geotech (version 1.0)

stressHorizontal: Horizontal Stress Calculations

Description

These functions calculate horizontal stress at a point (sigmaX) and versus depth (sigmaX.profile)

Usage

sigmaX(gamma, thk = NA, depth = NA, zw, zout, K, gammaW = NA, metric, upper = TRUE)
sigmaX.profile(gamma, thk = NA, depth = NA, K, zw, zout = NA, gammaW = NA, metric)

Arguments

gamma

vector of unit weights (pcf or kN/m^3)

thk

vector of layer thicknesses (ft or m)

depth

vector of layer bottom depths (ft or m)

zw

depth of groundwater table (ft or m)

zout

desired depth of output (ft or m)

K

vector of lateral earth pressure coefficients

gammaW

unit weight of water (default = 62.4 pcf for English units;9.81 kN/m^3 for metric units)

metric

logical variable: TRUE (for metric units) or FALSE (for English units)

upper

logical variable when using the sigmaX function to specify whether the upper (TRUE) or lower (FALSE) lateral earth pressure coefficient should be used, for the special case that zout corresponds to a layer interface

Value

Function sigmaX outputs a three-element list giving the stresses at a specified depth:

• sigmaX.eff = effective horizontal stress
• sigmaX.total = total horizontal stress
• u = pore water pressure

Function sigmaX.profile outputs a four-element list giving the stress variation with depth (four vectors):

• depth = depth
• sigmaX.eff = effective horizontal stress
• sigmaX.total = total horizontal stress
• u = pore water pressure

Details

• Either layer thicknesses or depths to layer bottoms must be specified.
• The argument zout should be a single value for sigmaX, and a vector of values for sigmaX.profile. For sigmaX.profile, zout defaults to critical locations in the profile (the top and bottom of the profile, layer interfaces, and the groundwater table) [recommended].

See Also

lateralEarthPressures, stressPlot, stressVertical

Examples

##  Example code for Horizontal Stress at a point
sigmaX(gamma = c(108, 116), depth = c(15, 40), zout = 18,
       K = c(0.34, 0.32), zw = 15, metric = FALSE, upper = TRUE)

##  Example code for Horizontal Stress Profile
sigmaX.profile(gamma = c(108, 116), depth = c(15, 40),
               K = c(0.34, 0.32), zw = 15, metric = FALSE)