The resistance of piles to pulling out of the ground. The ability of a pile to resist uplift and overturn forces due to wind and hydrostatic pressure. See Anchor Pile.
uplift piles
French: pieux d'ancrage
German: Zugpfahl
Spanish: pilotes de tracción
Italian: pali a trazione
Portuguese: estacas de tracção
Dutch: trekpaal
uplift pressure
French: sous-pressions
German: Sog, Hebedruck, Auftrieb
Spanish: subpresiones
Italian: pressione di sollevamento
Portuguese: subpressões
Dutch: opdrijvingsdruk
USDOT
United States Department of Transportation.
vacuum
French: vide
German: Unterdruck, Vakuum
Spanish: vacío
Italian: vuoto
Portuguese: vacuo
Dutch: onderdruk, vacuüm
vane apparatus
French: appareil à palettes
German: Flügelapparat, Flügelsonde
Spanish: sonda de molinete
Italian: apparecchiatura vane, scissometro
Portuguese: trado-molinete
Dutch: vanetest-apparaat
Vane Shear Test
A four-bladed vane is forced into undisturbed soil ahead of sampling tube and rotated so the soil shears. Peak and remolded shearing resistance is recorded.
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