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Lexique de L'ingénierie Des Fondations en 6 Langues
Lexique de L'ingénierie Des Fondations en 6 Langues
OF
FOUNDATION TERMS
DFI WORLDWIDE
ENGLISH
FRENCH
GERMAN
SPANISH
ITALIAN
PORTUGUESE
DEEP
FOUNDATIONS 120 CHARLOTTE PLACE
ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY 07632
INSTITUTE U.SA.
MESSAGE FROM DFI PRESIDENT
The Deep Foundations Institute has become an internationally recognized organi-
zation which offers the unique advantage of interaction between the various disciplines
involved in the planning, design and construction of deep foundations and other
geotechnical works.
Members of DFI felt that there was need for an International Glossary or Lexicon
of Foundation Terms in various languages. This would serve as a companion piece to
DFI's Glossary of Foundation Terms, published in 1981, which lists common English
foundation terms and provides definitions. For practical reasons, it was decided to limit
the Lexicon to six European languages. It was felt that the Lexicon would be of help to
users in locating the appropriate word or term in one language to replace a particular
word or term in another language.
We trust that this publication will prove useful to those engaged in work in Europe
or elsewhere where these languages are employed. Any changes, comments or
additional terms should be directed to DFI Headquarters. Input from the readers will be
considered when a second edition is published. Persons interested in translating the
terms into other languages are invited to make their interest known to DFI Headquarters.
COPYRIGHT© 1994
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN USA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A note of thanks is due to Sergio Tello, David Cacoilo, Robert
Radske, Harro Streidt and Alice Arana of Mueser Rutledge
Consulting Engineers and to Bilfinger + Berger, Germany, Cruz
Construction Corporation, USA and Ing. G. Rodio & C , Italy, who
provided assistance in the preparation of this document. Lastly a
special note of thanks is due Ms, Caroline Schroeder for her
diligent preparation of this document.
George J. Tamaro
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
DFI PUBLICATIONS
AUGERED C.I.R PILES MANUAL
INSPECTOR'S GUIDE TO AUGERED C.I.R PILES
DRILLED SHAFT INSPECTOR'S MANUAL
INSPECTOR'S MANUAL—PILE FOUNDATIONS
PILE INSPECTOR'S GUIDE TO HAMMERS
GLOSSARY OF FOUNDATION TERMS
SOIL NAILING DESIGN & APPLICATIONS
DYNAMIC MONITORING (SHORT COURSE)
STATIC LOAD TESTING (SHORT COURSE)
STATIC DESIGN (SHORT COURSE)
CONSTR. SPECIFICATIONS (SHORT COURSE)
'93 CONFERENCE—PITTSBURGH
'92 CONFERENCE—NEW ORLEANS
'91 CONFERENCE—CHICAGO
'90 CONFERENCE—SEATTLE
'89 CONFERENCE—BALTIMORE
'88 CONFERENCE—ATLANTA
'87 CONFERENCE—HAMILTON
HEAVY LOAD BEARING FOUNDATIONS (N.C. SEMINAR)
'93 CALTRANS PROCEEDINGS
JOURNAL '86
JOURNAL '84
'91 INTN'L CONFERENCE (STRESA)
'91 INTN'L CONFERENCE (CHINA EDITION)
'89 INTN'L CONFERENCE (LONDON)
'87 INTN'L CONFERENCE (LUXEMBOURG)
'86 INTN'L CONFERENCE (BEIJING)
TESTING OF PILE DRIVING CUSHION MATERIAL
STATE HWY. SPECIFICATIONS (2-VOL. SET)
STATE HWY. SPECIFICATIONS (EAST ONLY)
STATE HWY. SPECIFICATIONS (WEST ONLY)
100-DAY DOCUMENT
PILE LOAD TEST VIDEO (VHS)
DRILLED SHAFT INSPECTOR'S VIDEO (VHS)
DFI MEMBERSHIP ROSTER
DESK DIRECTORY OF CORPORATE MEMBERS
buoyant unit weight poids volumique déjaugé Wichte des Bodens unter Auftrieb
confined compression test essai de compression dans une enceinte rigide Druckversuch mit verhinderter Querdehnung
contractor Unternehmer
creosoted wood piles pieux en bois traités à la créosote Holzpfahl mit Creosot imprägniert
crib wall mur gabionné Krippenwand, Wand (Holzsenkkasten)
crushed stone, crushed rock pierre broyée, roc- Schotter, gebrochenes Material
SPANISH ITALIAN PORTUGUESE
centrifugadora centrifuga centrifugadora
cavema camera camara, cavema
cargas explosivas carica (espiosiva) cargas de explosivos
inyección química iniezione chimica injecgao de produtos quimicos
propiedades químicas proprietà chimiche propridades quimicas
cincel, puntero scalpello cinzel
trépano punta tagliante trepano
cuchara btvaiva benna escavadora de mandibulas
arcilla argilla argila
suelo de granulometría uniforme ben gradato solo de granulo uniforme
de grano grueso a grana grossa grosseiro
canto rodado ciottolo calhau rolado (burgau, godo)
coeficiente de empuje de tierras coefficients di spinta del terreno coeficient de impulso de terra
ataguia avandiga ensecadeira
cohesion coesione coesao
no coherente, incoherente incoerente, non coesivo incoerente
coloides colioidi coloides
columna coionna pilastro coluna
apisonar compatto compactar
pilotes de compactaclón pali di compattazione estacas de compactaqao
compactibjlidad compattabilità compatibilidade
