Experimental investigation into load settlement characteristics of piled rafts in sand

When the loads of buildings were not excessively large, shallow foundations such as rafts were preferred. However, in most of these cases, the foundation system would settle very much, and cause serviceability problems. To improve on this, Burland et al. (1977) first proposed the concept of adding p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leong, Hazel Xueling.
Other Authors: Teh Cee Ing
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45418