Research Article

Experimental Study on the Pile-Soil Synergistic Mechanism of Composite Foundation with Rigid Long and Short Piles

Table 3

Load sharing of composite foundation.

TypesLong pileShort pileSoil

Single-long-pile composite foundationPAk1/(k1 + k3)PAk3/(k1 + k3)
Single-short-pile composite foundationPAk2/(k2 + k3)PAk3/(k2 + k3)
Four-pile composite foundation4PAk1/(2k1 + 2k2 + 4k3)4PAk2/(2k1 + 2k2 + 4k3)4PAk3/(2k1 + 2k2 + 4k3)