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The Raymond standard pile is used primarily as a________

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The Raymond standard pile is used primarily as a________

(a) Compaction pile

(b) Tension pile

(c) Friction pile

(d) End bearing pile

I got this question in a national level competition.

My question comes from Cased Cast-in-Situ Concrete Piles in chapter Pile Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering II

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The correct answer is (c) Friction pile

The explanation: The Raymond standard pile is used primarily as a friction pile since its uniform heavy taper of 1 in 30 usually results in shorter piles.

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