GATE CE · 2026 · CE
Question 57: Foundation Engineering
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Question 57
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A circular pile of 600 mm diameter and 6 m length is embedded in saturated clay soil. Undrained cohesion of the soil is 80 kPa. Unit weight of the soil is 19.20 kN/m
. The adhesion factor is 0.54. If the diameter of the pile is doubled to 1200 mm (keeping the length constant), the ratio of pile capacity of 1200 mm diameter pile to that of 600 mm diameter pile is _____ (rounded off to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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2026CE
GATE CE 2026 · Paper 1
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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