DETERMINATION OF STRESS ES USING BOUSSINESQ & WESTERN GAURDS EQ

RECTANGULAR
DESCRIPTION SYMBOL VALUE UNITS
INTENSITY q 80 kN/m2
BREADTH a 2 m
LENGTH b 4 m
DEPTH z 5 m
m 0.4
n 0.8
mn 0.32
m 2
0.16
n 2
0.64
m2n2 0.1024

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION

WESTER GARDS EQUATION

(m2+n2+1) 1.8
(m +n +2)
2 2
2.8
(m^2+n^2+1+m^2*n^2) 1.9024
(m^2+n^2+1-m^2*n^2) 1.6976
SQRT(m^2+n^2+1) 1.3416407865
q/4*π 6.3694267516
2mn 0.64
1/(2*m^2) 3.125
1/(2*n^2) 0.78125
1/(4*m^2*n^2) 15.258789063

CONCENTRATED LOAD
DESCRIPTION SYMBOL VALUE UNITS FORMULACALCULATION
INTENSITY Q 20 kN
RADIAL DISTANCE r 1 m
DEPTH z 4 m
BOUSSINESQ EQUATION σ kN/m2 ((3*Q)/(2*π0.513156
*z^2)*(1/(1+(r/z)^2))^5/2)
WESTERGARDS EQUATION σ kN/m 2
((Q/(π*Z^2))*(1/(1+2*(r/z)^2))^3/2)
0.33362

CIRCULAR LOAD
DESCRIPTION SYMBOL VALUE UNITS FORMULACALCULATION
INTENSITY q 70 kN/m 2

RADIAL DISTANCE r 1m
DEPTH z 1m
BOUSSINESQ EQUATION σ kN/m2 (q*(1-(1/(1 45.25126266
WESTERGARDS EQUATION σ kN/m 2
(q*(1-(1/(1+(r/(ὴ
29.58141215
*z)^2)))^1/2))
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FORMULA CALCULATION

(q/4*π)(((2*m*n)(m^2+n^2+1)^1/2)/
((m^2+n^2+1+m^2*n^2))(m^2+n^2+2)/
(m^2+n^2+1)+tan-
1
(2*m*n(m^2+n^2+1)^1/2)/
(m^2+n^2+1-m^2*n^2)) 7.454651254

q/2*π(cot-1(√(1/(2*m^2)+(1/(2*n^2))+(1/
(4*m^2*n^2))) 4.812357873