Location
New York, New York
Date
14 Apr 2004, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Abstract
Concerning the load bearing behaviour of vertical loaded Combined Pile-Raft Foundations (CPRFs) many studies and publications are available whereas for CPRFs subjected to horizontal or inclined loads scientific results or case histories are very rare. But also for horizontal loading it is possible to obtain a very economic foundation design and to reduce the movements by using a CPRF. Following a theoretical illustration of the load bearing behaviour of a CPRF subjected to horizontal loads the paper is focused on the new exhibition hall 3 in Frankfurt am Main. With a length of 210 m, a width of 130 m and a height of 45 m it is one of the biggest exhibition halls in Europe. The high horizontal loads resulting from the arch thrust of the roof with a free span of 165 m are transferred to the subsoil by two CPRFs. The structure of the hall, the design concept of the foundation, the subsoil conditions and some aspects of construction are described. During the construction process of the hall and afterwards the foundation was observed with an extensive geotechnical measurement program. The measurement program and the results of the measurements are described and valuated.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2004 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Katzenbach, Rolf and Turek, Jens, "New Exhibition Hall 3 in Frankfurt – Case History of a Combined Pile-Raft Foundation Subjected to Horizontal Load" (2004). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 22.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/5icchge/session01/22
New Exhibition Hall 3 in Frankfurt – Case History of a Combined Pile-Raft Foundation Subjected to Horizontal Load
New York, New York
Concerning the load bearing behaviour of vertical loaded Combined Pile-Raft Foundations (CPRFs) many studies and publications are available whereas for CPRFs subjected to horizontal or inclined loads scientific results or case histories are very rare. But also for horizontal loading it is possible to obtain a very economic foundation design and to reduce the movements by using a CPRF. Following a theoretical illustration of the load bearing behaviour of a CPRF subjected to horizontal loads the paper is focused on the new exhibition hall 3 in Frankfurt am Main. With a length of 210 m, a width of 130 m and a height of 45 m it is one of the biggest exhibition halls in Europe. The high horizontal loads resulting from the arch thrust of the roof with a free span of 165 m are transferred to the subsoil by two CPRFs. The structure of the hall, the design concept of the foundation, the subsoil conditions and some aspects of construction are described. During the construction process of the hall and afterwards the foundation was observed with an extensive geotechnical measurement program. The measurement program and the results of the measurements are described and valuated.
