A pile is basically a long cylinder of a strong material such as concrete that is pushed into the ground to act as a steady
support for structures built on top of it.
Pile foundations are used in the following situations:
1. When there is a layer of weak soil at the surface. This
layer cannot support the weight of the building, so the
loads of the building have to bypass this layer and be
transferred to the layer of stronger soil or rock that is
below the weak layer.
2. When a building has very heavy, concentrated loads,
such as in a high rise structure, bridge, or water tank.
Pile foundations are capable of taking higher loads than
spread footings.
There are two types of pile foundations, each of which works in its own way.

End Bearing Piles
In end bearing piles, the bottom end of the pile rests on a
layer of especially strong soil or rock. The load of the
building is transferred through the pile onto the strong layer.
In a sense, this pile acts like a column. The key principle is
that the bottom end rests on the surface which is the
intersection of a weak and strong layer. The load therefore
bypasses the weak layer and is safely transferred to the
strong layer.

Friction Piles
Friction piles work on a different principle. The pile transfers the load of the building to the soil across the full height of the pile, by friction. In other words, the entire surface of the pile, which is cylindrical in shape, works to transfer the forces to the soil.
To visualise how this works, imagine you are pushing a solid
metal rod of say 4mm diameter into a tub of frozen ice
cream. Once you have pushed it in, it is strong enough to
support some load. The greater the in the ice cream, the more load it can support. This is very similar to how a friction pile works. In a friction pile, the amount of load a pile can support is directly proportionate to its length.

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