As driven piles penetrate into a saturated clay soil, why the material in the vicinity of the pile is remolded?

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As driven piles penetrate into a saturated clay soil, why the material in the vicinity of the pile is remolded?

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Once a pile is driven into clay, the soil around the pile develops vertical and horizontal movements.

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Such movements would continue to develop axial forces and bending moments in already installed adjacent piles.

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