Numerical Analysis on Interaction of Superstructure-Piled Raft Foundation-Foundation Soil

2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 1578-1583
Author(s):  
Yong Le Li ◽  
Jiang Feng Wang ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Kun Yang

based on the finite element method of superstructure-the pile raft foundation-the foundation soil action and interaction are studied. Research shows that the common function is considered, fundamental overall settlement and differential settlement with the increase of floor of a nonlinear trend. The influence of superstructure form is bigger for raft stress, the upper structure existing in secondary stress, and the bending moment and axial force than conventional design method slants big; With the increase of the floors, pile load sharing ratio is reduced gradually,but soil load sharing ratio is increased. Along with the increase of the upper structure stiffness, the load focused on corner and side pile; Increasing thickness of raft, can reduce the certain differential settlement and foundation average settlement, thus reducing the upper structure of secondary stress and improving of foundation soil load sharing ratio, at the same time the distribution of counterforce on the pile head is more uneven under raft, thus requiring more uneven from raft stress, considering the piles under raft and the stress of soils to comprehensive determines a reasonable raft thickness, which makes the design safety economy. As the foundation soil modulus of deformation of foundation soil improvement, sharing the upper loads increases, counterforce on the pile head incline to average, raft maximum bending moment decrease gradually.

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Shivanand Mali ◽  
Baleshwar Singh

AbstractIn a piled-raft foundation, the interaction between structural elements and soil continuum can be simulated very precisely by numerical modeling. In the present study, 3D finite element model has been used to examine the settlement, load-sharing, bending moment, and shear force behavior of piled-raft foundation on different soil profiles for different load configurations and pile-raft configurations (PRCs). The model incorporates the pile-to-soil and raft-to-soil interactions by means of interface elements. The effect of parameters such as pile spacing and raft thickness are also studied. For any soil profile, larger pile spacing is observed to be more efficient in reducing the average settlement and enhancing the load-sharing coefficient. The smaller pile spacing is observed to be efficient in reducing the differential settlement. For any soil profile, the behavior of piled-raft foundation is significantly affected by the PRCs and load configurations. Furthermore, the raft thickness has significant effect on settlement, bending moment, and shears force. Thus, the results of the present study can be used as guidelines for analyzing and designing large piled-raft foundation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 6057-6061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padmanaban M S ◽  
J Sreerambabu

A piled raft foundation consists of a thick concrete slab reinforced with steel which covers the entire contact area of the structure, in which the raft is supported by a group of piles or a number of individual piles. Bending moment on raft, differential and average settlement, pile and raft geometries are the influencing parameters of the piled raft foundation system. In this paper, a detailed review has been carried out on the issues on the raft foundation design. Also, the existing design procedure was explained.


2005 ◽  
pp. 37-49
Author(s):  
Toshihiro NODA ◽  
Mutsumi TASHIRO ◽  
Toshihiro TAKAINE ◽  
Akira ASAOKA

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 2383-2387
Author(s):  
K. Merin Jose ◽  
Divya Krishnan ◽  
P. T. Ravichandran

A foundation gives the overall strength to a building by providing a level surface for the building to stand and distributing the total load uniformly to the underlying soil. The type of foundation to be chosen varies with the foundation soil and site conditions. Piled raft system are a type of foundation preferred when the bearing strata has less soil bearing capacity and a huge load has to be transferred. Thus Piled raft foundation is a foundation system which uses the combined effects of both rafts and piles such that it is expected to transfer huge loads without large settlement. An ample evaluation of factors like number of piles, length of piles, and degree of compaction of soil that affects the performance of the foundation is required, to understand the concept of piled raft foundation. This study was based on the behaviour of vertically loaded piled raft system by varying the length of pile as 100 mm, 150 mm and 200 mm with 4 and 9 numbers of pile conducted on loose and dense state in cohesion less soil. A vertical load test was conducted on unpiled raft both in loose and dense state of soil also and the results obtained from both piled and unpiled rafts were compared together. The compared results indicated an improvement in ultimate load capacity and settlement reduction. A settlement reduction of 32.71% and increased bearing capacity of 63.67% were observed when compared to unpiled raft under dense condition. About 84% of increase in bearing capacity of the piled raft system was observed with varying the degree of compaction of soil from loose to dense state of soil. An optimum design of this piled raft foundation can provide an alternative foundation for high rise buildings, transmission towers, bridges etc. and it can provide an aid to the threat of differential settlement for heavy loaded buildings in poor bearing strata.


2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 2017-2029 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Alnuaim ◽  
M.H. El Naggar ◽  
H. El Naggar

The overall behavior of a micropiled raft foundation (MPR) system is similar to a piled raft foundation where the load is transferred by both the raft and micropiles. However, there is no guidance available regarding the design of MPRs or indication of their performance. In this study, geotechnical centrifuge testing was conducted to investigate the behavior of MPR foundations in clay and evaluate their performance characteristics. The study evaluated the performance of MPRs compared to the isolated raft in terms of raft total and differential settlements; raft contact pressure; raft bending moment; and load sharing between the raft and the micropiles. The results showed that for the MPR configuration considered in the study, the raft carried 48% of the applied load. It was found that the Poulos–Davis–Randolph (PDR) method can be used to evaluate the performance of MPR for preliminarily design purposes with approximately 17% error.


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