Load settlement characteristics of a piled raft in sand

• Main Author: Seet, Kelvin Chee Kiong.
• Other Authors: Teh Cee Ing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39994
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Raft foundations have been commonly employed as foundations to overcome differential settlements due to erratic soil conditions and close proximity of pile caps. The bearing capacity requirement is usually fulfilled due to the large area coverage by the raft foundation. However raft foundations may...