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A 30 cm diameter concrete pile is driven into a homogeneous consolidated clay deposit (C = 40 kPa, a = 0.7). If embedded length is 10 m, then the safe load for pile (in kN) is [Take FOS = 2.5]

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Chapter12: Pile Foundations

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Problem 12.20P: A 600 mm diameter and 25 m long driven concrete pile carries a column load of 1200 kN. It is...

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A 30 cm diameter concrete pile is driven into a homogeneous consolidated clay deposit (C = 40 kPa, a = 0.7). If embedded length is 10 m, then the
safe load for pile (in kN) is [Take FOS = 2.5]

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