Glossary

A Deep Soil Mixing Method (or DSMM) in which a slurry of stabilising reagent is injected to the desired depth of stabilisation through the stem of a hollow auger shaft either during penetration or withdrawal. This process can form a single column or group

French: bois

German: Holz

Spanish: madera

Italian: legno

Portuguese: madeira

Dutch: hout

French: pieu en bois

German: Holzpfahl

Spanish: pilote de madera

Italian: palo in legno

Portuguese: estaca de madeira

Dutch: houten paal

French: agents protecteurs du bois

German: Holzschutzmittel

Spanish: preservadores de la madera

Italian: conservanti per legno

Portuguese: preservativos para madeira

Dutch: houtconservering

Flow characteristics of concrete. Important property of concrete for bored piles or drilled shafts, barrettes and diaphragm walls if concrete placement is by tremie method or pumping. The slump test is most commonly used to assess workability.

French: facilité de mise en oeuvre

German: Verarbeitbarkeit

Spanish: docilidad

Italian: lavorabilità

Portuguese: praticabilidade, trabalhabilidade

Dutch: verwerkbaarheid

French: niveau de travail

German: Arbeitsebene

Italian: piano di lavoro

Portuguese: nivel de trabalho

Dutch: werkniveau

See Jetting.

French: jet d'eau/forage au jet

The subsurface elevation at which water will usually be present. Also called Groundwater.

French: surface de la nappe souterraine

French: fluctuation de la nappe aquifère, phréatique

German: Schwankung des Grundwasserspiegels

Spanish: oscilación del nivel freático

Italian: fluttuazioni della superficie di falda

Portuguese: oscilação do nivel freático

Dutch: grondwaterfluctuatie

The ratio of the weight of mix water to the weight of cementitious elements (cement and fly ash).

French: rapport eau-ciment

German: Wasser-Zement-Faktor

Spanish: relación agua-cemento

Italian: rapporto acqua-cemento

Portuguese: relaçao agua-cimento

Dutch: water-cement-factor