A 3m diameter circular footing is transmitting a concentrated load of 1500 kN. a. Determine the bearing pressure exerted by this footing into the supporting soil b. Determine the increase in the vertical stress at a depth of 3m directly below the center of the footing c. Determine the increase in the vertical stress at a depth of 6m which is located at 2m radially from the center of the footing Table 1 Variation of A' with z/R and r/R r/R z/R 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.5 2 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0 0 1.0 0.78797 0 0.00856 0.1 0.90050 0.88679 0.43015 0.09645 0.02787 0.89748 0.80388 0.79824 0.77884 0.2 0.63014 0.38269 0.15433 0.05251 0.01680 0.3 0.71265 0.70518 0.68316 0.52081 0.34375 0.17964 0.07199 0.02440 0.4 0.62861 0.62015 0.59241 0.44329 0.31048 0.18709 0.08593 0.03118 0.5 0.55279 0.54403 0.51622 0.38390 0.28156 0.18556 0.09499 0.03701 0.6 0.45078 0.33676 0.25588 0.17952 0.10010 0.48550 0.47691 0.42654 0.41874 0.39491 0.7 0.29833 0.21727 0.17124 0.10228 0.04558 0.8 0.37531 0.36832 0.34729 0.26581 0.21297 0.16206 0.10236 0.9 0.33104 0.32492 0.30669 0.23832 0.19488 0.15253 0.10094 1 0.29289 0.28763 0.27005 0.21468 0.17868 0.14329 0.09849 0.05185 1.2 0.23178 0.22795 0.21662 0.17626 0.15101 0.12570 0.09192 0.05260 1.5 0.16795 0.16552 0.15877 0.13436 0.11892 0.10296 0.08048 0.05116 2 0.10557 0.10453 0.10140 0.09011 0.08269 0.07471 0.06275 0.04496 2.5 0.07152 0.07098 0.06947 0.06373 0.05974 0.05555 0.04880 0.03787 3 0.05132 0.05101 0.05022 0.04707 0.04487 0.04241 0.03839 0.03150 4 0.02986 0.02976 0.02907 0.02832 0.02749 0.02651 0.02490 0.02193 5 0.01942 0.01938 0.01835 0.01573 6 0.01361 0.01307 0.01168 7 0.01005 0.00976 0.00894 8 0.00772 0.00755 0.00703 9 0.00612 0.00600 0.00566 0.00477 0.00465 10 1.0 0.86126 0.73483 0.62690 0.53767 0.46448 0.40427 0.35428 0.31243 0.27707 0.24697 0.19890 0.14804 0.09647 0.06698 0.04886 0.02802
A 3m diameter circular footing is transmitting a concentrated load of 1500 kN. a. Determine the bearing pressure exerted by this footing into the supporting soil b. Determine the increase in the vertical stress at a depth of 3m directly below the center of the footing c. Determine the increase in the vertical stress at a depth of 6m which is located at 2m radially from the center of the footing Table 1 Variation of A' with z/R and r/R r/R z/R 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.5 2 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0 0 1.0 0.78797 0 0.00856 0.1 0.90050 0.88679 0.43015 0.09645 0.02787 0.89748 0.80388 0.79824 0.77884 0.2 0.63014 0.38269 0.15433 0.05251 0.01680 0.3 0.71265 0.70518 0.68316 0.52081 0.34375 0.17964 0.07199 0.02440 0.4 0.62861 0.62015 0.59241 0.44329 0.31048 0.18709 0.08593 0.03118 0.5 0.55279 0.54403 0.51622 0.38390 0.28156 0.18556 0.09499 0.03701 0.6 0.45078 0.33676 0.25588 0.17952 0.10010 0.48550 0.47691 0.42654 0.41874 0.39491 0.7 0.29833 0.21727 0.17124 0.10228 0.04558 0.8 0.37531 0.36832 0.34729 0.26581 0.21297 0.16206 0.10236 0.9 0.33104 0.32492 0.30669 0.23832 0.19488 0.15253 0.10094 1 0.29289 0.28763 0.27005 0.21468 0.17868 0.14329 0.09849 0.05185 1.2 0.23178 0.22795 0.21662 0.17626 0.15101 0.12570 0.09192 0.05260 1.5 0.16795 0.16552 0.15877 0.13436 0.11892 0.10296 0.08048 0.05116 2 0.10557 0.10453 0.10140 0.09011 0.08269 0.07471 0.06275 0.04496 2.5 0.07152 0.07098 0.06947 0.06373 0.05974 0.05555 0.04880 0.03787 3 0.05132 0.05101 0.05022 0.04707 0.04487 0.04241 0.03839 0.03150 4 0.02986 0.02976 0.02907 0.02832 0.02749 0.02651 0.02490 0.02193 5 0.01942 0.01938 0.01835 0.01573 6 0.01361 0.01307 0.01168 7 0.01005 0.00976 0.00894 8 0.00772 0.00755 0.00703 9 0.00612 0.00600 0.00566 0.00477 0.00465 10 1.0 0.86126 0.73483 0.62690 0.53767 0.46448 0.40427 0.35428 0.31243 0.27707 0.24697 0.19890 0.14804 0.09647 0.06698 0.04886 0.02802
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