Civil Engineering MCQAE Level Civil Engineering
The capacity of a group of piles driven in clay is:
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Choose the correct answer
A
equal to single pile capacity
B
less than that of pile capacity
C
greater than that of pile capacity
D
multiplied by number of piles
Correct Answer
B. less than that of pile capacity
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In clay, group efficiency can be less than one due to overlapping stress zones and block failure
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