Stresses in Soil Mass

Stress in a Soil Mass

 Vertical stress due to a point load

 Vertical stress due to a vertical line load

 Vertical stress due to a vertical strip load

 Vertical stress due to embankment load

 Vertical stress below a center of a uniform loaded Circular area

 Vertical stress at any point below a uniformly loaded Circular

area
Vertical Stress Due to a Point Load
Vertical Stress Due to a Point Load
Vertical Stress Due to a Vertical line Load
Vertical Stress Due to a Vertical Line Load
 Vertical Stress Due to a Vertical Strip Load
(Finite width and infinite length)

Calculate z /q from 2z /B and 2x /B

Vertical Stress Due to a Vertical Strip Load
Vertical Stress Due to Embankment Loading

I2 is a function of B1/z and B2/z

Vertical Stress Due to Embankment Loading
Vertical Stress Below Center of Uniform Loaded
Circular Area
 
 
 
 
 1 
z  q 1 -
 
 3/ 2 
  2  
 


R/z 


1



 
   
Vertical Stress Below Center of Uniform Loaded
Circular Area
Vertical Stress at Any Point Below a Uniformly
Loaded Circular Area
Vertical Stress at Any Point Below a Uniformly
Loaded Circular Area
Vertical Stress at Any Point Below a Uniformly
Loaded Circular Area
 Vertical Stress Caused by Rectangular Load

(under corner of the loading area)
 qI
3

B
m
Z
L
n
Z

I3 is a function of m and n
Vertical Stress Caused by Rectangular Load
Vertical Stress Caused
by Rectangular Load

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Vertical Stress Caused by Rectangular Load
z  q  (I
2(1) I I I )
2(2) 2(3) 2(4)

1 2

3 4
 Example 10.9

m2 1

m2
A
m4
A
m3 m1
m2 2

z  q  (I
2(1) I )
2(2)

m1 A
Influence Chart for Vertical Pressure

z  (IV) q M
 Example 10.10

3 m  25 mm

 660  2
z  (IV) q M  0.005  48.5  17.78kN / m
 
 3x3 
 Newmark’ Chart

• Determine the depth, z, where you

wish to calculate the stress increase
• Adopt a scale as shown in the figure
• Draw the footing to scale and place
the point of interest over the center
of the chart
• Count the number of elements that
fall inside the footing, N
• Calculate the stress increase as:
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