3.7 Reduction of negative skin friction ; Y/nS
Provide dummy casing or sleeve around Es>' N3A
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pile to prevent direct contact with %q5dV<X'c
settling soil
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prior to pile installation (hole filled with BTAbDyH5
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Electro-osmosis \,S|>CPQ
Current applied between pile (cathode) and gIo\^ktW
an anode causes migration of pore s;A7:_z#7
pressure towards pile h@RpS8!Bi
Reduce effective stress and hence negative i1evB9FZ1z
skin friction M?l v
Very good effect on silty soils ^E}?YgNp
Bitumen coating (see next slide) `v-[&
If magnitude of negative skin friction is too large, the I\*6
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pile may be coated with bitumen (above neutral bi8_5I[
plane) to reduce the negative skin friction (up to 90% 4cQP+ n
reduction reported). rrL.Y&DTK
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in practice, the bitumen coating methods have been widely used.