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Provide dummy casing or sleeve around J*lKXFq7
pile to prevent direct contact with _7O;ED+
settling soil #ZPU.NNT?
Predrill oversized hole through soft soil pnvHh0ck_
prior to pile installation (hole filled with <#hltPyh
bentonite slurry) ?ep'R&NV
Use of slender pile section in soft soil A@W/
layers [CBhipoc
Electro-osmosis \GR M,c
Current applied between pile (cathode) and a*pwVn
an anode causes migration of pore H.D1|sU
pressure towards pile 9 NO^ '
Reduce effective stress and hence negative q Z,7q
skin friction \1AtBc&
Very good effect on silty soils q:y_#r"_y
Bitumen coating (see next slide) /lC&'h T
If magnitude of negative skin friction is too large, the $E_9AaX
pile may be coated with bitumen (above neutral F%8W*Y699
plane) to reduce the negative skin friction (up to 90% WCg*TL}
reduction reported). x
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in practice, the bitumen coating methods have been widely used.