Conical Mound Pressure at Ground Level

R0  15 m
minimum standing friction angle being assumed
H  12m
ton
w  1.6 
3
m

  atan
H

 R0 
  38.66deg
The assumption is made that loads discharge onion-like per layers along struts parallel to the surface
1 1
W ( r  dr)  w r tan    r  w ( r  dr) tan     ( r  dr) 
2 2
3 3
2 2
A( r  dr)   r   ( r  dr)
dr  1 cm
W (r  dr)
qapplied( r) 
A( r  dr)
Charting the vertical pressure exerted
10

qapplied( r)
ton
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
2
m

10

r
m
 0.6

0.4

0.2
qapplied( r)
w H
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

0.2

0.4

r
m