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8 Behaviour of Piled Raft Foundations
8 Behaviour of Piled Raft Foundations
Settlement
As compared with a pile foundation, both the
bearing capacity and stiffness to resistance settlement are clearly improved by a piled-raft
foundation. Therefore, a piled-raft foundation is an attractive choice for floating pile
foundations where the underneath soil is very compressible and has a very low strength.
Because of the need for basement below structure, the positive effect of the raft is
increasingly taken into consideration in the design of foundations, particularly when the
strength and stiffness of the pile foundation are not enough. For an example, the Emirate
Twin Towers in Dubai and the Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur are designed with the concept
of piled raft foundations.
(B) Estimate the load and settlement behaviour of the piled raft
The load and settlement behaviour of a
piled raft is usually estimated by c
empirical or semi-empirical equations.
Some widely used ones are proposed by III
Poulos and Davis (1980), and by
Randolph (1994). II
b
Load
N=15
(5) 3D finite element methods
N=9
N=3