GATE CE · 2019 · CE
Question 25: Foundation Engineering
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Question 25
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A concentrated load of 500
is applied on an elastic half space. The ratio of the increase in vertical normal stress at depths of 2
and 4
along the point of the loading, as per Boussinesq’s theory, would be ________.Log in to check the answer
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GATE CE 2019 · Paper 1
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 1 mark
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