0 0 votes A uniformly distributed line road of $500 \: kN/m$ is acting on the ground surface. Based on Boussinesq’s theory, the ratio of vertical stress at a depth $2$ m to that at $4$ m, right below the line of loading, is $0.25$ $0.5$ $2.0$ $4.0$ Foundation Engineering gate2017-ce-1 foundation-engineering geotechnical-engineering boussinesq's-theory + – Milicevic3306 1.1k points answer Follow 0 reply