Stress in a soil mass

Chapter 5
What is:

• Point Load
• Line Load
• Strip Load
• Rectangular Load
• Circular Load
• Normally Distributed Load

   
y x y x
    cos ( 2)    sin( 2)
n 2 2 xy

 
y x
   sin( 2)    cos ( 2)
n 2 xy

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Major priciple stress:

2
    x
 
y x
  y
    xy  2
1 2  2 
Minor priciple stress:

2
    x
 
y x
  y
    xy  2
3 2  2 

2
Stress due to a point load

   
P 3 1
 
z 
2  2    5 
z   
2
   r 2  
     1 
   z   

P
  I
z 2 1
z

3
Stress due to a line load

3
2 q  z
 
 
z 2
2 2
 x  z

4
Stress due to a strip load  2
 2 2  B  2
  1 1 B z x  z    
q     tan z     4  
   tan 
z
z    B   
 B  2
  x      x       2 
   2     2  B
x2  z2     B2 z2
  4 

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6
Stress below the center of a uniformly loaded circular area

  q  1  
1
z  3
 2

  R  2  
    1 
  z   

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Stress due to a rectangularly loaded area

  q I
z 2



 1
2 
1  2 m n m  n  1   m  n  2 
2 2 2  2 m n m  n  1  
2 2
I     tan  
2 4   2 2 2 2  2 2   2 2 2 2  
 m  n  m  n  1   m  n  1   m  n  m n  1  

B
m 
z

L
n 
z

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 


 1
 2 2
1  2 m n m  n  1   m  n  2 
2 2  2 m n m2  n2  1  
I     tan  
2 4   2 2 2 2  2 2   2 2 2 2  
 m  n  m  n  1   m  n  1   m  n  m n  1  

B
m 
z

L
n 
z

  q I
z 2

  q I
2( 4)
I I I
z  2( 1) 2( 2) 2( 3) 

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 


 1
2 
1  2 m n m  n  1   m  n  2 
2 2 2  2 m n m  n  1  
2 2
I     tan  
2 4   2 2 2 2  2 2   2 2 2 2  
 m  n  m  n  1   m  n  1   m  n  m n  1  

B
m 
z

L
n 
z

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