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Week 6

The document is a weekly report from August 28th to September 1st, 2023 detailing work performed designing a raft foundation. It lists 40 total hours spent manually designing the raft foundation through detailing. It describes the sequence of operations and tools used for designing the raft foundation, including checking soil pressure and designing for flexure and punching shear. Finally, it provides details on raft foundations, describing the design process and advantages such as providing a water barrier and distributing loads over a large area.

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Week 6

The document is a weekly report from August 28th to September 1st, 2023 detailing work performed designing a raft foundation. It lists 40 total hours spent manually designing the raft foundation through detailing. It describes the sequence of operations and tools used for designing the raft foundation, including checking soil pressure and designing for flexure and punching shear. Finally, it provides details on raft foundations, describing the design process and advantages such as providing a water barrier and distributing loads over a large area.

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College of Engineering and Technology (CoET)

Weekly Report No: ______6________from___28/08_________to_______01/09________20_23___

Day Brief description of work performed Hours


Manual design of the raft foundation. 8
Monday

Manual design of the raft foundation. 8


Tuesday

Wednesday Manual design of the raft foundation. 8

Thursday Detailing of raft foundation. 8

Friday Detailing of raft foundation 8

Saturday

Total hrs 40

Sequence of operations for main job


No Operation Tools, Machinery, Equipment
MANUAL DESIGN OF RAFT FOUNDATION
1 Check soil pressure AUTOCAD 2021 SOFTWARE
2 Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams.
3 Design for flexure
4 Design for punching shear
5 Arrangement of reinforcement

Signature Training Officer Date


Details of main job
DESIGN OF RAFT FOUNDATION

Raft foundation is a thick concrete slab reinforced with steel which covers the entire contact area of the
structure like a thick floor. Sometimes area covered by raft may be greater than the contact area depending on
the bearing capacity of the soil underneath. The reinforcing bars runs normal to each other in both top and
bottom layers of steel reinforcement.

The design of raft foundation can be carried out by the following methods
(i)conventional rigid method
(ii)Finite element method

Using conventional rigid method the following are the procedures for designing raft foundation.
(i)Check soil pressure
(ii)Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams.
(iii)Design for flexure
(iv)Design for punching shear
(v)Arrangement of reinforcement

Also the following are the advantages of raft foundation.


 It provides a water barrier from the groundwater.
 It is economical compared to other types of foundations.
 It requires less excavation and is suitable for soils of low bearing capacity.
 It distributes the loads from the superstructure over a larger area.
 It reduces differential settlement of the soil.

Drawn Date Name Checked Date Name

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