Article | REF: C250 V1

Eurocode 8

Authors: Léo QUIRIN, Stéphane MULLER

Publication date: March 10, 2015, Review date: July 20, 2020

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4. Justification of shallow foundations

4.1 Preamble

The new NFP 94-261 regulation is to be applied in the case of shallow foundations. These refer to Eurocode 8 Part 5 for verification in seismic zones. The Eurocode now allows envelope curves to be calculated directly from seismic forces, and has the advantage of taking account of soil inertia forces.

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4.2 Load-bearing capacity in accordance with EN 1998-5 [Annex F].

The load-bearing capacity of a soil is the stress it can withstand before shear failure.

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