The long-short-pile foundation can sufficiently exert the bearing capacity of shallow bearing stratum as the natural resource in the ground.The bearing properties of the long-short-pile in typical ground with shallow bearing stratum were studied in this paper based on the static pressure pipe pile in Zhangjiagang.The results indicate that the bearing capacity of the short pile with the end on the silty fine sand stratum is nearly the same as the long pile with the end on the silty clay stratum.The settlement of the short pile is much more than that of the long pile under design ultimate load

but both of them are lower than the settlement control standard of ordinary pile foundation.The main characteristics of the long-short-pile foundation is that the short pile can provide bearing capacity while the long pile can control the deformation.The results in this paper can provide valuable reference on theoretical study and optimization design of the long-short-pile foundation.