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Dynamic formulae are best suited for _________ type of soil.

(a) Fine grained soil

(b) Coarse grained soil

(c) Cohesive soil

(d) None of the mentioned

I got this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from Load Carrying Capacity of Piles in division Pile Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering II

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The correct choice is (b) Coarse grained soil

To elaborate: Dynamic formulae are best suited to coarse grained soils for which the shear strength is independent of rate of loading.

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