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sigmaZ.profile: Vertical Stress Profile

Description

Computes the vertical stress profile. 1 October 2015

Usage

sigmaZ.profile(gamma, thk = NA, depth = NA, zw, zout = NA, gammaW = NA, metric)

Value

A four-element list containing four vectors: depth = depth, sigmaZ.eff = effective vertical stress, sigmaZ.total = total vertical stress, and u = pore water pressure

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 depths of output (ft or m): defaults to critical locations in the profile (the top and bottom of the profile, layer interfaces, and the groundwater table) [recommended]

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)

Author

Kyle Elmy and Jim Kaklamanos

Examples

Run this code
sigmaZ.profile(gamma = c(108, 116), depth = c(15, 40), zw = 15, metric =
FALSE)

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