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Stress Distributionand all of its mysteries

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I. The Bulb of Pressure

Force

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I. The Bulb of Pressure

what are the

stresses at this

point?

Force

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II. The Boussines !uation

". #oal$ to determine the %ertical andhori&ontal stresses under a point load in a

homo'eneous( isotropic medium.) "llows us to determine %ertical and hori&ontal stresses at any point in space)!*amine the transmission and distribution of stresses in lar'e( e*tensi%e masses

of soil.

+boo,sinn,es-

/ul%ert?

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II. The Boussines !uationB. The !uation$

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II. The Boussines !uationB. The !uation$

0here v 1 Poisson2s

3atio +4.56

Also an equation for y

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If Poisson2s ratio is :4.;( euations simplify to$

&

> 3;

&

> 3;

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@our turn$

Aertical load of >;44 lbft>

Determine hori&ontal +* and %ertical +& stresses

at C1 ;( @1 >( 1 7