• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2019

Bending moments in the raft of a pile raft system is affected by pile-pile interaction and pile-raft interaction, amongst other factors. Three-Dimensional finite element program has to be used to evaluate these bending moments. Winkler type analysis is easy to use but it however ignores these interactions. This paper proposes a very simplified and novel method for finding bending moments in raft of a piled raft based on Winkler type where raft is supported on bed of springs considering pile-pile and pile-raft interaction entitled as "Winkler model for piled raft (WMPR)" The pile and raft spring stiffness are based on load share between pile and raft and average pile raft settlement proposed by Randolph (1994). To verify the results of WMPR, raft bending moments are compared with those obtained from PLAXIS 3D software. A total of sixty analysis have Performed varying different parameters. It is found that raft bending moments obtained from WMPR closely match with bending moments obtained from PLAXIS 3D. A comparison of bending moments ignoring any interaction in Winkler model is also made with PLAXIS-3D, which results in large difference of bending moments. Finally, bending moment results from eight different methods are compared with WMPR for a case study. The WMPR, though, a simple method yielded comparable raft bending moments with the most accurate analysis.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.379-390
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• 2020

The behavior of a piled raft system in multi-layered soil subjected to vertical loading has been studied numerically using 3D finite element analysis. Initially, the 3D finite element model has been validated by analytically simulating the field experiments conducted on vertically loaded instrumented piled raft. Subsequently, a comprehensive parametric study has been conducted to assess the performance of a combined piled raft system in terms of optimum pile spacing and settlement of raft and piles, in multi-layered soil stratum subjected to vertical loading. It has been found that a combined pile raft system can significantly reduce the total settlement as well as the differential settlement of the raft in comparison to the raft alone. Two different arrangements below the piled raft with the same pile numbers show a significant amount of increase of load transfer of piled raft system, which is in line with the load transfer mechanism of a piled raft. A methodology for the factor of safety assessment of a combined pile raft foundation has been presented to improve the performance of piled raft based on its serviceability requirements. The findings of this study could be used as guidelines for achieving economical design for combined piled raft systems.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.545-561
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• 2024

Piled raft foundation has become widely used in the recent years because it can increase bearing capacity of foundation with control settlement. The design for a piled raft in terms vertical load and lateral load need to understands contribution load behavior to raft and pile in piled raft foundation system. The load-bearing behavior of the piled raft, especially concerning lateral loads, is highly complex and challenge to analyze. The complex mechanism of piled rafts can be clarified by using three dimensional (3-D) Finite Element Method (FEM). Therefore, this paper focuses on free-standing head pile group, on-ground piled raft, and embedded raft for the piled raft foundation systems. The lateral resistant of piled raft foundation was investigated in terms of relationship between vertical load, lateral load and displacement, as well as the lateral load sharing of the raft. The results show that both vertical load and raft position significantly impact the lateral load capacity of the piled raft, especially when the vertical load increases and the raft embeds into the soil. On the same condition of vertical settlement and lateral displacement, piled raft experiences a substantial demonstrates a higher capacity for lateral load sharing compared to the on-ground raft. Ultimately, regarding design considerations, the piled raft can reliably support lateral loads while exhibiting behavior within the elastic range, in which it is safe to use.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.289-302
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• 2013

The piled raft is a geotechnical construction, consisting of the three elements-piles, raft and the soil, that is applied for the foundation of a tall buildings in an increasing number. The piled rafts nowadays are preferred as the foundation to reduce the overall and differential settlements; and also, provides an economical foundation option for circumstances where the performance of the raft alone does not satisfy the design requirements. The finite element analysis of the piled raft foundation is presented in this paper. The numerical procedure is programmed into finite element based software SAFE in order to conduct the parametric study wherein soil modulus and raft thickness is varied for constant pile diameter. The problems of piled raft for three different load patterns as considered in the available literature (Sawant et al. 2012) are analyzed here using SAFE. The results obtained for load pattern-I using SAFE are compared with those obtained by Sawant et al. (2012). The fair agreement is observed in the results which demonstrate the accuracy of the procedure employed in the present investigation. Further, substantial reduction in maximum deflections and moments are found in piled raft as compared to that in raft. The reduction in deflections is observed with increase in raft thickness and soil modulus. The decrease in maximum moments with increase in soil modulus is seen in raft whereas increase in maximum moments is seen in piled raft. The raft thickness and soil modulus affects the response of the type of the foundation considered in the present investigation.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.139-155
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• 2024

The piled raft foundations are subjected to lateral loading under the action of wind and earthquake loads. Their bearing behavior and flexural responses under these loadings are of prime concern for researchers and practitioners. The insufficient experimental studies on piled rafts subjected to lateral loading lead to a limited understanding of this foundation system. Lateral load sharing between pile and raft in a laterally loaded piled raft is scarce in literature. In the present study, lateral load-displacement, load sharing, bending moment distribution, and raft inclinations of the piled raft foundations have been discussed through an instrumented scaled down model test in 1 g condition. The contribution of raft in a laterally loaded piled raft has been evaluated from the responses of pile group and piled raft foundations attributing a variety of influential system parameters such as pile spacing, slenderness ratio, group area ratio, and raft embedment. The study shows that the raft contributes 28-49% to the overall lateral capacity of the piled raft foundation. The results show that the front pile experiences 20-66% higher bending moments in comparison to the back pile under different conditions in the pile group and piled raft. The piles in the piled raft exhibit lower bending moments in the range of 45-50% as compared to piles in the pile group. The raft inclination in the piled raft is 30-70% less as compared to the pile group foundation. The lateral load-displacement and bending moment distribution in piles of the single pile, pile group, and piled raft has been presented to compare their bearing behavior and flexural responses subjected to lateral loading conditions. This study provides substantial technical aid for the understanding of piled rafts in onshore and offshore structures to withstand lateral loadings, such as those induced by wind and earthquake loads.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2000

