{"id":153522,"date":"2023-07-29T13:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T08:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=153522"},"modified":"2023-07-29T13:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T08:16:50","slug":"a-concentrated-load-of-500-kn-is-applied-on-an-elastic-half-space-the-ratio-of-the-increase-in-vertical-normal-stress-at-depths-of-2-m-and-4-m-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/a-concentrated-load-of-500-kn-is-applied-on-an-elastic-half-space-the-ratio-of-the-increase-in-vertical-normal-stress-at-depths-of-2-m-and-4-m-along\/","title":{"rendered":"A concentrated load of 500 kN is applied on an elastic half space. The ratio of the increase in vertical normal stress at depths of 2 m and 4 m along"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. A concentrated load of 500 <em>kN <\/em>is applied on an elastic half space. The ratio of the increase in vertical normal stress at depths of 2 <em>m <\/em>and 4 <em>m <\/em>along the point of the loading, as per Boussinesq\u2019s theory, would be____________ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-190.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153524\" width=\"277\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-190.png 513w, https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-190-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-190-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. A concentrated load of 500 kN is applied on an elastic half space. 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