pilotes compuestos pali compositi estacas mistas
aire compnmido aria compressa ar compnmido
compresión compressions compressao
onda de compresión onda di compressione onda de compressao
compresor compressore compressor
carga concentrada carico concentrato carga concentrada
hormigón armado, concreto armado calcestruzzo (armato) betao (armado)
pilote de hormigón palo in calcestruzzo estaca de betao
hormigonado getto di calcestruzzo betonagem
penetrómetro de cono penetrometro a punta conica Penetrometro em cone
ensayo de compresión prova di compressione conflnata ensaio edometneo
conglomerado conglomerato conglomerado
consolidar consolidato consolidar
progresión uniforme de la carga velocità di canco costante carga de vanagao
presiónde contacto pressione di contatto tensào de contacto
contenedor container contenter, cofre de carga
contratista impresario
voladura controlada esplosione controilata explosao controlada
transportador trasportatore transportador
testigo foro, campione di trivellazione carote (nucleo)
palo carotato estaca revestida
recubrimiento copertura
fisura fessura fissura
reptar scorrimento fluir
pilotes de madera creosotada pali in legno lubrificato (con creosoto) estacas de madeira creosotada
muro jaula muro a sacco muro de suporte celulares
piedra machacada pietre frantumate brita
ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN
curtain (watertight: lateral) voile d'étanchéité Dlchtungsschürze
cushioning matelassage, amortissement abschirmen, abdämpfen
cut tranchée, déblai Einschnitt
cut-off wall mur parafouille, radier Dichtungswand, Abschluéßwand
cutting ring emporte - pièce Schneidering
cylinder cylindre Zylinder
dry density, dry unit weight densité sèche, poids volumethque sec Trockendichte
engineering Ingenieurwesen
engineering geology géologie appliquée Ingenieurgeologie
método de elementos finitos metodo degli elementi finiti metodo dos elementos finitos
pórtico
frecuencia frequenza frequencia
agua dulce acqua doice aguadoce
N natural water content, moisture content teneur en eau naturelle natürticher Wassergehalt, Feuchtigkeitsgehalt
dimensión de los granos granulometria, dimensione delle particelle dimensao dos graos
empuje pasivo de tierras spinta passiva del terreno impulso passivo das terras
pinoncillo tondo pisello (ghiaino) gravilha
resistencia máxima al corte resistenza al taglio di picco resistencia ao corte de pico
turba torba turfa
morrillos ciottolo pedra, seixo, cascalho, calhau
pedestal piedestallo soco, embasamento
parte de hinca registrazione dell'avanzamento registo de penetraçao
resistencia a la penetración resistenza all'avanzamento resistencia á penetraçao
ensayo de penetración prova di penetrazione ensaio de penetraçao
penetrómetro penetrometro penetrómetro
tanto por ciento en peso, porcentage en peso percentuale in peso percentagem em peso
nivel de aguas colgadas falda idrica sospesa nivel de aguas penduradas
fibración percolazione percolaçao
sondeo de trépano perforazione a percussione sondagem por percussao
terreno helado permanentemente permafrost terreno permanentemente gelado
permeabilidad permeabilità permeabilidade
linea freática superficie freatica nivel freatico
arranque de un espigón fondazione di pile sapata profunda, tubulao
piezometro piezometro piezometro
altura piezométrica tubo altura piezometrica
nivel piezométrico superficie piezometrica superficie piezometrica
carga de hundimiento de un pilote capacità portante del palo capacidade de carga de estaca
encepado piastra di collegamento di pali encabecamento de estacas
hinca de pilotes infissione di pali cravagao de estacas
fórmula de hinca formula dinamica per pali infissi formula de cravagao
resistencia dinámica de un pilote resistenza all'infissione dei pali resistencia a cravagao
extracción de pilotes estrazione dei pali extraçao de estaca
cimentación por pilotaje fondazione su pali fundaçao por estacaria
machina attrezzatura per l'infissione dei pali bate-estacas
grupo de pilotes gruppo di pali grupo de estacas
maza de hinca de pilotes martello battipalo pilao do bate-estacas
ensayo de carga sobre pilotes prova di carico su pali ensaio de carga de estacas
tubo canale, tubazione tubo
pleoducto condotto, tubazione linha de condutos, tubagen
sifonamiento sifonamento erosao interna
tomamuestras de pistón campionatore a pistone extractor de embolo
préstamo, foso buca, cava poco
todo uno matenale escavato materials de mineraçao
piano de debilidad piano di debolezza superficie de menor resisténcia
deformación plana deformaçao plana
ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN
plastic deformation déformation plastique plastische Verformung
plasticity plasticité Plastizität
plasticity index indice de plasticité Plastizitätszahl
plastic limit limite de plasticité plasticité Plastizitätsgrenze, Ausrollgrenze
