Glossary

Very small diameter, slender, driven steel tubular or rail section piles used in underpinning operations.

Colloquial term for pile driven at an angle towards the crane. See Negative Inclination

French: matériel mobile

German: bewegliches Gerät, transportable Ausrüstung

Spanish: equipo móvil

Italian: attrezzatura mobile

Portuguese: equipamento movel

Dutch: monbiele apparatuur

Quotient obtained by dividing the stress per unit area by the change per unit length in the elastic region of material behaviour. Also called Young’s Modulus (when unconstrained laterally).

French: module d'élasticité

German: Elastizitätsmodul

Spanish: módulo de elasticidad

Italian: modulo di elasticità

Portuguese: modulo de elasticidade

Dutch: elasticiteitsmodulus

French: module de réaction

German: Erdwiderstandsmodul, Bettungszahl

Spanish: coeficiente de balasto

Italian: modulo di sottofondo

Portuguese: coeficiente de reacção

Dutch: ondergrond reactie modulus

French: humide

German: feucht

Spanish: húmedo

Italian: umido

Portuguese: humido

Dutch: vocht

French: teneur en eau

German: Feuchtigkeitsgehalt

Spanish: humedad

Italian: umidità

Portuguese: teor de humidade

Dutch: vochtgehalte

French: moment d'inertie

German: Trägheitsmoment

Spanish: momento de inercia

Italian: momento d'inerzia

Portuguese: momento de inercia

Dutch: traagheidsmoment

See Pile Monkey

French: mouton

German: Rammbär, Fallbär

Spanish: maza

Italian: maglio (di battipalo)

Portuguese: martelo de bate-estacas

Dutch: persoon/apparaat voor positioneren paal

A spud lead system in which the lead column passes through a slide box at the tip of the crane boom. The lead column elevation is controlled by the crane auxillary hoist drum cable and a brace is not normally used, the lead base being set on the ground. T