Exact determination of gravity stresses in finite elastic slopes: Part II. Applications

Abstract

Influence diagrams are presented for the gravity stresses arising in excavated finite elastic slopes inclined at various angles, −β (β = π/2, π/3, π/4, π/6, and π/8), with respect to the horizontal. These influence diagrams are calculated for a value of the earth pressure coefficient at rest, K0, equal to 0.50. Several examples are worked out and adequately illustrate the application of the influence charts and of the general solution. Finally, the results obtained from the exact solution are compared with those published in the literature, which were obtained by means of numerical (finite element) and experimental (photoelasticity) methods.