What is a Pile Foundation ? Pile foundations play a vital role in structures, by transferring the structural load to the solid ground below the surface. Elongated and slender elements, piles transmit the load to deeper, high-bearing capacity soil or rock layers, bypassing weaker, shallow soil. Typically, construction materials for piles include wood, steel, or … Read more
Bentonite Slurry in civil engineering Bentonite slurry is a combination of sodium bentonite and slurry. A slurry is a thin sloppy mud or cement or, in extended use, any fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with water, often used as a convenient way of handling solids in bulk. This combination is frequently utilized to form a solid … Read more
Pile Foundation Pile Foundation. Pile foundations are deep foundations used when the site has a weak shallow bearing strata making it necessary to transfer load to a deeper strata either by friction or end bearing principles. Foundations provide support for structures by transferring the load to the rock or layers of soil that have sufficient … Read more