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Design of foundations in France with the use of menard pressuremeter tests (MPM)

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The present paper summarizes the main features of the MPM method used for designing foundations of civil engineering works in France (with code "Fascicule 62-V," MELT, 1993; see also Frank, 1999): shallow foundations, axially loaded piles, and transversely loaded piles. It focuses on the origin of the design rules and also mentions their adaptation to Eurocode 7 on "Geotechnical design."

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Published in Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 6, pp. 2-11, November-December, 2009.

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Frank, R. Design of foundations in France with the use of menard pressuremeter tests (MPM). Soil Mech Found Eng 46, 219–231 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-010-9069-5

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