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    Depth of bored piles in expansive soils

    Understanding that the pile tip should be below the active zone (or depth of zero swelling?), how deep should it penetrate below the active zone to counter balance the uplift swelling pressures on the pile skin. When I calculated based on soil's Su, the pile would have unreasonable depth and I...

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