GATE CE · 2023 · CE
Question 17: Foundation Engineering
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Question 17
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A group of 9 friction piles are arranged in a square grid maintaining equal spacing in all directions. Each pile is of diameter 300 mm and length 7 m. Assume that the soil is cohesionless with effective friction angle of
. What is the center-to-center spacing of the piles (in m) for the pile group efficiency of 60%?Your answerChoose one option.
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2023CE
GATE CE 2023 · Paper 1
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 1 mark
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