Hello all,
I have modelled a pile raft foundation using ABAQUS. The pressure applied on raft is 360kPa. After the program is executed, I tried to calculate the stress taken by each pile. It was found that the stress taken by a single pile is 35MPa which is 100 times more than the total applied load. But the settlements are reasonable. What might be the reason for this? Can somebody explain this?
Thanks in advance,
Prashanthi.