1 Introduction2 The history of earth pressure theory3 Methods for the determination of earth pressure4 Active earth pressure under plane strain conditions5 At-rest earth pressure6 Passive earth pressure under plane strain conditions7 Spatial active earth pressure8 Spatial passive earth pressure9 Influence of groundwater on earth pressure10 Compaction effects on earth pressure11 L- and T-cantilever retaining walls12 Silo pressure13 Dynamic loading14 Particular cases15 Mobilisation of earth pressure16 Application rules17 Commentary on DIN 4085:2017-0818 Forty selected brief biographiesAppendix A -Terms, symbols, indicesAppendix B - Earth pressure tables
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Hettler was until 2018 head of the chair of soil mechanics and foundation engineering at the TU Dortmund. He is a member of standards committees and functions as the chairman of DIN 4085 ?Subsoil ? Calculation of earthpressure? and chairman of the working group ?Excavations?. Addionally, he is the author of the books ?Gründung von Hochbauten? (foundations of buildings) and ?Baugruben? (excavations), 2nd and 3rd editions.Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Karl-Eugen Kurrer was editor in chief of the journals ?Stahlbau? (1996-2018) and ?Steel Construction ? Design and Research? (2008-2018). Since 1996, Kurrer has chaired the working group on the history of technology at the VDI (Association of German Engineers) in Berlin. For more than 40 years, he has carried out research on the subject of history of civil engineering and in 2018 published the book ?The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium?, a standard work of the construction history.
