STRESS DISTRIBUTION

1 Dr. Divya Priya

Department of Structural and Geotechnical
Engineering
SCE, VIT, Vellore
INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

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POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED

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 The depth of this stressed zone may be
termed as the significant depth Ds which is
responsible for the settlement of the structure.
Terzaghi recommended that for all practical
purposes one can take a stress contour which
represents 20 per cent of the foundation
contact pressure q, i.e, equal to 0.2q.
 Terzaghi's recommendation was based on his
observation that direct stresses are
considered of negligible magnitude when they
are smaller than 20 per cent of the intensity
of the applied stress from structural loading,
and that most of the settlement,
approximately 80 per cent of the total, takes
place at a depth less than Ds.
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 The depth Ds is approximately equal to 1.5
times the width of square or diameter of circle
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Vertical stress distribution
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VERTICAL STRESS DUE TO LINE LOAD

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NUMERICAL EXAMPLE

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VERTICAL STRESS DUE TO STRIP LOAD

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VERTICAL STRESS DUE TO STRIP LOAD

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NUMERICAL EXAMPLE

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 UNIFORM LOAD ON AN ANNULAR AREA
(RING FOUNDATION)
Let an annular area of a inner radius ai and outer radius ao be loaded
uniformly at q per unit area.

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Applying the case of a uniformly loaded circular area just considered, the
vertical stress at a depth z directly beneath the centre of the ring, σz, may be
written:

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VERTICAL STRESS- UNIFORMLY
LOADED RECTANGULAR AREA

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VERTICAL STRESS- UNIFORMLY
LOADED RECTANGULAR AREA

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 NEWMARK’S INFLUENCE CHART
In practice, sometimes we have to find the vertical stresses
under a uniformly loaded areas of other shapes.

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NEWMARK’S INFLUENCE CHART

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WESTERGAARD’S SOLUTION

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A concentrated load of 45000 Ib acts at
foundation level at a depth of 6.56 ft below
ground surface. Find the vertical stress along
the axis of the load at a depth of 32.8 ft and at a
radial distance of 16.4 ft at the same depth by
 (a) Boussinesq, and

 (b) Westergaard formulae for µ= 0.

Neglect the depth of the foundation.

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Example 10.7: A raft of size 4 m-square carries a load of 200 kN/m2.
Determine the vertical stress increment at a point 4 m below the centre
of the loaded area using Boussinesq’s theory.
Compare the result with that obtained by the equivalent point load
method and with that obtained by dividing the area into four equal parts
the load from each of which is assumed to act through its centre.

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