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A long, heavy post or pole of timber, concrete, or steel driven into the ground to compact the soil, to shut out water, to carry a vertical load, or to resist a horizontal force. | A long, heavy post or pole of timber, concrete, or steel driven into the ground to compact the soil, to shut out water, to carry a vertical load, or to resist a horizontal force. | ||
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* [http://www.sbe.napier.ac.uk/projects/piledesign/guide/index.htm Pile Foundation Design: A Student Guide] by Ascalew Abebe & Dr Ian GN Smith, School of the Built Environment, Napier University, Edinburgh | * [http://www.sbe.napier.ac.uk/projects/piledesign/guide/index.htm Pile Foundation Design: A Student Guide] by Ascalew Abebe & Dr Ian GN Smith, School of the Built Environment, Napier University, Edinburgh | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:40, 31 August 2009
A long, heavy post or pole of timber, concrete, or steel driven into the ground to compact the soil, to shut out water, to carry a vertical load, or to resist a horizontal force.
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- Pile Foundation Design: A Student Guide by Ascalew Abebe & Dr Ian GN Smith, School of the Built Environment, Napier University, Edinburgh
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