Bearing capacity from the Menard pressuremeter

What Nourin reads in the sheet

• The profile of moduli E_m and net limit pressures p_l*;
• The moduli divided into sixteen slices of thickness B/2 under the footing;
• The foundation geometry and the applied stress;
• CiviLab production functions for the equivalent embedment depth and the bearing factor;

What Nourin does with it

• Calculates the equivalent embedment depth D_e and the bearing factor k_p;
• Gives the bearing capacity at each depth, in 0.5 m steps;
• Calculates settlement using the Menard pressuremeter method over the sixteen slices;
• Interpolates missing moduli in the profile and flags slices without data;
• Checks the applied stress against the capacity obtained;

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