Study on continuous working of piles, foundation and soil in pile raft foundation

Abstract

High-rise buildings are currently being built a lot in Vietnam's major cities to meet the rapidly increasing residential, living and commercial needs of society. The solution to design the foundation and the pile to work together is to mobilize the foundation to work with the pile. Pile raft foundation has become the most effective foundation solution applied to many high-rise buildings in the world because the bearing capacity, settlement of rafters and piles are significantly improved compared to conventional pile foundation.

Keywords: Foundation; pile raft foundation; soft soil; Plaxis 3D; FEM.