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TECHNISCHE

UNIVERSITAT

DARMSTADT

Eds.: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach

Prof. Dr. Deepankar Choudhury

ISSMGE Combined Pile-Raft Foundation Guideline

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics

Darmstadt · Germany · July 2013

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Editor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf KatzenbachInstitute and Laboratory of GeotechnicsTechnische Universität DarmstadtPetersenstrasse 13D-64287 Darmstadt / GermanyTelefon: +49 (0) 6151 / 16-2149Telefax: +49 (0) 6151 / 16-6683E-Mail: [email protected]: http://www.geotechnik.tu-darmstadt.de

ISBN: 978-3-942068-06-2ISSN: 1436-6517

The realisation of this publication was made possible by the financial supportof the “Förderverein der Freunde des Institutes für Geotechnik an der

Technischen Universität Darmstadt e.V”.

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TECHNISCHE

UNIVERSITAT

DARMSTADT

Eds.: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach

Prof. Dr. Deepankar Choudhury

ISSMGE Combined Pile-Raft Foundation Guideline

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics

Darmstadt · Germany · July 2013

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From the Desk of Editors

Greetings from the ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 212 – Deep Foundations.

In the present term 2009 – 2013 of TC 212, we are very happy to bring out this

‘ISSMGE Combined Pile-Raft Foundation Guidelines’ as a technical guideline

for the design, construction and monitoring of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation

(CPRF), which can be followed all over the world.

A need to bring out such guideline was felt by several members of ISSMGE and

more so for relatively new type of deep foundation like CPRF. Hence thecommittee members started discussing on this issue over several meetings,

conferences, emails, get-togethers and technical deliberations all over the world

to formulate general guidelines for CPRF design, construction, monitoring.

Simultaneously it was also discussed that the technical document must be lucid,

clear, simple and short to understand and accept by the community for practice. It

needs not to be like a design code with exact mention of values or quantification,

 but it will give an overall guideline which will be enough to follow the uniform

standard/guideline for CPRF across the world.

Editors are extremely thankful to all the members of TC 212 who are also authors

of this document for their valuable contributions and suggestions to bring out the

 present shape of the guideline which was accepted by majority voting in the

meeting of TC 212 at Kanazawa, Japan. Also editors acknowledge the

suggestions provided by many other friends of TC 212 who are not members but

attended meetings of TC 212 at Kanazawa, Japan and at Bandung, Indonesia to

 provide their valuable inputs for this guideline and via email correspondences.

Help received from Hendrik Ramm and Frithjof Clauss of Germany for

compilation of this document is highly acknowledged.

Editors hope that the CPRF guideline will be useful to the entire geotechnical

community of the world who practices Combined Pile-Raft Foundation.

Best Regards,

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach Prof. Dr. Deepankar Choudhury

Chairman of TC 212 Secretary of TC 212

TU Darmstadt, Germany. IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

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ISSMGE Combined Pile-Raft Foundation Guideline 

Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud, USA

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach, Germany

Prof. Sang Seom Jeong, Korea

Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, India

Michele B. Jamiolkowski, Italy

Tim Chapman, UK

Fiona Chow, Australia

V. Paramonov, Russia

Rodrigo Salgado, USA

Gary Axelsson, Sweden

Willem Bierman, NetherlandsMaurice Bottiau, Belgium

Dan Brown, USA

Michael Brown, UK

 Nicol Chang, South Africa

Der-Wen Chang, Taiwan

Emilios Comodromos, Greece

Luca de Sanctis, Italy

M. de Vos, Belgium

Luis del Canizo, Spain

Arpad Deli, Hungary

Kazem Fakharian, Iran

V.T. Ganpule, India

Kenneth Gavin, Ireland

Juan Jose Goldemberg, Argentina

A.L. Gotman, Russia

K. Gwizdała, Poland

James Higgins, USAK. Horikoshi, Japan

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Maosong Huang, China

Roland Jörger, Germany

Amir M. Kaynia, Norway

Makoto Kimura, Japan

J. Kos, Czech & Slovak Republics

Daman Lee, Hong Kong

Jouko Lehtonen, Finland

Scott Mackiewicz, USA

Andras Mahler, Hungary

Vittorio Manassero, Italy

Alessandro Mandolini, ItalyGerardo Marrote, Spain

Jarbas Milititsky, Brazil

Christian Moormann, Germany

Tony O'Brien, UK

Victor CW Ong, Singapore

A.B. Ponomaryov, Russia

Alain Puech, France

 Nicoleta Radulescu, Romania

Jaime Santos, PortugalAlfredo Silva, Ecuador

Teresa Simões, Portugal

Tim Sinclair, New Zealand

Byung Woong Song, Korea

A.F. van Tol, Netherlands

Weidong Wang, China

Limin Zhang, Hong Kong

A.A. Zhussupbekov, Kazakhstan

1 Terms and Definitions

The Combined Pile-Raft Foundation (CPRF) is a geotechnical composite

construction that combines the bearing effect of both foundation elements raft and

