geotech (version 1.0.2)

sigmaZ.plot: Vertical Stress Plot

Description

Draws the vertical stress plot. 1 October 2015

Usage

sigmaZ.plot(depth, sigmaZ.eff, sigmaZ.total = NA, u = NA, metric)

Value

Plot of vertical stress versus depth

Arguments

depth

= vector of depths (ft or m)

sigmaZ.eff

= vector of effective stresses (psf or kPa)

sigmaZ.total

= vector of total stresses (psf or kPa)

u

= vector of pore water pressures (psf or kPa)

metric

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

Author

Kyle Elmy and Jim Kaklamanos

Examples

# Site with constant unit weight = 100 pcf, GWT at 10 ft depth
temp <- sigmaZ.profile(gamma = rep(100, 3), depth = c(10, 20, 30), zw = 10,
metric = FALSE)
depth <- temp$depth
sigmaTotal <- temp$sigmaZ.total
u <- temp$u
sigmaEff <- temp$sigmaZ.eff
sigmaZ.plot(depth = depth, sigmaZ.eff = sigmaEff,
metric = FALSE, sigmaZ.total = sigmaTotal, u = u)