Glossary

French: argile raide fissurée

German: steifer geklüfteter Ton

Spanish: arcilla firme fisurada

Italian: argilla rigida fessurata

Portuguese: argila rija fissurada

Dutch: stijve klei

French: raideur

German: Steifigkeit

Spanish: rigidez

Italian: rigidezza

Portuguese: rigidez

Dutch: stijfheid

See Brace.

French: etrier

German: Bügel

Spanish: estribos

Italian: staffe

Portuguese: estribos, cintas

Dutch: beugel

An enlarged foundation under a column or load to reduce the total bearing stress per square foot to carry the load directly upon the soil or rock.

French: fondation superficielle (radier, semelle)

German: flache Gründung

Spanish: cimentación por superficie

Italian: fondazioni estese, fondazione superficiale

Portuguese: ensoleiramento

Dutch: fundering-op-staal

See Brace.

French: source

German: Quelle, Feder

Spanish: fuente

Italian: molla, sorgente

Portuguese: ressurgencia, nascente

Dutch: bron

A fender so built that impact is taken up in part by steel springs, plates or rubber, or by elastic bending of the stucture.

Standard Penetration Test. See N Value.

1. A short, strong member, driven and then removed, to break through a hard crust of material or to make a hole for inserting a pile which is too long for placing directly in the driver lead. 2. A moveable vertical pipe or H-section placed through a stron

French: perforateur à percussion/trépan