The basal stress of geotechnical triangular prism is studied. While it is impossible to get the analytical solution of basal stress distribution of geotechnical triangular prism
the approximate solution of basal stress distribution of geotechnical triangular prism is got with the Rayleigh-Ritz method. By comparison with different solutions of different slope ratios
different Poisson’s ratios
and different boundary conditions at the base
the results are drawn as follows. There is depression of basal normal stress on the base of geotechnical triangular prism. The steeper the slope is
the more depression of basal normal stress is. Much more depression occurs with the boundary condition of constraints on the base. Meanwhile
the value of Poisson’s ratio has little impact on the distribution of basal normal stress. The Poisson’s ratio mainly impacts the distribution of basal shear stress. The larger the value of Poisson’s ratio is
the larger the basal shear stress is. The slope ratio has large influence on the position and value of the maximum basal shear stress. The larger the slope ratio is
the larger the basal shear stress is
and the larger distance between the maximum basal shear stress and center of base is.