engineering recuitment HPCL Engineer Mock Test 2024 Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Bearing Capacity Deep Foundation
A 30 cm diameter friction pile is embedded 10 m into a homogenous consolidated deposit. Unit adhesion developed between clay and pile shaft is 4 t/m2 and the adhesion factor is 0.7. If the factor of safety to be adopted is 3.0, then what would be safe load carrying capacity of the friction pile?
1
26.4 t
2
13.3 t
3
10.5 t
4
8.8 t