Section of a slurry wall that is concreted as a single unit. The panel may be linear, T-shaped, L-shaped, or other plan configuration
French: panneau
German: Schlitzwandelement
Italian: pannello
Portuguese: painel
Dutch: paneel
Pants, Hammer
Slotted plates fastened to the sides of a pile hammer to engage the head of template supported sheet pile, to keep the hammer centered upon, and in vertical alignment with, the pile to permit the hammer’s operation free-hanging. Also called Fingers, Fish-
Parallel Seismic Test
A down-hole test to verify depth and to determine the most likely construction material of unknown foundations below existing structures. Requires a borehole close to the unknown foundation, and access to the structure immediately above the foundation in
Parallelogram Brace
Propietary brace to change pile hammer leads from side to side wIthout use of a hammer
particle size
French: dimension des grains
German: Teilchengröße
Spanish: dimensión de los granos
Italian: granulometria, dimensione delle particelle
Portuguese: dimensão dos grãos
Dutch: afmetingen deeltje
Particle Velocity
The speed at which the ground particles move or vibrate, measured in mm/s or in/s. The maximum recorded particle velocity from any one of the three axes of movement for a recorded vibration event is the Peak Particle Velocity.
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