Performance of raft foundations with settlement reducing piles

• Main Author: Cao, Xiaodong
• Other Authors: Wong, Ing Hieng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13082
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As foundations for high-rise buildings, rafts have been used successfully for many years. Analyses of raft foundations subjected to working loads indicate that generally the bearing capacity requirement can be fulfilled without much difficulty but the rafts may settle excessively. Although there are...