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Geotechnical Engineering · Lesson 21 of 27

Negative Skin Friction and Downdrag

How a consolidating fill or a dropping water table drags a pile down, where the neutral plane sits, how to size the dragload with the alpha and beta methods, how downdrag eats into the allowable load, and how a bitumen slip coat cuts the negative friction.

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