pile: butt weld or driving into tapered circular sleeve.
Pile Line
A wire rope used to lift a pile and hold it while being placed in the leads; one of the hoisting lines on a crane, assigned to pile handling. Also called Pile Fall.
pile loading test
See Load Test, Test Pile
French: essai de chargement de pieu
German: Pfahlbelastungsversuch
Spanish: ensayo de carga sobre pilotes
Italian: prova di carico su pali
Portuguese: ensaio de carga de estacas
Dutch: proefbelasting
Pile Log
See Driving Log
Pile Master
See Taywood Sheet Pile Driver/Extractor
Pile Monkey
1. The workman who climbs the lead to position the pile beneath the hammer. 2. The workman who sits atop a sheet pile wall and threads interlocks. 3. Trade name for a mechanical device controlled by the crane operator to accomplish the purpose of 1 Above.
French: mouton
German: Rammbär, Fallbär
Spanish: maza
Italian: maglio (di battipalo)
Portuguese: martelo de bate-estacas
Dutch: persoon/apparaat voor positioneren paal
Pile Penetration
The depth or subsurface elevation reached by tip of the pile. 2. Embedment of the pile. 3. The set of the pile
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