Glossary

French: poutre d'essai déchargement

German: Belastungsrahmen

Spanish: aparato de carga

Italian: attrezzatura di carico

Portuguese: estrutura de carga

Dutch: belastings frame

Applying increments of load to a pile and measuring the resulting movement of the pile. See Load Test

French: essai statique

A curve showing the relation between applied load and measured movement in a static loading test – also called load-displacement curve.

French: courbe de charge

German: Lastsetzungskurve

Spanish: curva de cargas-asientos

Italian: curva carico-cedimento

Portuguese: curva de carga-assentamento

French: courbe de charge

German: Lastsetzungskurve

Spanish: curva de cargas-asientos

Italian: curva carico-cedimento

Portuguese: curva de tensão-deformação

Dutch: lastzakkingsdiagram

A mixture of sand, silt and clay, generally with a varying amount of organic material.

French: terre glaise

German: Lehm

Spanish: tierra arcillosa ligera

Italian: terriccio, argilla da mattoni

Portuguese: limo

Dutch: leem

French: écluse

German: Schleuse, Schloß

Spanish: esclusa

Italian: serratura , chiusura

Portuguese: eclusa

Dutch: slot

French: traction de blocage

German: Festlegekraft

Italian: bloccaggio/ carico di blocco

Portuguese: força de bloqueamento

Dutch: ankerschot, ankerwand

Longitudinal or spiral seam in corrugated or other pipe formed by overlapping or folding the adjacent edges.

A soil transported and deposited by wind action, generally silt, weakly cemented.

French: loess

German: Löß

Spanish: loes

Italian: loess

Portuguese: loess, limo argilo-calcáreo

Dutch: loss

The act of raising a pile into the leads to place beneath the hammer. Also called “pitching the pile.”