Tables for Lateral Earth Pressure, Bearing Capacity, and Ultimate Bearing Resistance of Foundations, A. Caquot and J. Kerisel

HTC-309: Tables for Lateral Earth Pressure, Bearing Capacity, and Ultimate Bearing Resistance of Foundations, A. Caquot and J. Kerisel


Donor: French Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS)

Tables for Lateral Earth Pressure, Bearing Capacity, and Ultimate Bearing Resistance of Foundations, A. Caquot and J. Kerisel

« Table de butée, de poussée et de force portante des fondations » is an historical manual, first published in 1948, and written by Albert Caquot and Jean Kerisel, two French civil engineers. It aims to provide practical rules for engineers to design stable retaining walls in various conditions. The book provides formulae and tables of earth pressure factors systematically computed for various geometrical conditions and with variable soil parameters. They allow forces equilibrium computation with limited computation resources and they were used for numerous constructions.