 piles by taking into account interactions between the foundation elements and the

subsoil shown in figure 1.1.

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The characteristic value of the total resistance  Rtot,k ( s) of the CPRF depends on

the settlement s of the foundation and consists of the sum of the characteristic pile

resistances

1m

 j

 R pile,k,j ( s) and the characteristic base resistance  Rraft,k ( s). The

characteristic base resistance results from the integration of the settlement

dependent contact pressure   ( s, x, y) in the ground plan area of the raft.

Fig. 1.1 Combined Pile-Raft Foundation (CPRF)

as a geotechnical composite construction and theinteractions coining the bearing behaviour  

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, ( ) ( , , )  raft k   R s s x y dx dy   (1.1)

, , , ,

1

( ) ( ) ( )

m

tot k pile k j raft k   j

 s R s R s   (1.2)

, , , , , ,( ) ( ) ( )  pile k j b k j s k j s R s R s   (1.3)

The bearing behaviour of the CPRF is described by the pile-raft coefficient   pr  

which is defined by the ratio between the sum of the characteristic pile resistances

1m

 j

 R pile,k,j ( s) and the characteristic value of the total resistance Rtot,k  ( s):

)(

)(

,

1

,,

 s R

 s R

k tot 

m

 j

 jk  pile

 pr 

    (1.4)

The pile-raft coefficient varies between   pr  = 0 (spread foundation) and   pr  = 1

(pure pile foundation). Figure 1.2 shows a qualitative example of the dependence

 between the pile-raft coefficient   pr  and the settlement of a CPRF  s pr   related to

the settlement of a spread foundation  s sf   with equal ground plan and equal

loading.

The pile-raft coefficient   pr  depends on the stress level and on the settlement of

the CPRF.

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Fig. 1.2 Qualitative example of a possible settlement reduction ofa CPRF in function of the pile-raft coefficient   pr  

2 Scope

The CPRF guideline applies to the design, dimensioning, inspection and

construction of preponderant vertically loaded Combined Pile-Raft Foundations.

 Note: The CPRF guideline can also be applied to other deep foundation elementsthan piles such as diaphragm walling elements (barrettes), diaphragm walls, sheet pile walls etc.

The CPRF guideline shall not be used in cases where layers of relatively small

stiffness (e.g. soft cohesive and organic soils) are situated closely beneath the raft.

3 Geotechnical Category

According to Eurocode EC 7, the Geotechnical Category 3 may be assigned for

the design of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation.

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4 Symbols

Number Symbol Explanation Unit Section

1 C d   limiting design value of the relevant

serviceability criterion

8

2  D  pile diameter m 1

3 d index for design value - 7

4  E effect of actions 8

5  E 2  effect of actions for SLS 8

6 e distance between pile axes m 1

7  F k,i  characteristic value of an action i MN 8

8  j index for a pile - 1

9 k index for characteristic value - 1

10 m number of piles of a CPRF - 1

11 qb  unit base resistance MN/m² 1

12 q s  unit shaft resistance MN/m² 1

13  R resistance MN 1

14  Rb,k (s) characteristic value of the base resistance

of a pile as a function of settlement

MN 1

15  R pile,k,j(s) characteristic value of the resistance of

the pile j of a pile group as a function of

settlement

MN 1

16  Rraft,k (s) characteristic value of the base resistance

of a CPRF as a function of settlement

MN 1

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17  R s,k (s) characteristic value of the shaft resistance

of a pile as a function of settlement

MN 1

18  Rtot,k (s) characteristic value of the total resistance

of a CPRF as a function of settlement

MN 1

19  R1,tot   total resistance of a CPRF for ULS MN 7

20  s settlement m 1

21  s pr   settlement of a CPRF m 1

22  s sf   settlement of a spread foundation m 1

23  s2  allowable settlement for SLS m 8

24  Δ s2  allowable differential settlement for SLS m 8

25  x,y,z cartesian coordinates m 1

26 α pr    pile-raft coefficient - 1

27  partial safety factor - 7

28  G   partial safety factor for a permanent

action

- 7

29  Q   partial safety factor for a variable action - 7

30   R   partial safety factor for a resistance - 7

31 σ (s,x,y) contact pressure as a function of

settlement

MN/m² 1

Tab. 1  Symbols

5 Soil investigation and evaluation

Soil investigation on site and in laboratory is necessarily required for the designand the dimensioning of a CPRF and the basis for all analysis. The quality and

