A 2-m-wide strip load of 100 kN/m 2 is applied at the surface of the backfill soil behind a rigid basement wall as shown in Figure XXXXXXXXXXa) Calculate the increase in vertical stress directly under...

A 2-m-wide strip load of 100 kN/m²
is applied at the surface of the backfill soil behind a rigid basement wall as shown in Figure 3.34. (a) Calculate the increase in vertical stress directly under the center of the applied load for z = 0 to 3 m, (b) Calculate the increase in vertical stress at points A, B, C, D, and E. (c) Repeat your solution using the finite element method and assuming that the soil is linear elastic with E = 1 × 10⁷
kPa and ν = 0.3.

Figure 3.34