Raft Foundation Design
Raft Foundation Design
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Hello
Can anyone tell me how I go about design of a raft foundation for a 2 storey dwelling house. The walls are concrete blocks 2 leafs. The roof is a timber cut roof. Is there a software available for this design or maybe someone may have an example they could share.
Thanks to all!
Can anyone tell me how I go about design of a raft foundation for a 2 storey dwelling house. The walls are concrete blocks 2 leafs. The roof is a timber cut roof. Is there a software available for this design or maybe someone may have an example they could share.
Thanks to all!






RE: Raft Foundation Design
Basically, the soil under the raft is modeled as springs, with the raft modeled as a concrete plate. You need a finite element program to analyze this.
DaveAtkins
RE: Raft Foundation Design
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RE: Raft Foundation Design
Would anyone have a worked example available that I could follow
RE: Raft Foundation Design
There is an example on p 281 - 289. that is quite good.