본 연구에서는, 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 piled raft 기초의 최적설계 기법을 제시하였다. 최적설계에 사용한 목적함수는 구조물의 사용한계에 해당하는 부등침하량과 piled raft 기초의 시고비용 차원에서의 말뚝과 raft의 총 중량으로 하였다. 유전자 알고리즘은 다읜의 적자생존의 법칙을 따르는 자연진화 법칙을 바탕으로 한 최적화 기법이다. 본 연구에서는 piled raft 기초의 해석방법으로 Clancy(1993)가 제시한 "hybrid" 해석방법을 사용하였으며, 유전자 알고리즘기법은 Goldberg(1989)가 제시한 단순 유전자 알고리즘(SGA)을 적용하였다. 또한 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 최적설계기법의 유효성을 평가하기 위해 설계예제 및 매개변수변화연구를 통해 piled raft 기초시스템의 중요 설계인자들에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. 매개변수변화연구로부터 말뚝의 길이와 raft의 두께가 증가할수록 piled raft 기초시스템의 전체 중량은 일정한 값에 점차적으로 수렴하였으며, 지반의 강정, raft의 두께 말뚝의 길이 및 강성이 증가할수록 말뚝의 최적위치는 raft의 중앙에 집중되는 경향으로 나타났다.경향으로 나타났다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.853-861
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 수치해석을 이용한 piled raft 기초의 복합적인 거동평가를 위해 축대칭 조건 및 경계면 요소를 적용한 유한차분해석 모델링 방법이 합리적인지 검증하였다. 이를 위해 실내모형실험 결과와 수치해석 결과를 비교 분석하여 piled raft 기초의 모델링 방법의 적합성을 평가하였다. 그리고 실제 현장조건을 고려한 기초 매개변수에 대한 민감도분석을 수행하여 raft의 하중분담율을 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 실내모형실험과 수치해석 결과에서 지지력-수직변위의 상관관계가 동일한 경향을 보였으며, piled raft 기초의 극한지지력과 raft의 하중분담율이 비교적 유사하게 산정되었다. 그리고 민감도분석을 통해 raft의 하중분담율은 약 33%~52% 사이에서 산정되어, 기존 연구 결과와 유사함을 확인하였다. 따라서 piled raft 기초는 축대칭 조건 및 경계면 요소를 이용하여 효과적으로 모델링될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.376-387
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• 2009

Piled raft foundation is a geotechnical composite construction to support the superstructure by pile-soil-raft interaction. General conventional design for piled raft doesn't consider the contribution of a raft. This is very conservative and requires more piles to satisfy the factor of safety. It is important to evaluate the load sharing features of piled raft. In this research, this characteristics of piled raft evaluated using both centrifuge and numerical modelings. The ultimate bearing capacity of piled raft foundation was also evaluated and predicted through comparisons of ultimate bearing capacity of single pile (SP), unpiled raft (UR), freestanding pile group (FPG) and piled raft (PR). $\xi_{pr}$ and $\eta$ were determined by centrifuge model tests to simply evaluate the ultimate bearing capacity of piled raft and bearing capacity of piled raft was predicted using the calibrated numerical model based on the centrifuge tests and laboratory tests data.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.63-75
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• 2007

Piled raft 기초는 연약지반상에서 과도한 침하와 raft 및 말뚝의 지지력 산정 문제 등으로 적합한 기초는 아닌 것으로 알려져 왔으나 최근 국내외에서 연약지반내 구조물 시공이 증대되면서 연약지반상 piled raft 기초에 대한 관심이 커지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 연약지반에 시공된 piled raft기초의 거동을 분석하였으며 이를 위해 ABAQUS를 이용한 3차원 유한요소 해석을 실시하였다. 해석 시 하중은 등분포하중과 집중하중을 각각 적용하였으며 동일한 조건의 군말뚝과 piled raft 기초 및 다양한 말뚝 배치를 갖는 piled raft 기초를 대상으로 수행하였다. 본 연구결과, 하중형태, 다양한 말뚝 배치 및 근입 깊이에 대한 각각의 침하 및 하중분담특성을 비교, 분석하였으며 이를 통해 연약지반상의 piled raft 기초의 특성을 파악하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2001년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.379-386
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• 2001

Piled raft foundations are usually used to reduce total and differential settlements of superstructures. In the piled raft foundations, the raft is often on its own able to provide adequate bearing capacity and only few widely spaced piles are added to the foundation to keep settlements be1ow a certain limit. In this paper, experimental studies on the load sharing ratio between piles and raft are carried out. Also, for evaluating the application of optimum design technique using a genetic algorithm, optimal locations of files are compared with the results of laboratory model tests. from tile results of laboratory model tests, there are found that the load sharing ratio between files and raft is depended on the number of piles and stiffness of raft, and the optimal locations of piles became concentrated on the middle of rafts. From these results of laboratory model tests, the optimum technique using a genetic algorithm is acknowledged to the application in the piled raft.