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GET /v1/bearing-capacity

Bearing capacity

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api.oanor.com/soil-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/soil-api/v1/bearing-capacity" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/soil-api/v1/bearing-capacity", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/soil-api/v1/bearing-capacity");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/soil-api/v1/bearing-capacity",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "note": "qu = sc·c·Nc + γ·D·Nq + sγ·γ·B·Nγ. Allowable = qu ÷ factor of safety (default 3). Pressures in kPa.",
        "inputs": {
            "shape": "strip",
            "depth_m": 1,
            "width_m": 2,
            "unit_weight": 18,
            "cohesion_kpa": 0,
            "factor_of_safety": 3,
            "friction_angle_deg": 30
        },
        "factors": {
            "Nc": 30.1396,
            "Nq": 18.4011,
            "Ngamma": 22.4025
        },
        "components_kpa": {
            "cohesion": 0,
            "surcharge": 331.2202,
            "self_weight": 403.2448
        },
        "ultimate_bearing_capacity_kpa": 734.465,
        "allowable_bearing_capacity_kpa": 244.8217,
        "net_ultimate_bearing_capacity_kpa": 716.465,
        "net_allowable_bearing_capacity_kpa": 238.8217
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-05T03:09:00.974Z",
        "request_id": "c2e52489-db2b-4f32-bd17-f22e319ad586"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Bearing capacity",
    "success": true
}