Glossary

The thickness of the metal of a pile.

French: épaisseur de mur

1. A method of advancing a boring by means of rotary drilling utilizing water or a bentonite slurry to stabilize the sides of the opening. 2. A method of examining soil, usually in soft soil or clay, by driving a pipe into the ground and then inserting a

French: sondage par injection

German: Spülbohrung

Spanish: sondeo por inyección de agua

Italian: foro di lavaggio , sondaggio a circolazione d'acqua

Portuguese: sondagem por injecçao

French: eau de lavage

German: Spülwasser

Spanish: agua de inyección

Italian: acqua di lavaggio

Portuguese: água de injecção

Dutch: spoelwater

French: sondage par injection

German: Spülbohrung

Spanish: sondeo por inyección de agua

Italian: foro di lavaggio , sondaggio a circolazione d'acqua

Portuguese: sondagem por injecção

Dutch: spoelboring

The ratio of the quantity (by weight) of water in a given volume of soil mass to the weight of the soil solids, typically expressed as a percentage.

French: teneur en eau

German: Wassergehalt

Spanish: humedad

Italian: contenuto d'acqua

Portuguese: teor de humidade

Dutch: watergehalte

French: coefficient d'uniformité (de Hazen)

German: Ungleichförmigkeitsgrad

Spanish: coeficiente de uniformidad

Italian: coefficiente di uniformità

Portuguese: coeficiente de uniformidade

Dutch: ongelijkvormigheidscoefficient

French: sol à granulométrie uniforme

German: Boden mit gleichmäßiger Korngrößenverteilung

Spanish: suelo uniformemente graduado

Italian: terreno uniformemente gradato

Portuguese: solo uniformemente graduado

Dutch: bodem met gelijkmatige korrelverdeling

The weight per unit volume of a material such as soil, water, concrete, etc. Typically expressed as pounds per cubic foot, grams per cubic centimeter, or kilograms per cubic meter.

French: poids unitaire

German: Raumgewicht

Spanish: densidad

Italian: peso unitario

Portuguese: baridade

Use of the top-down method to excavate the basement while simultaneously constructing the superstructure.

French: sous-pression

German: Hebung, Sohlwasserdruck

Spanish: subpresión

Italian: sollevamento

Portuguese: subpressão

Dutch: opdrijvingsdruk