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What is the difference between endbearing pile and bearing pile?

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Question added by Roshan Maharjan
Date Posted: 2015/10/17
rania hgazy
by rania hgazy , SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER , granada architects& consulting Eng.

Piles that transmit their load to the soil by friction between the pile surface and the soil are called friction piles.  Those that transmit their load to a particular soil stratum at the end of the pile are called end bearing piles.

 

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