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The dynamic formula is valueless for which of the following type of soil?

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The dynamic formula is valueless for which of the following type of soil?

(a) Loose sand

(b) Saturated soil

(c) Clay soil

(d) Compacted soil

I have been asked this question by my college director while I was bunking the class.

The doubt is from Load Carrying Capacity of Piles topic in section Pile Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Right option is (c) Clay soil

The explanation is: For clays, the dynamic formulae are valueless because the skin friction developed in clay during driving is very much less than which occurs after a period of time.

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