An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Design of Model Piled Raft Foundations in Laboratory

Authors : Rahim Kağan AKBULUT, Özcan TAN

Pages : 35-41

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Publication Date : 2019-07-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Piled raft foundation applications are a combined foundation application which is being used frequently today. There are a limited number of studies on the model piled loading tests in the literature. In addition, in the past pile loading experiments, especially in model piled raft experiments; pile tip, skin friction and loads covered by the raft cannot be reliably measured. In the light of the previous studies, large scale model tests were performed in order to minimize boundary effects. In the study, the model piles were manufactured from concrete, like the actual situation, in the soil region where the pile will be formed, thus preventing different environmental conditions from affecting the pile design. Within the scope of this study, the model piled rafts on a sandy soil were axially loaded in the laboratory and the load-settlement curves and the raft load-sharing percentage curves were obtained depending on the settlement ratio. In this experimental study the experiments, the model piles of different lengths insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(L = 320 mm and 520 mm); and diameters insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(D = 50 mm and 60 mm); and different raft sections insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(150x150 and 200x200 mm); were prepared in sand bed. These model piles and rafts are combined with the load cell and model piled rafts are obtained in the middle under the raft and two piles in the corner. Piled rafts were loaded into the model tank by placing two different relative densities such that the test sand was loose insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Dr: 27%); and dense insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Dr: 65%);. The model test results of the study showed that the raft foundation contributes to the total load that the system can carry. In the piled raft foundation system, it was seen that the load was initially carried by the raft and the load was transferred to the piles in very small settlement levels. It has been determined that the raft has a ratio of 25-40% of the total load. The load-sharing ratio corresponding to the 40mm settlement of the raft and the load-sharing ratio corresponding to 1mm settlement increased by 30- 100%.
Keywords : Model piled raft, Sand soil, Loading test, Raft load sharing percentage