Glossary

A three to five-inch shaft of hard steel is set into the lower end of an H-pile by slitting the shaft or cutting the web of the pile for some distance, and then welding the shaft to the H-pile. Utilized to secure a toe hold in sloping rock. Can also be fi

French: osmose

German: Osmose

Spanish: osmosis

Italian: osmosi

Portuguese: osmose

Dutch: osmose

Axial loading test carried out by applying the load with expendable jack and load cell pre-installed in a cast-in-place bored pile or drilled shaft. Named after its inventor, Jorj Osterberg.

French: affleurement (géol.)

German: zutageliegend

Spanish: afloramiento (geol.)

Italian: affioramento

Portuguese: afloramento

Dutch: rots aan het oppervlak

French: plaine d'alluvions

German: Kiesfeld, Sandfeld

Spanish: llanura aluvial

Italian: superficie di dilavamento, piana fluvioglaciale

Portuguese: plano aluvionar

Dutch: vlakke uitspoeling

French: surexcavation

German: Mehraushub

Spanish: sobreexcavación

Italian: sovrascavo

Portuguese: sobreescavação

Dutch: extrauitgraving

The difference between the actual amount of concrete placed and the neat theoretical volume. Usually expressed as a percentage.

French: surabattage

German: Mehrausbruch

Spanish: sobreexcavación

Italian: sovrascavo

Portuguese: sobreescavação

Dutch: verspilld materiaal

French: surcharge

German: Überlagerung, Deckschicht

Spanish: montera, sobrecarga de tierra

Italian: terreno di copertura

Portuguese: recobrimento

Dutch: overdruk

Extra length of concrete above design cut-off level of pile, usually formed in cast-in-place bored piles or drilled shafts, and barrettes. See also Over-pour.

French: surconsolidé

German: überkonsolidiert

Spanish: apisonado en exceso

Italian: sovraconsolidato

Portuguese: sobreconsolidado

Dutch: overgeconsolideerd