Multiple choice

Negative skin friction in a soil is considered when the pile is constructed through a

  1. fill material

  2. dense coarse sand

  3. over consolidated stiff clay

  4. dense fine sand
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Explanation

 Negative skin friction developed when the soil around the pile settles at a faster rate than pile. This is possible in the filled material.

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