
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
The second order solution of Boussinesq’s problem
E. Ferretti
DICAM, School of Engineering and Architecture – University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
ABSTRACT: In this document, we have proposed a second order solution to Boussinesq’s problem, which
allows us to account for the experimental evidence on the stress field induced by aircraft traffic, showing that
a tensile state of stress, not accounted for in the classical solution of Boussinesq’s problem, always arises in
the proximity of the contact ...