Determining Horizontal Stress Distribution

2 T/m2
A B Drained Undrained
2m
2 T/m3 c' ' Su
0 30 7

4m
2.1 T/m3

Coeff. of Active Earth Pressure (Ka) 0.33

Coeff. of Passive Earth Pressure (Kp) 3

a) For Drained Condtion b) For Undrained Condition

Effective Effective Effective Active Passive

Active Passive Vertical
Depth Vertical Horizontal Depth Horizontal Horizontal
Horizontal Stress
Stress Stress Stress
Stress Stress

0 2.00 0.67 6.00 0 2.00 -12.00 16.00

1 4.00 1.33 12.00 1 4.00 -10.00 18.00
2 6.00 2.00 18.00 2 6.00 -8.00 20.00
3 7.10 2.37 21.30 3 8.10 -5.90 22.10
4 8.20 2.73 24.60 4 10.20 -3.80 24.20
5 9.30 3.10 27.90 5 12.30 -1.70 26.30
6 10.40 3.47 31.20 6 14.40 0.40 28.40

For Drained Condition

0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00
0

2
Depth (m)

6
Horizontal Stress Distribution (T/m2)

For Undrained Condition

-15.00 -10.00 -5.00 0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00
0

1
 For Undrained Condition
-15.00 -10.00 -5.00 0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00
0

2
Depth (m)

6
Horizontal Stress Distribution (T/m2)