Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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304752 | Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering | 2010 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
This paper deals with the problem of time-varying point loads applied onto the surface of an elastic half-space and the stresses that such loads elicit within that medium. The emphasis is on the evaluation of the isobaric contours for all six of the stress components at various frequencies of engineering interest and for a full range of Poisson’s ratios. The extensive set of pressure bulbs presented herein may be of help in predicting the severity of dynamic effects in common practical situations in engineering—or even the lack thereof.
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Authors
Winfried Schepers, Stavros Savidis, Eduardo Kausel,