A 11-in. square concrete pile is driven into a clay deposit as shown in the figure below. The unit weight of the clay soil is 100 lb/ft3. The embedded length of the pile is 40 ft. Determine the pile's design capacity (kips), using a factor of safety of 2. HINT: from Figure 10-7, with c = 1 kip/ft², a=0.83. Design = ? 40 ft Clay 9,- 2000 lb/m² → B, square Round your answer to ONE decimal place

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A 11-in. square concrete pile is driven into a clay deposit as shown in the figure below. The unit weight of the
clay soil is 100 lb/ft³. The embedded length of the pile is 40 ft. Determine the pile's design capacity (kips),
using a factor of safety of 2. HINT: from Figure 10-7, with c = 1 kip/ft², a = 0.83.
Design = ?
40 ft
TKN7.
Clay
9. = 2000 lb/ft²
→B, square
Round your answer to ONE decimal place
Transcribed Image Text:A 11-in. square concrete pile is driven into a clay deposit as shown in the figure below. The unit weight of the clay soil is 100 lb/ft³. The embedded length of the pile is 40 ft. Determine the pile's design capacity (kips), using a factor of safety of 2. HINT: from Figure 10-7, with c = 1 kip/ft², a = 0.83. Design = ? 40 ft TKN7. Clay 9. = 2000 lb/ft² →B, square Round your answer to ONE decimal place
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