Piles and Pile foundations
Piled foundations are generally designed using empirical methods, in particular the traditional capacity based
approach on which the majority of codes of practice are based.
However in recent years the analysis of pile groups and piled rafts has undergone substantial development in the light
of new research and the mechanisms for the interactions between piles, soil and rafts or caps have been largely
clarified.
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Piled foundations are generally designed using empirical methods, in particular the traditional capacity based
approach on which the majority of codes of practice are based.
However in recent years the analysis of pile groups and piled rafts has undergone substantial development in the light
of new research and the mechanisms for the interactions between piles, soil and rafts or caps have been largely
clarified.
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or
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