Research Article

Performance Optimization of Piled Raft Foundations in Layered Soil under Uniform Vertical Loading Using Plaxis 3D

Table 2

Material properties used in the parametric analysis.

ParametersSoil propertyConcrete property [16]
Soil 1Soil 2PileRaft
FE modelElastoplasticElastoplasticElasticElastic

Young’s modulus, E (MPa)20252500025000
Poisson’s ratio, 0.2750.350.250.25
Angle of internal friction, Ø′ (°)9.335.7
Unit weight, γ (kN/m3)17182525
Cohesion, c’ (kPa)75.648
Dilatancy ψ (°)05.7