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quantity of the geotechnical investigations and the performance of the field and

laboratory tests have to be designed and controlled by geotechnical experts and

also have to be evaluated under the consideration of the Soil-Structure-

Interaction.

The results of field and laboratory investigation have to be compared with values

experienced for the local soil conditions.

5.1 Field investigation

Direct soil investigations are necessarily required for the design of a CPRF even

if local experiences are given. Depending on project related circumstances and

the local soil conditions the investigation program has to be reviewed concerning

the necessity of further investigations.

5.2 Laboratory investigation

The design of a CPRF requires a sufficient knowledge of the deformation and the

strength properties of the subsoil. Additional to classification tests, a sufficient

number of laboratory tests on soil samples are to be performed in order to

determine the stiffness and shear strength of the soil. Quality and quantity of the

laboratory tests have to be defined with regard to the constitutive laws used

within the analysis of the CPRF.

5.3 Tasks within the construction process

Exposures during the constructing process of a CPRF have to be examined and

evaluated by a geotechnical expert and have to be compared to the results of the

actual soil investigation. The data achieved during the construction of the bored

 piles have to be recorded in a protocol and displayed graphically by diagrams.

The usage of driven piles or other deep foundation elements requires a

corresponding procedure.

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If the soil and groundwater conditions encountered during the construction

 process deviate relevantly from the expected soil and groundwater conditions

additional investigations of subsoil and groundwater have to be carried out. The

updated geotechnical data is the basis for a reviewed design and construction

 process of the CPRF.

6 Requirements to the computational methods for the design of a CPRF

6.1 Prefaces

The bearing effect of a CPRF is influenced by the interactions of the particular

 bearing elements (Figure 1.1).

Beside the pile group effect, i.e. the mutual interactions of the piles within the

 pile group, the contact pressure considerably influences the bearing behaviour of

the foundation piles of the CPRF.

Therefore, the prerequisite for a safe design of a CPRF is the realistic modelling

of the interactions between the superstructure, the foundation elements and the

subsoil. This requires the use of a computational model which is able to simulate

the interactions determining the bearing behaviour of the CPRF in a reliable and

realistic way.

The computational model used for the design of a CPRF shall contain a realistic

geometric modelling of the foundation elements and the soil continuum as well asa realistic description of the material behaviour of both structure and subsoil and

of the contact behaviour between the soil and the foundation elements. The

choice of the constitutive laws and the applied material parameters used within

the analysis has to be justified.

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6.2 Bearing behaviour of a single pile

For the design of a CPRF the knowledge of the bearing behaviour of a stand-

alone single pile under comparable soil conditions is required (section 6.3,

 paragraph 1).

As far as no experiences are given for the bearing behaviour of a single pile by

test loadings a static pile test under axial loading has to be performed for a

corresponding pile type under comparable soil conditions.

As far as no static load pile tests are performed, the bearing behaviour of a single

 pile can be defined by using the empirical values indicated in the concerned

standards. The transferability of the standardised empirical values on the soil

conditions explored on site and on the planned CPRF has to be proven.

6.3 Requirements for a computational model

The used computational model shall be able to simulate the bearing behaviour of

an appropriate single pile according to section 6.2. The shearing at the pile shaft

and the compression process at the pile base has to be modelled correctly.

The computational model used for the design of the CPRF shall also be able to

transfer the bearing behaviour of a single pile to the bearing behaviour of the

CPRF including the pile-pile-interaction and the pile-raft-interaction. Furthermore

the computational model has to be able to simulate all relevant interactions

including their effects on the bearing behaviour of the CPRF (Figure 1.1).

For the design of a CPRF different computation methods are available which are

 based on different computation and modelling approaches. The computation

method used for the design of a CPRF has to be documented within the design

 process.

