Chapter 3.4 - Traction

The Confining Pressure Calculator


Let us check the previous calculation using Visualizing Stress. From the menu items select Calculators and then Confining Pressure. In the textbox labeled h type in 1500 and in the option box labeled Units enter m for meters. Click Calculate. Note that Visualizing Stress provides the correct answer in the ten different units familiar to structural geologists.

Confining Pressure Calculator


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