Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A grillage foundation

Is treated as spread foundation
All of these
Is provided for heavily loaded isolated columns
Consists of two sets of perpendicularly placed steel beams

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because

Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform
None of these
It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control
Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible

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