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7 ULS – Ultimate Limit State

The proof of the external and internal bearing capacity has to be carried out for a

CPRF. The external bearing capacity describes the bearing capacity of the soil

interacting with the foundation elements. The internal bearing capacity describes

the bearing capacity of the single components like the piles and the foundation

raft.

The bearing behaviour of the CPRF is computed based on characteristic soil and

material parameters. Time-dependent properties of the soil and the structure haveto be considered if necessary.

The stiffness of the superstructure and its influence on the bearing behaviour of

the CPRF has to be considered within the computational investigation and the

 proofs of limit states.

Figure 7.1 shows the concept for the proof of ultimate limit state schematically.

Fig. 7.1 Proof and safety concept in the ultimate limit state

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7.1 Proof of the external bearing capacity (ULS)

A sufficient safety against failure of the overall system is achieved by fulfilling

the following equation:

1, ,

, , 1, , tot k  

d G k G Q k Q tot d   R

 R E E E R  

   (7.1)

The characteristic value of the total resistance of the CPRF in the ultimate limitstate R1 ,tot,k  has to be determined by an analysis of the CPRF as an overall system

 based on a computational model including all relevant interactions according to

section 6.2. The characteristic values of the soil and the structure properties shall

 be used within the analysis. The characteristic value of the total resistance R1 ,tot,k  

has to be derived from the load-settlement relation for the overall system. The

characteristic value of the total resistance R1 ,tot,k  is equal to the load at which the

settlements of the CPRF visibly increase. In the load-settlement curve the

characteristic value of the total resistance R1 ,tot,k  represents that point at which the

flat section, after a transition region with increasing settlement, passes into thesteeply falling section.

If the proof is not performed by a realistic computational model according to

section 6.3 in simple cases it is permissible to calculate the characteristic value of

the total resistance R1 ,tot,k  alternatively by means of the characteristic value of the

 base resistance of the foundation raft of the CPRF.

"Simple cases" are given if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  A geometrically uniform configuration of the CPRF:

- identical pile length and pile diameter

- constant distance between the pile axes e 

- rectangular or round raft foundation

- projection of the raft foundation beyond the outer pile row  3 · D

(D = pile diameter)

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  Homogeneous subsoil (no layering):

- no distinct difference in stiffness between the individual layers (see

section 2)

  Actions

- centrically loaded raft foundation i.e. the resulting action is

concentrated in the centre of gravity of the raft

- no predominantly dynamic effects

The bottom line of the raft defines the foundation level for the calculation of the

 base resistance.

The vertical bearing effect of the piles has to be neglected within the base

resistance calculation of the raft.

The horizontal bearing effect of the piles may be applied as dowel resistance

within the base resistance calculation of the raft. The calculation of the base

resistance has to be carried out according to the relevant national standards.

The proof of the external bearing capacity of a CPRF saves the proof of all single piles.

7.2 Proof of the internal bearing capacity (ULS)

A sufficient safety against material failure has to be proven for all foundation

elements according to the specific standards. The proof of the internal bearing

capacity shall be carried out for all relevant combinations of actions. Thefollowing stress states have to be proven:

  Piles: Tension (construction stages), compression combined with

 bending and shearing.

  Raft: Bending, shearing, punching at the areas of punctual loading of

the superstructure elements (columns) as well as of the foundation

 piles.

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The calculation of the internal forces shall be performed for two cases because of

the non-linear relation between the settlement and the partial resistances of raft

and piles. The pile-raft coefficient  pr  shall be calculated for both limit states, the

ultimate limit state (section 7.1) and the serviceability limit state (section 8.1).

The internal forces of the raft and the piles have to be computed due to the

distribution of the characteristic actions on raft and piles determined by the pile-

raft coefficient. The more unfavourable results have to be used for the design of

the foundation elements.

The proof of the internal bearing capacity of the foundation elements has to be

carried out according to the relevant standards.

If no detailed proof is performed, the piles have to be reinforced to the minimum

amount or the amount calculated within the design process on their total length.

8 SLS – Serviceability Limit State

The proof of the serviceability limit state comprises of two different examinationsanalogously to the proof of the ultimate limit state (figure 8.1).

Fig. 8.1 Proof and safety concept in the serviceability limit state 

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8.1 Proof of the external serviceability

A sufficient safety of the serviceability is achieved by fulfilling the following

equation:

2, 2, d k d  E E C    (8.1)

The effects E dependent on the actions Fk,i  have to be computed by a

computational model according to section 6.2 based on characteristic values for

the material properties. The effects E are computed on the overall system

subjected to onefold actions.

