What is a deep foundation?

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A deep foundation consists of slender ground-buried columns (drilled piers or piles) that transfer the building loads to the soil sufficiently below ground or to the bedrock.

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What ASME standard covers dimensioning and tolerancing?

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Why is it important to only strike an arc in the groove to be welded??

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For the beam shown below, draw the shear and moment curves label the maximum values of shear and moment, locate points of inflection, and sketch the deflected shape.

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If an air induction blower fails for some reason other than the overload contact opening, the high-pressure pump motor will continue to inject oil into the combustion chamber. To prevent this situation, a(n) ____________________ switch can be added to the circuit.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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