Table 1:
Typical shape factors.
Theory
Shape Factor
Comment
(1)
(2)
(3)
Broms [
6
]
3.0
Constant and independent of L/B and
ϕ
Petrasovits and Award [
7
]
3.7
Constant and independent of L/B and
ϕ
Meyerhof
et al.
[
8
]
1 to 10
Variable which is a function of L/B and
ϕ