CFG Pile Composite Foundation: Its Engineering Applications and Research Advances

Problematic soils exist almost everywhere on the globe. State-of-the-art solutions to make civil engineering infrastructures built on them are still highly sought. The CFG (cement-fly ash-gravel) pile composite foundation system has been widely used in buildings, highways, railways, and bridge trans...

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Main Authors: Bantayehu Uba Uge, Yuan-Cheng Guo
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5343472
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description Problematic soils exist almost everywhere on the globe. State-of-the-art solutions to make civil engineering infrastructures built on them are still highly sought. The CFG (cement-fly ash-gravel) pile composite foundation system has been widely used in buildings, highways, railways, and bridge transition sections owing to its proven engineering characteristics in soft ground treatment. This paper discusses about the development and achievements of its engineering applications, along with possible future research directions. The remarkable evolution took place in the past to address projects’ strict differential and postconstruction settlement control requirements including embedding the geosynthetic layer into the load transfer platform and combining it with rigid slabs, as seen implemented in few CFG pile-supported embankments. It was also observed that the interaction of the existing CFG pile composite foundation with an adjacent new foundation pit excavation inevitably presents a complex soil-structure interaction mechanism among the fundamental components—the retaining wall, mat, piles, cushion, and soil.
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spelling doaj-art-5b96985aac894c628cdc1917c4687c0d2025-08-20T03:34:26ZengWileyJournal of Engineering2314-49042314-49122020-01-01202010.1155/2020/53434725343472CFG Pile Composite Foundation: Its Engineering Applications and Research AdvancesBantayehu Uba Uge0Yuan-Cheng Guo1School of Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaProblematic soils exist almost everywhere on the globe. State-of-the-art solutions to make civil engineering infrastructures built on them are still highly sought. The CFG (cement-fly ash-gravel) pile composite foundation system has been widely used in buildings, highways, railways, and bridge transition sections owing to its proven engineering characteristics in soft ground treatment. This paper discusses about the development and achievements of its engineering applications, along with possible future research directions. The remarkable evolution took place in the past to address projects’ strict differential and postconstruction settlement control requirements including embedding the geosynthetic layer into the load transfer platform and combining it with rigid slabs, as seen implemented in few CFG pile-supported embankments. It was also observed that the interaction of the existing CFG pile composite foundation with an adjacent new foundation pit excavation inevitably presents a complex soil-structure interaction mechanism among the fundamental components—the retaining wall, mat, piles, cushion, and soil.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5343472
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