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INFLUENCE VALUE GRAPHS FOR CIRCULAR BEARING AREAS

Accession Number:

00233347

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

BASED ON THE EXTENDED USE OF BOUSSINESQ'S THEORY OF ELASTICITY PERTAINING TO VERTICAL STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN A SEMI-INFINITE, HOMOGENEOUS, ISOTROPIC, ELASTIC HEMISPATIAL MEDIUM BY SURFACE LOADING, SYSTEMATIC 3-DIMENSIONAL INFLUENCE VALUES ARE PRESENTED IN GRAPH FORM FOR DETERMINING VERTICAL, NORMAL STRESSES AT ANY POINT IN AN ELASTIC MEDIUM FROM A UNIFORMLY LOADED CIRCULAR BEARING AREA. THE INFLUENCE VALUE GRAPHS ARE EASY TO USE. INFLUENCE VALUES CAN BE PICKED OUT DIRECTLY, AND THEY FACILITATE A QUICK DETERMINATION OF VERTICAL STRESS FIELDS IN SOIL. THUS, THESE INFLUENCE VALUES RATIONALIZE AND EXPEDITE EFFECTIVELY THE WORK OF SOIL AND FOUNDATION DESIGN ENGINEERS. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

00044066

Corporate Authors:

Highway Research Board

2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418

Authors:

Jumikis, Alfreds R

Pagination:

pp 45-50

Publication Date:

1972

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 405
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

41st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 1962-1-8 to 1962-1-12
Sponsors: National Research Council

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (18)

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Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 17 1973 12:00AM

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