False! We do not need to worry about removing the effect of water from the soil weights to get the effective stress because we are just going to add it back in by finding he neutral (water) stress. True False

Q: A circular tank full of water, the tank imposes a uniformly distributed load of 2000 lb/ft2 at the…

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Q: Compute for the combined stress P= 10kN 1.5m 3m 16KN L = 6m P= 10KN 1.5m 16KN b=50mm d=100mm

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Q: Problems: Problem 1: A hole is to be punched out of a plate having a shearing strength of 40 ksi.…

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Q: Find the stress resultants N, V and M, draw the diagrams of the stress resultants (N,V,M)

A: Stress ResultantsN= -7 kN (Compression)V= 18 kNMmax= 54 kN-m  As seen on the diagram at explanation…

Q: Continued. A soil profile is shown below. The vertical stress increase at the middle of lean clay…

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Q: 5-6 Find element. of the principal stresses for the shown soil 50 kPa 30° 10 kPa 25 kPa

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Q: A concentrated load of 1500 KN is applied at the ground surface at point A whose coordina (0,0,0).…

A: Solution Using the Boussinesq's Formula σz=3Q2πz2[11+(rz)2]5/2

Methods to Determine Vertical Stress

The load applied to the soil is transferred to the underground. The presence of water at soil pores and solid grains above the soil are the primary components that are responsible for the effective load transfer. Due to the load acting, the internal component of the soil or the underground formations undergoes deformations or a tectonic shift. The amount of deformation depends upon the amount of load acting on the soil surface, which indeed, depends on the weight of everything present above the soil. Due to this, the underground soil element develops internal stresses which try to resist the tectonic changes.