Which type of pilecap distribute load equally to piles - Rigid pilecap or flexible pilecap?
I came across two conflicting views on the above question:
View A - A rigid pilecap distributes load equally to the piles if the load is applied at the center of the pile group. The reason is that since a...
In ACI section 21.4.1, one of the requirements for the definition of a column is that the factored axial load should be greater than Agfc'/10. If a column is subjected to an axial load less than this value, can one still design the column according to section 21.4.
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