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Jan 1968
Body-Force Stresses in Gravity Structures
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VIEW THE REPLYPublication: Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 94, Issue 1
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Elastic wedge theory is investigated to show that the accepted analytic solution for body-force stresses currently used for masonry structures is not valid for the broad shapes of soil mechanics such as earth dams and slopes, due to incomplete specification of boundary conditions. However, with an experimental method using photoelastic gelatin models, the elastic solution for a finite vertical cut was verified and maximum shearing stresses and principal stress trajectories determined for the specific earth dam and 45○ slope profiles tested. The implication from these results that the elasticity approach is more applicable to these shapes than heretofore recognized is discussed.
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Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 94 • Issue 1 • January 1968
Pages: 205 - 229
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© 1968 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Rowland Richards Jr., AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof., Sch. of Engrg. and Applied Science, Princeton Univ., Princet on, N. J.
Werner E. Schmid, M.ASCE
Assoc. Prof., Sch. of Engrg. and Applied Science, Princeton Univ., Pri nceton, N.J.
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