NEWMARK METHOD

DRAWING PROCEDURE:

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1. Take (z/q) between 0 and 1 with increment of 0.1 (or other increment value), then find (R/z) value.
2. Determine the scale of depth and length.
Example: 2.5 cm = 6 m = depth z
3. Calculate the radius R of each circle by (R/z) value multiplied with depth z.
4. Draw the circles with radius (scaled value) at step 3 by considering the scale at step 2.

Example: depth of point z = 6 m

Use Eq. 1 (R/z)*z R*(scale)
(z/q) (R/z) Radius R, m Radius at drawing, cm
Step 1 Step 1 Step 3 Step 4
0.1 0.27 1.62 0.675
0.2 0.40 2.40 1.000
0.3 0.52 3.12 1.300
0.4 0.64 3.84 1.600
0.5 0.77 4.62 1.925
0.6 0.92 5.52 2.300
0.7 1.11 6.66 2.775
0.8 1.29 7.74 3.225
0.9 1.91 11.46 4.767
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5. Line AB is the depth scale.

6. Influence value = 1 block/total number of included blocks within the boundary of the drawn chart.
Example: 1/(20 slices*10 blocks per slice) = 1/200 = 0.005
7. Thus, z = I.N.q
where z = vertical stress increase at any depth z measured from the foundation baseline
I = influence value
N = total number of loaded blocks
q = (net) uniform pressure