A steel storage tank 20 m in diameter will be used to hold a liquid petroleum product. When filled, the tank causes a bearing pressure of 150 kPa. The soil underlying the tank has a unit weight of 18.5 kN/m3. For a depth 10 m below the base of the tank, compute the effective vertical stress when the tank is empty and when full, for points beneath the center and beneath the edge.
(a) Assume the Boussinesq conditions apply.
(b) Assume the Westergaard conditions apply.
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