Geotechnical Engineering

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Documentation for package ‘geotech’ version 1.0.1

• DESCRIPTION file
• Package NEWS

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A.line	A-Line (Plasticity)
AASHTO	AASHTO Soil Classification (AASHTO Group Classification)
bearingCapacity	Ultimate Bearing Capacity (Terzaghi)
bearingPressure	Gross Bearing Pressure (Bearing Capacity)
Dsize	D-Size (Grain-Size Distributions)
FSinf	Slope Stability (Infinite Slope Analysis)
FSplanar	Slope Stability (Planar Failure Analysis)
GI	AASHTO Group Index
grainSize.coefs	Coefficients of Uniformity and Curvature (Grain-Size Distributions)
grainSize.plot	Grain-Size Plot
induced.area	Induced Stress Due to Area Load
induced.area.profile	Induced Stress Due to Area Load: Profile
induced.point	Induced Stress Due to Point Load
induced.point.profile	Induced Stress Due to Point Load: Profile
K	Coefficient of Lateral Earth Pressure (General)
Ka	Rankine Active Earth Pressures (Lateral Earth Pressure)
kConstant	Hydraulic Conductivity From Constant Head Test (Groundwater)
kFalling	Hydraulic Conductivity From Falling Head Test (Groundwater)
Ko	Coefficient of Lateral Earth Pressure at Rest
Kp	Rankine Passive Earth Pressures (Lateral Earth Pressure)
kPump	Hydraulic Conductivity From Pumping Tests (Groundwater)
kx	Equivalent Horizontal Hydraulic Conductivity (Groundwater)
kz	Equivalent Vertical Hydraulic Conductivity (Groundwater)
LI	Liquidity Index (Plasticity)
LL	Liquid Limit (Plasticity)
MohrCircle.calc	Mohr Circle (Calculate)
MohrCircle.plot	Mohr Circle (Plot)
N160	SPT Correction N160 for Site Exploration
N60	SPT Correction N60 for Site Exploration
Nc	Bearing Capacity Factors (Nc)
Ngamma	Bearing Capacity Factors (Ngamma)
Nq	Bearing Capacity Factors (Nq)
percentComponents	Percent Components (Grain-Size Distributions)
phase.params	Weight-Volume Parameters (Phase Diagrams and Index Parameters)
phase.plot	Phase Diagrams Plot (Phase Diagrams and Index Parameters)
PI	Plasticity Index
plasticity.plot	Casagrande's Plasticity Chart
relDensity	Relative Density (Phase Diagrams and Index Parameters)
sigma13	Principal Stresses (Mohr Circle Analyses)
sigmaTrans	Stress Transformation (Mohr Circle Analyses)
sigmaX	Horizontal Stress at a Point (Lateral Earth Pressure)
sigmaX.plot	Horizontal Stress Plot (Lateral Earth Pressure)
sigmaX.profile	Horizontal Stress Profile (Lateral Earth Pressure)
sigmaZ	Vertical Stress at a Point
sigmaZ.plot	Vertical Stress Plot
sigmaZ.profile	Vertical Stress Profile
size.from.sieve	Grain Sizes Of Sieves
soil.profile	Soil Profile Plot for Site Exploration
tauMax	Maximum In-Plane Shear Stress (Mohr Circle Analyses)
USCS	USCS Soil Classification
USCS.coarse.symbol	USCS Soil Classification (USCS Coarse-Grained Symbol)
USCS.fine.symbol	USCS Soil Classification (USCS Fine-Grained Symbol)
waterContent	Water Content (Phase Diagrams and Index Parameters)
wellDrawdown	Well Drawdown (Groundwater)
wellFlow	Flow Rate to Wells (Groundwater)