Three concentrated loads Q l = 255 kips, Q 2 = 450 kips and <2 3 = 675 kips act in one vertical plane and they are placed in the order Q l -Q 2 ~Qy Their spacings are 13 ft-10 ft. Determine the vertical pressure at a depth of 5 ft along the center line of footings using Boussinesq's point load formula

Three concentrated loads Q l = 255 kips, Q 2 = 450 kips and <2 3 = 675 kips act in one vertical plane and they are placed in the order Q l -Q 2 ~Qy Their spacings are 13 ft-10 ft. Determine the vertical pressure at a depth of 5 ft along the center line of footings using Boussinesq's point load formula

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Three

concentrated loads

= 255

kips,

= 450

kips

and

= 675

kips

act in one

vertical

plane

and

they

are

placed

in the

order

-Q

~Qy

Their

spacings

are

ft-10

ft.

Determine

the

vertical pressure

at a

depth

of 5 ft

along

the

center line

footings using Boussinesq's

point

load

formula

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