a reinforced or mass concrete connecting beam cast around the head of a group of piles enabling it to act as a single unit to support the imposed load
Examples of 'pile cap' in a sentence
pile cap
It shows that quite different deformation of ground foundation occurs near two sides of the pile cap.
Li Jin, Chuan He 2017, 'Study for the Pile Foundation on Steep Slope Applied in UHV Transmission projects',MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20179517003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)