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Negative Skin Friction

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

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Filled material

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Dense coarse sand

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Over consolidated stiff clay

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Dense fine sand

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Solution

The correct option is A Filled material
If the settlement of surrounding material is more than the settlement of pile, then negative skin friction develops, this condition is possible only in filled material.

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