INFLUENCE OF WIDTH AND STRIP LOAD LOCATION ON HORIZONTAL STRESS OF NON-YIELDING WALL

Abstract

In this paper, an analysis is discussed to bring out the the effect of strip load location and its
width on the non yielding wall. In the analysis, the location of strip load from the non yielding
wall is considered at 1m, 2m, 3m 4m and 5m and the usual range 1m, 2m and 3m width of strip
load is considered. The Boussinsq’s expression for horizontal stress due to strip load is used for
the analysis. The horizontal stresses are analysed up to a depth 0f 10m at 1m intervals. The
analysis revealed that as the location of strip load increases from the wall, the horizontal stress
is decreaing up to about 1m depth and thereafter there is marginal increase in the horizontal
stress. The maximum horizontal stress is noticed at about 1.0m depth from the ground surface
irrespective of strip width and its position.