Parametric study for optimal design of large piled raft foundations on sand |
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| Institution: | 1. Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia;2. Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada;3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada;4. Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, 1360 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada;1. School of Civil and Environmental Eng., Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea;2. Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Goyang, Gyungki-do, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi 110016, India;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada;1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milan, Italy;2. ARUP, Milan, Italy |
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| Abstract: | In designing piled raft foundations, controlling the total and differential settlements as well as the induced bending moments of the raft is crucial. The majority of piled raft foundations have been designed by placing piles uniformly. In such a design method, the settlements of the piled rafts are likely to be large, which leads to an increase of the pile length and/or number of piles required to reduce the settlements. However, this increase does not satisfy the requirement for economical design. On the basis of a parametric study, this paper contributes a framework for considering an economical design methodology in which piles are placed more densely beneath the column positions when the piled raft is subjected to column loads. The analysis uses PLAXIS 3D software, and the validity of the parametric study is examined through the results of centrifuge model tests conducted by the authors. The study shows that the concentrated pile arrangement method can help to considerably reduce the total and differential settlements as well as the induced bending moments of the raft. Moreover, the effects of parameters, such as pile length, pile number, raft thickness and load types, on the piled raft behavior are investigated. This study can help practicing engineers choose pile and raft parameters in combination with the concentrated pile arrangement method to produce an economical design. |
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| Keywords: | Piled-raft Centrifuge modeling Pile arrangement Bending moment Total settlement Differential settlement |
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