During the service of the building the effects E expressed by the relevant

settlements s2, differential settlements s2, etc. have to be smaller than the

limiting design value of the relevant serviceability criterion.

The value of the limiting design value of the relevant serviceability criterion Cd is

defined by the requirements deriving from the characteristics of the plannedCPRF and the adjacent buildings possibly affected by the construction of the

CPRF. For the allowable settlements s2 or the allowable differential settlements

s2, the limiting values need to be defined by taking into account the sensitivity

of the structure for deformations and especially for differential settlements. It also

should be checked for the sensitivity of the adjacent underground or overground

structures and infrastructural installations.

8.2 Proof of the internal serviceability

For the foundation elements a sufficient safety for the serviceability limit state

has to be proven according to the material specific standards. The following stress

states have to be proven:

  Piles: Restriction of the crack width

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  Raft: Restriction of the crack width, allowable deflections and/or

differential settlements with respect to the requirements the

superstructure is subjected to

The internal forces have to be determined for the serviceability limit state.

9 Proof of design and construction of a CPRF

The examination of the design and the construction of a CPRF should becontrolled by an geotechnical expert particularly qualified on this subject with

respect to the subsequent aspects:

  Examination of the extent, the results and the evaluations of the soil

investigation (field and laboratory tests).

  Evaluation of the plausibility and suitability of the characteristic values

of the soil properties used in the computational models for the CPRF.

  Examination of the computational model used for the design of the

CPRF and the computation results by using independent comparativecalculations.

  Examination of the evaluation of the effects on the adjacent buildings.

  Examination of the measuring program and of the soil exposures

attained within the construction process of the CPRF.

 

Examination of the protocol of the acceptance procedure and the

measured values.

10 Construction of a CPRF

The construction of a CPRF has to be supervised by a geotechnical expert

 particularly qualified on this subject assigned by the owner or the supervising

authority with respect to the ground engineering aspects. This applies to the

construction both of the piles and the foundation level. The protocols of the

acceptance procedure and the measured values have to be included into the

examination.

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11 Monitoring of a CPRF

The bearing behaviour and the force transfer within a CPRF may be monitored by

a geotechnical expert particularly qualified on this subject due to the requirements

deriving from the soil, the superstructure and the foundation according to the

concept of the observational method on the basis of the measuring program set up

in the design phase. The monitoring comprises geotechnical and geodetic

measurements at the new building and also at the adjacent buildings. The

monitoring of a CPRF is an elementary and indispensable component of the

safety concept and is used for the following purposes:

  the verification of the computational model and the computational

approaches,

  the in-time detection of possible critical states,

  an examination of the calculated settlements during the whole

construction process,

  quality assurance and the

  conservation of evidence

 both during the construction process and during the service of the building.

The monitoring program has to be designed by a geotechnical expert in the design

 phase. The measurements shall give information about the load distribution

 between the raft and the piles.

In simple cases the arrangement and regular levelling of settlement measuring

 points can be sufficient.

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Acknowledgement

The entire team members of ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 212 – Deep

Foundations want to acknowledge the suggestions and help provided by many

friends of TC 212 who had participated in the detailed discussions to bring out

this guideline during the meetings of TC 212 at Kanazawa, Japan during IS-

Kanazawa 2012 on 19th September, 2012 and at Bandung, Indonesia during

PILE-2013 on 2nd June, 2013 and also via email communications. Names of

these friends are, Kaustav Chatterjee, India; Chris Danilewicz, UK; Silvia F.

Herina, Indonesia; Wang Yao Hui, China; Rinda Karlinasari, Indonesia; AksanKawanda, Indonesia; Martin Larisch, Australia; Kwang Woo Lee, Korea; Steffen

Leppla, Germany; Garland Likins, USA; Aswin Lim, Indonesia; San-Shyan Lin,

Taiwan; Tatsunori Matsumoto, Japan; Ernst Niederleithinger, Germany; Harry

Poulos, Australia; V. Dilli Rao, India; Paulus P. Rahardjo, Indonesia;

 Nurindahsih Setionegoro, Indonesia; Dennie Supriatna, Indonesia; Wanchai

Teparaska, Thailand; Shuntaro Teramoto, Japan; Christos Vrettos, Germany;

Maria Wahyuni, Indonesia; Askar Zhussupbekov, Kazakhstan.

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