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Term of the Road Dictionary

secant piles

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Roads Construction Earthworks
  • Definition : Method of constructing a concrete wall in poor ground by means of a continuous row of concrete-filled boreholes, with alternate holes being bored in two successive series such that adjacent piles overlap.

Bohrpfahlwand

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Straßen Bau Erdarbaiten
  • Definition : Bauverfahren für eine Betonwand in weichem Untergrund mit Hilfe einer durchgehenden Reihe von betongefüllten Bohrlöchern. Die Löcher werden abwechselnd in zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Serien so gebohrt, dass benachbarte Pfähle sich überlappen.

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