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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Frictional forces developed on the sides of a pile, or other structure embedded in soil, that tends to cause it to be dragged downward. It is often developed in a consolidating soil mass.  1, record 1, English, - negative%20skin%20friction

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Overloading of a pile by a settling fill which adds additional weight to them. This effect, called "negative friction", resulted in the failure of steel bearing piles which supported a steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario, caused by the settlement of a 15-ft layer of slag underlain by soft clay.  2, record 1, English, - negative%20skin%20friction

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Effort descendant qu'exerce sur une structure enterrée un sol qui tasse plus qu'elle.  3, record 1, French, - frottement%20lat%C3%A9ral%20n%C3%A9gatif

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Dans les cas où les pieux traversent une couche de sol compressible, il faut envisager [...] la possibilité de frottement négatif. Celui-ci se produit, d'une manière générale, lorsque le sol se tasse plus que le pieu [...] Le tassement progressif par consolidation de la couche compressible provoque sur le pieu un frottement dirigé vers le bas [...]  4, record 1, French, - frottement%20lat%C3%A9ral%20n%C3%A9gatif

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish