PAYMENT
UNIT –III
STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN SOILS: BOUSSINESQ’S AND
WESTERGAARD’S THEORIES FOR POINT LOAD, UNIFORMLY
LOADED CIRCULAR AND RECTANGULAR AREAS, PRESSURE
BULB, VARIATION OF VERTICAL STRESS UNDER POINT LOAD
ALONG THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
PLANE, AND NEWMARK’S INFLUENCE CHART FOR
IRREGULAR AREAS. COMPACTION: MECHANISM OF
COMPACTION – FACTORS AFFECTING COMPACTION –
EFFECTS OF COMPACTION ON SOIL PROPERTIES – FIELD
COMPACTION EQUIPMENT – COMPACTION QUALITY
CONTROL