ICE Glossary of Terms
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| Quake | Elastic compression of soil during pile driving. A term utilized in wave equation analysis. |
| Quay | A whar which si built parallel to the shore line. |
| Quick Test | A maintained pile load test with time intervals less than 20 minutes between adding load increments. |
| Quicksand | A condition rather than a type of soil. Generally, a fine granular soil temporarily supersaturated with rising water and acting as a fluid under pressure. See Liquefaction. |
