Example 1: Stress on soil under a rectangular loaded area
Description of the problem
To verify the vertical stress at any point
A
below a rectangular loaded area, the stress on
soil obtained by Das
(1983) (Example 6.3, page 370) using
influence coefficients of
Newmark
(1935) are compared with that obtained by
ELPLA.
A distributed load of
q
= 50 [kN/m2]
acts on a flexible rectangular area 6 [m] * 3 [m] as shown in Figure 1. It is required to determine the vertical stress
at a point A,
which is located at a depth of z
= 3 [m] below the ground surface. |
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