CONFERENCE / ICICMCT'23

Pile raft foundation is relatively new approach for design of pile group in which pile cap was considered in contact with soil and designed as raft that transfer partial load of superstructure to soil. The design of pile raft foundation is no t a simple problem as many interaction effect as pile to pile, pile to soil, pile to raft and raft to soil are involved and effect the design considerable. In this study, an experimental investigation has been carried out on a sufficiently large model in laboratory to observe the effect of various parameters such as effect on load carrying capacity of pile raft on diameter, length of pile, pile surface roughness, relative density of sand. A Timber piles can also be driven for ground improvement, to densify loose granular soils.