30 cm diameter concrete pile is driven in a normally consolidated clay deposit 15 m thick. Estimate the safe load. Take cu = 70 kN/m^2 , α= 0.9 and FS= 2.5 . [Ans, 375 kN]

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A 30 cm diameter concrete pile is driven in a normally consolidated clay deposit 15 m thick. Estimate the safe load. Take cu = 70 kN/m^2 , α= 0.9 and FS= 2.5 . [Ans, 375 kN]

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