Module 3 : Method of Analyses
Lecture 14 : Methods of Characteristics [ Section 14.3 : Strip foundations ]
   
=constant
 
   
   
    now,
    therefore,
     
    now,
     
   
  Numerical example :
    (assumed)
    If q=0,C=1,=0.001
   
    =5.14=
 

 

=0,q=1.0,C=1.0, =0.001 Therefore, =1.0 =
   
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