Educational material about stress under strip load. Supplementary to "Teaching numerical methods or teaching with numerical methods?" (2025)

The folder contains educational material to tech stress under strip load in geomechancs courses.

the zip folder contains:
-Contour figures of normalized stress increments (∆σ_z/q, ∆σ_x/q, ∆τ_zx/q) with normalized coordinates (X/B, Z/B) with origin in the centre of the loaded area calculated analytically. These are in .fig and .jpg format. Files in .fig can only be opened in MatLab by teachers familiar with this program and offer the opportunity to modify or interact with the figures.

-Excel sheets with normalized stress increments (∆σ_z/q, ∆σ_x/q, ∆τ_zx/q) with normalized coordinates (X/B, Z/B). Teachers can use it to create additional figures for their classes or provide assignments to students.

-Contour figures of vertical stresses and displacement obtained with FEM using different material parameters and constitutive models.

-PowerPoint slides with the analytical and numerical solutions. These slides can be open in PowerPoint and modified by the teacher or used as is in their classes.

-A Word file with metadata and instructions for users

-GeoStudio models. Teachers familiar with the program can inspect and modify them or use to give assignments to students.