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TECHNISCHE
UNIVERSITAT
DARMSTADT
In the present term 2009 – 2013 of TC 212, we are very happy to bring out this
‘ISSMGE Combined Pile-Raft Foundation Guidelines’ as a technical guideline
for the design, construction and monitoring of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation
(CPRF), which can be followed all over the world.
A need to bring out such guideline was felt by several members of ISSMGE and
more so for relatively new type of deep foundation like CPRF. Hence the
committee members started discussing on this issue over several meetings,
conferences, emails, get-togethers and technical deliberations all over the world
to formulate general guidelines for CPRF design, construction, monitoring.
Simultaneously it was also discussed that the technical document must be lucid,
clear, simple and short to understand and accept by the community for practice. It
needs not to be like a design code with exact mention of values or quantification,
but it will give an overall guideline which will be enough to follow the uniform
standard/guideline for CPRF across the world.
Editors are extremely thankful to all the members of TC 212 who are also authors
of this document for their valuable contributions and suggestions to bring out the
present shape of the guideline which was accepted by majority voting in the
meeting of TC 212 at Kanazawa, Japan. Also editors acknowledge the
suggestions provided by many other friends of TC 212 who are not members but
attended meetings of TC 212 at Kanazawa, Japan and at Bandung, Indonesia to
provide their valuable inputs for this guideline and via email correspondences.
Help received from Hendrik Ramm and Frithjof Clauss of Germany for
compilation of this document is highly acknowledged.
Editors hope that the CPRF guideline will be useful to the entire geotechnical
community of the world who practices Combined Pile-Raft Foundation.
Best Regards,
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The characteristic value of the total resistance Rtot,k (s) of the CPRF depends on
the settlement s of the foundation and consists of the sum of the characteristic pile
m
resistances R
j1
pile,k,j (s) and the characteristic base resistance Rraft,k (s). The
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Rraft ,k ( s ) ( s , x, y ) dx dy (1.1)
m
Rtot ,k ( s) R pile ,k , j ( s) Rraft ,k ( s ) (1.2)
j 1
R pile , k , j ( s ) Rb , k , j ( s ) Rs , k , j ( s ) (1.3)
The bearing behaviour of the CPRF is described by the pile-raft coefficient pr
which is defined by the ratio between the sum of the characteristic pile resistances
m
R
j1
pile,k,j (s) and the characteristic value of the total resistance Rtot,k (s):
R
j 1
pile , k , j (s)
pr (1.4)
Rtot ,k ( s)
The pile-raft coefficient varies between pr = 0 (spread foundation) and pr = 1
(pure pile foundation). Figure 1.2 shows a qualitative example of the dependence
between the pile-raft coefficient pr and the settlement of a CPRF spr related to
the settlement of a spread foundation ssf with equal ground plan and equal
loading.
The pile-raft coefficient pr depends on the stress level and on the settlement of
the CPRF.
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2 Scope
Note: The CPRF guideline can also be applied to other deep foundation elements
than piles such as diaphragm walling elements (barrettes), diaphragm walls,
sheet pile walls etc.
The CPRF guideline shall not be used in cases where layers of relatively small
stiffness (e.g. soft cohesive and organic soils) are situated closely beneath the raft.
3 Geotechnical Category
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4 Symbols
2 D pile diameter m 1
3 d index for design value - 7
4 E effect of actions 8
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Tab. 1 Symbols
Soil investigation on site and in laboratory is necessarily required for the design
and the dimensioning of a CPRF and the basis for all analysis. The quality and
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quantity of the geotechnical investigations and the performance of the field and
laboratory tests have to be designed and controlled by geotechnical experts and
also have to be evaluated under the consideration of the Soil-Structure-
Interaction.
The results of field and laboratory investigation have to be compared with values
experienced for the local soil conditions.
Direct soil investigations are necessarily required for the design of a CPRF even
if local experiences are given. Depending on project related circumstances and
the local soil conditions the investigation program has to be reviewed concerning
the necessity of further investigations.
The design of a CPRF requires a sufficient knowledge of the deformation and the
strength properties of the subsoil. Additional to classification tests, a sufficient
number of laboratory tests on soil samples are to be performed in order to
determine the stiffness and shear strength of the soil. Quality and quantity of the
laboratory tests have to be defined with regard to the constitutive laws used
within the analysis of the CPRF.
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6.1 Prefaces
Beside the pile group effect, i.e. the mutual interactions of the piles within the
pile group, the contact pressure considerably influences the bearing behaviour of
the foundation piles of the CPRF.
Therefore, the prerequisite for a safe design of a CPRF is the realistic modelling
of the interactions between the superstructure, the foundation elements and the
subsoil. This requires the use of a computational model which is able to simulate
the interactions determining the bearing behaviour of the CPRF in a reliable and
realistic way.
The computational model used for the design of a CPRF shall contain a realistic
geometric modelling of the foundation elements and the soil continuum as well as
a realistic description of the material behaviour of both structure and subsoil and
of the contact behaviour between the soil and the foundation elements. The
choice of the constitutive laws and the applied material parameters used within
the analysis has to be justified.
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For the design of a CPRF the knowledge of the bearing behaviour of a stand-
alone single pile under comparable soil conditions is required (section 6.3,
paragraph 1).
As far as no experiences are given for the bearing behaviour of a single pile by
test loadings a static pile test under axial loading has to be performed for a
corresponding pile type under comparable soil conditions.
As far as no static load pile tests are performed, the bearing behaviour of a single
pile can be defined by using the empirical values indicated in the concerned
standards. The transferability of the standardised empirical values on the soil
conditions explored on site and on the planned CPRF has to be proven.
