Performance of micropiled rafts in clay: Numerical investigation

AM Alnuaim, MH El Naggar, H El Naggar - Computers and Geotechnics, 2018 - Elsevier
The micropiled raft (MPR) offers an efficient foundation system that combines the
advantages of micropiles and piled rafts that can be used as primary foundation system or to …

Numerical investigation of the performance of micropiled rafts in sand

AM Alnuaim, MH El Naggar, H El Naggar - Computers and Geotechnics, 2016 - Elsevier
The micropiled raft (MPR) offers an efficient foundation system that combines the
advantages of micropiles and piled rafts that can be used as primary foundation system or to …

The behavior of micropiled raft foundations subjected to combined vertical and lateral loading: numerical study

A Elsawwaf, A Nazir, W Azzam, A Farouk - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2023 - Springer
The micropiled raft offers a foundation system that combines the advantages of the
conventional piled raft and the efficient installation of micropiles. In this paper, a …

Performance of micropiled raft in clay subjected to vertical concentrated load: Centrifuge modeling

AM Alnuaim, MH El Naggar… - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
The overall behavior of a micropiled raft foundation (MPR) system is similar to a piled raft
foundation where the load is transferred by both the raft and micropiles. However, there is no …

Performance of micropiled raft in sand subjected to vertical concentrated load: Centrifuge modeling

AM Alnuaim, H El Naggar… - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Initial applications of micropiles have involved retrofitting foundations of existing buildings. In
these applications, the overall performance of the micropiles–raft (MPR) foundation system …

[HTML][HTML] Effective installation of micropiles to enhance bearing capacity of micropiled raft

TH Hwang, KH Kim, JH Shin - Soils and Foundations, 2017 - Elsevier
While micropiles are used in many geotechnical projects, as ground reinforcement rather
than as structural elements, field engineers have reported that the bearing capacity of …

Assessment of micropiled rafts performance under pure lateral loading

A Elsawwaf, A Nazir, WR Azzam - Journal of Engineering Research, 2022 - journals.ekb.eg
A micropile is a small diameter “cast-in-situ” pile which was initially used to repair historic
buildings. In this paper, a numerical analysis was conducted on the performance of …

The effect of combined loading on the behavior of micropiled rafts installed with inclined condition

A Elsawwaf, A Nazir, W Azzam - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
One of the major disadvantages of micropiles is their low lateral stiffness and flexural rigidity
due to the small diameter. This limitation can be handled in current practice, by installing the …

Consolidation effect on the behavior of micropiled rafts under combined loading: case study

A Elsawwaf, M El Sawwaf, A Nazir, W Azzam… - Arabian Journal for …, 2023 - Springer
This paper used finite element modeling to evaluate the consolidation effect on the
performance of existing rafts underpinned with micropiles under combined vertical and …

The behavior of piled rafts in soft clay: Numerical investigation

M Elsawwaf, M Shahien, A Nasr… - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2022 - degruyter.com
This research aims to investigate the applicability and performance of piled rafts in soft clay.
This aim has been achieved by studying how the pile length, pile number, raft-soil relative …