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A 2 <em>m <\/em>\u00d7 4 <em>m <\/em>rectangular footing has to carry a uniformly distributed load of 120 <em>kPa<\/em>. As per the 2:1 dispersion method of stress distribution, the increment in vertical stress (in <em>kPa<\/em>) at a depth of 2 <em>m <\/em>below the footing is \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Increment in the vertical stress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=120\u00d72\u00d74\/(2+h)(4+h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=120\u00d72\u00d74\/(2+2)(4+2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>= 40 kPa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. A 2 m \u00d7 4 m rectangular footing has to carry a uniformly distributed load of 120 kPa. 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