CIVL455 - Classroom Activity Increase in the Vertical Effective Stress due to Externally Applied Loads

Point Load Line Load (vertical) Line Load (parallel) Strip Load Inrease in vertical effective stress, Dsv' (kPa)
point z x R Dsv' (kPa) R Dsv' (kPa) R Dsv' (kPa) z a b Dsv' (kPa) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
1 0 1 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 1.57 0.00 0.0 0
2 1 1 1.4 8.4 1 63.7 1.414 15.9 0.1 1.37 0.16 0.1
3 2 1 2.2 6.8 2 31.8 2.236 20.4 0.2 1.19 0.30 0.6 1
4 3 1 3.2 4.1 3 21.2 3.162 17.2 0.4 0.90 0.52 2.9
5 4 1 4.1 2.6 4 15.9 4.123 14.1 0.6 0.69 0.64 6.0
2
6 5 1 5.1 1.7 5 12.7 5.099 11.8 0.8 0.56 0.70 8.6
7 6 1 6.1 1.2 6 10.6 6.083 10.0 1.0 0.46 0.73 10.7
8 7 1 7.1 0.9 7 9.1 7.071 8.7 1.5 0.32 0.71 13.5 3
9 8 1 8.1 0.7 8 8.0 8.062 7.7 2.0 0.24 0.65 14.4
10 9 1 9.1 0.6 9 7.1 9.055 6.9 2.5 0.20 0.59 14.3 4

Depth,z (m)
11 10 1 10.0 0.5 10 6.4 10.05 6.2 4.0 0.12 0.43 12.1
5.0 0.10 0.36 10.6
5
7.0 0.07 0.27 8.2
8.0 0.06 0.24 7.4
9.0 0.06 0.22 6.7 6
10.0 0.05 0.20 6.1
7

Point Load
8
Line Load - Vertical
Line Load - Parallel
9
Strip Load
10

Point Load Line Load (vertical) Line Load (parallel) Strip Loa

P: 100kN / m
P: 100kN / m P: 100kN / m

z z
z z
1m