plastic soil sol plastique plastischer Boden
plate bearing test, plate loading test essai de charge sur plaque Plattendruckversuch
plug bouchon, tampon, cheville Verschluß, Dübel
pneumatic caisson caisson pneumatique Drucklurtsenkkasten
point bearing pile pieu-colonne Fußpressungspfahl, Spitzendruckpfahl
point load effort de pointe Punktlast
point resistance résistance à la pointe Spitzenwiderstand
Poisson's ratio coefficient de Poisson Poissonsche Zahl
polymer polymère Polymer
pond former une mare Teich
poorly graded, - sorted mal calibré, -- trié schlecht abgestuft, schlecht gekörnt
pore pressure dissipation disparition de la pression interstitlelle Porenwasserdruckauflösung
pore water pressure pression de l'eau interstitlelle Porenwasserdruck
porosity porosité Porosität
power augers tarières mécaniques Kraftlöffelbohrer
preboring présondage Vorbohrung
precast concrete bèton préfabriqué Betonfertigteil
precast-concrete piles pieu préfabriqué Betonfertigpfahl
precompression précompression Vorbelastungdruck
pre-consolidation préconsolidation Vorkonsolidierung
preconsolidation pressure pression de préconsolidation Vorkonsolidierungsdruck
prefabrication préfabrication Fertigbauweise, Vorfertigung
preliminary investigation étude préliminaire Voruntersuchung
pre-loading chargement préliminaire Vorbelastung
preservation conservation Konservierung
presplitting prédécoupage Vorspaltung
pressure pression Druck, Pressung
pressure at rest pression statique au repos Ruheerddruck
pressure bulb bulbe de pression Druckzwiebel
pressure gauge jauge de contrainte Druckanzeiger, Manometer
prestress précontraindre Vorspannung
primary consolidation consolidation primaire Primärkonsolidierung
project projet Projekt
prop support, appui Stütze, Steife
protection protection Schutz
protective coatings couches protecthces Schutzbeschichtung
puddle-clay corroi d'argile Lehmschlag
pulling test essai de traction Zugversuch, Ausziehversuch
pump pompe Pumpe
pumped concrete béton pompé Pumpbeton
pumping test essai de pompage Pumpversuch
ensayo previo
control de calidad controllo di qualità controle de qualidade
ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN
quarry carriere Steinbruch
quartz quartz Quarz
quay quai Kai
quay wall mur de quai Kaiwand
quick condition bouiance FlieBerscheinung
quick lime chaux vive ungelöschter Kalk
quicksand sable boulant Fließsand
escala bilancia
escarificador scarificatore escarificador
escarpe scarpata escarpa
socavacion erosione superficiale infra-escavagao
robadera, scraper ruspa scraper
pantalla crivello, retino peneiro
pilote de rosca pali ad elica estaca de rosca
sellar sigillatura, sbarramento selar
nivel del mar livello del mare nivel do mar
efecto estacional effetto stagionale efeito sazonal
muro costero muro a mare molhe
consolidación secundaria compressione secondaria compressao secundaria
sección sezione sucgao
roca sedimentaria roccla sedimentaria rocha sedimentar
filtración filtrazione percolaçao
corrlente de filtración flusso di filtrazione fiuxo de percaloçao
diseño sísmico progetto sismico projecto sismico
velocidad de ondas sísmicas velocità sismica velocidade sismica
sismómetro sismometro sismometro
peso propio peso proprio
arcilla susceptible argilla sensitiva argila sensitiva
captor sensore sensor
sucesión de los estratos successione di strati sequencia de estratos ou camadas
fraguado (materiales) messa a punto presa (materials)
asiento cedimento assentamento
cálculo de los asientos analisi del cedimento análise de assentamentos
curva de asiento curva di cedimento curva de assentamentos
medida del asiento misura del cedimento mediçao de assentamentos
placas testigos de asientos piano di assestamento placa para medida de recaiques
colector, desagüe fogna tubo, condute de esgoto
pozo albero, asta poço
pizarra arcillosa schisto argilloso xisto
trinchera somera taglio superficiale trincheira pouco profunda
clmentaclón somera fondazione superficiale fundaçao superficial
corte forza di taglio
resistencia al esfuerzo cortante resistenza al taglio, taglio resistencia ao corte
U ultimate bearing resistance charge limite de rupture, charge portante limite Grenzpressungsbelastung
unconfined compression strength résistance à la compression sans contrainte latérale Druckfestigkeit mit Querdehnung
unconsolidated-undrained test (quick test) essai de compression triaxiale rapide unverfestigter direkter Scherversuch, Schnellversuch
undereamed pile puits à base élargie mit Kleinem Durchmeßer vorgebohrte Pfahl
undrained shear strength résistance au cisailiement à teneur en eau constante undrainierte Scherfestigkeit
water table fluctuation fluctuation de la nappe aquifère, - phréatique Schwankung des Grundwasserspiegels
rayos-x
punto zero
zinc zinco