The used computational model shall be able to simulate the bearing behaviour of
an appropriate single pile according to section 6.2. The shearing at the pile shaft
and the compression process at the pile base has to be modelled correctly.
The computational model used for the design of the CPRF shall also be able to
transfer the bearing behaviour of a single pile to the bearing behaviour of the
CPRF including the pile-pile-interaction and the pile-raft-interaction. Furthermore
the computational model has to be able to simulate all relevant interactions
including their effects on the bearing behaviour of the CPRF (Figure 1.1).
For the design of a CPRF different computation methods are available which are
based on different computation and modelling approaches. The computation
method used for the design of a CPRF has to be documented within the design
process.
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The proof of the external and internal bearing capacity has to be carried out for a
CPRF. The external bearing capacity describes the bearing capacity of the soil
interacting with the foundation elements. The internal bearing capacity describes
the bearing capacity of the single components like the piles and the foundation
raft.
The bearing behaviour of the CPRF is computed based on characteristic soil and
material parameters. Time-dependent properties of the soil and the structure have
to be considered if necessary.
The stiffness of the superstructure and its influence on the bearing behaviour of
the CPRF has to be considered within the computational investigation and the
proofs of limit states.
Figure 7.1 shows the concept for the proof of ultimate limit state schematically.
Fig. 7.1 Proof and safety concept in the ultimate limit state
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R1,tot , k
Ed EG ,k G EQ ,k Q R1,tot ,d (7.1)
R
The characteristic value of the total resistance of the CPRF in the ultimate limit
state R1,tot,k has to be determined by an analysis of the CPRF as an overall system
based on a computational model including all relevant interactions according to
section 6.2. The characteristic values of the soil and the structure properties shall
be used within the analysis. The characteristic value of the total resistance R1,tot,k
has to be derived from the load-settlement relation for the overall system. The
characteristic value of the total resistance R1,tot,k is equal to the load at which the
settlements of the CPRF visibly increase. In the load-settlement curve the
characteristic value of the total resistance R1,tot,k represents that point at which the
flat section, after a transition region with increasing settlement, passes into the
steeply falling section.
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Actions
- centrically loaded raft foundation i.e. the resulting action is
concentrated in the centre of gravity of the raft
- no predominantly dynamic effects
The bottom line of the raft defines the foundation level for the calculation of the
base resistance.
The vertical bearing effect of the piles has to be neglected within the base
resistance calculation of the raft.
The horizontal bearing effect of the piles may be applied as dowel resistance
within the base resistance calculation of the raft. The calculation of the base
resistance has to be carried out according to the relevant national standards.
The proof of the external bearing capacity of a CPRF saves the proof of all single
piles.
A sufficient safety against material failure has to be proven for all foundation
elements according to the specific standards. The proof of the internal bearing
capacity shall be carried out for all relevant combinations of actions. The
following stress states have to be proven:
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The calculation of the internal forces shall be performed for two cases because of
the non-linear relation between the settlement and the partial resistances of raft
and piles. The pile-raft coefficient pr shall be calculated for both limit states, the
ultimate limit state (section 7.1) and the serviceability limit state (section 8.1).
The internal forces of the raft and the piles have to be computed due to the
distribution of the characteristic actions on raft and piles determined by the pile-
raft coefficient. The more unfavourable results have to be used for the design of
the foundation elements.
The proof of the internal bearing capacity of the foundation elements has to be
carried out according to the relevant standards.
The proof of the serviceability limit state comprises of two different examinations
analogously to the proof of the ultimate limit state (figure 8.1).
Fig. 8.1 Proof and safety concept in the serviceability limit state
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During the service of the building the effects E expressed by the relevant
settlements s2, differential settlements s2, etc. have to be smaller than the
limiting design value of the relevant serviceability criterion.
The value of the limiting design value of the relevant serviceability criterion Cd is
defined by the requirements deriving from the characteristics of the planned
CPRF and the adjacent buildings possibly affected by the construction of the
CPRF. For the allowable settlements s2 or the allowable differential settlements
s2, the limiting values need to be defined by taking into account the sensitivity
of the structure for deformations and especially for differential settlements. It also
should be checked for the sensitivity of the adjacent underground or overground
structures and infrastructural installations.
For the foundation elements a sufficient safety for the serviceability limit state
has to be proven according to the material specific standards. The following stress
states have to be proven:
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The internal forces have to be determined for the serviceability limit state.
Examination of the extent, the results and the evaluations of the soil
investigation (field and laboratory tests).
Evaluation of the plausibility and suitability of the characteristic values
of the soil properties used in the computational models for the CPRF.
Examination of the computational model used for the design of the
CPRF and the computation results by using independent comparative
calculations.
Examination of the evaluation of the effects on the adjacent buildings.
Examination of the measuring program and of the soil exposures
attained within the construction process of the CPRF.
Examination of the protocol of the acceptance procedure and the
measured values.
10 Construction of a CPRF
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11 Monitoring of a CPRF
The bearing behaviour and the force transfer within a CPRF may be monitored by
a geotechnical expert particularly qualified on this subject due to the requirements
deriving from the soil, the superstructure and the foundation according to the
concept of the observational method on the basis of the measuring program set up
in the design phase. The monitoring comprises geotechnical and geodetic
measurements at the new building and also at the adjacent buildings. The
monitoring of a CPRF is an elementary and indispensable component of the
safety concept and is used for the following purposes:
both during the construction process and during the service of the building.
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Acknowledgement
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