Assessing the effect of governing parameters of bearing capacity determination of small piled rafts on clay soil

Abstract In the present study, a small piled raft foundation has been simulated numerically through PLAXIS 3-D software. The objective of this study was to investigate effect governing parameters such as pile length, spacing, diameter, and number piles on settlement load-bearing behavior raft, so achieve optimum design for configurations. An optimized is defined with allowable center differential settlements satisfactory bearing given geometry loading. results indicated that, increase in piles, both ratio decreased. capacity increased piles. Furthermore, percentage load carried by increased. bending moment shear force corner are noted be more, they decreased towards pile. With maximum decreased, whereas Further, can selected efficiently consideration while designing foundation. Thus, used guidelines achieving