Effect of Ground Subsidence on Load Sharing and Settlement of Raft and Piled Raft Foundations

In this paper, two centrifugal model tests (case 1: raft foundation, case 2: 2x2 piled raft foundation) were conducted in order to evaluate the effect of ground subsidence on load sharing among piles and raft and settlement of raft and piled raft foundations. For each case, two conditions consisting of undrained (without groundwater pumping) and drained (with groundwater pumping) conditions were considered. Vertical loads were applied to the models after the foundations were completely consolidated by selfweight at 50g. The results show that load sharing by the piles in piled raft foundation (piled load share) for drained condition decreases faster than that for undrained condition. Settlement of both raft and piled raft foundations for drained condition increases more quickly than that for undrained condition. In addition, the settlement of raft foundation increases more largely than the settlement of piled raft foundation for drained condition.

Authors:

• T.V. Tran
• S. Teramoto
• M. Kimura
• T. Boonyatee
• Le Ba Vinh

Keywords:

• Ground subsidence
• Piled raft
• Load sharing
• Centrifugal model test.

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