Description
Return overlap-corrected shear-box area and stress.
Soil bench and profile terms depend on geometry, reference origins, heat-capacity bases and sign conventions. A pressure, stress or strain is a limited measured/model quantity rather than a complete soil-strength, heat-transport or field-state assessment. Reference lines and physical coefficients are supplied rather than inferred.
Return overlap-corrected shear-box area and stress.
When to use this tool
Use Soil Shear Bench Stress Area Factor when checking the stated soil geometry, thermal, mechanical or measurement convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter force, width, length, displacedLength. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read overlapArea, shearStress. Use the output convention below.
Return overlap-corrected shear-box area and stress. Require width > 0 and length > displacedLength >= 0; overlapArea = width*(length-displacement), shearStress = force/area.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| force | Force | Required. Finite number. |
| width | Width | Required. Finite number; strictly above 0. |
| length | Length | Required. Finite number. |
| displacedLength | Displaced Length | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| overlapArea | Overlap Area | Required. Finite number. |
| shearStress | Shear Stress | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"force": 100,
"width": 2,
"length": 5,
"displacedLength": 1
},
"output": {
"overlapArea": 8,
"shearStress": 12.5
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Force may be signed; the rectangular overlap model does not establish soil strength, actual test calibration or safe design.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use calibrated measurements and an appropriate complete soil/engineering model for material properties, field behavior or safe practical loading.
References
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