Simplified Design Procedure for Piled Raft Foundations - H.G. Poulos, Fellow, AS

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Abstract
"In situations where a raft foundation alone does not satisfy the design requirements, it
may be possible to enhance the performance of the raft by the addition of piles. The use
6 g3 w- Z. p7 h% Z" Hof a limited number of piles, strategically located, may improve both the ultimate load
3 d) R$ d( `% R# t) n7 W7 Zcapacity and the settlement and differential settlement performance of the raft. This
paper outlines the development of a simplified method of analysis which can provide a
1 z5 m: r2 L2 Kuseful tool for preliminary design of piled raft foundations. It involves two phases:
3 j$ ^' Q* P6 \/ |6 P7 j1. The assessment of the overall foundation behavior;
2. The assessment of the behavior under individual column loads.
/ P- J# _% `- _( j) h* O2 rIn both cases, use is made of simplified solutions to compute foundation stiffness
* t1 p5 D( o- Band capacity characteristics. The selection of design geotechnical parameters is an
essential component of both design stages, and some approximations for estimating the
, k, O' |( F& ?1 ]1 N- dnecessary parameters are summarized.
6 w9 |4 Q" u. ^" pTypical applications to a case history of a piled raft and to model centrifuge tests
are described, and it is found that the behavior predicted by the simplified analysis is
broadly consistent with the measured behavior."
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