#soil

Composting maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the three numbers that decide whether a pile heats up and breaks down or sits there cold and smelly. The cn-ratio endpoint blends a mix to its carbon-to-nitrogen ratio: pass each material by weight with its dry-weight %C and %N as parallel comma-separated lists and it returns the total carbon and nitrogen masses and the blended C:N, with an assessment against the ideal 25–35:1 — ten parts dry leaves (50 %C, 1 %N) with ten parts grass clippings (45 %C, 2.5 %N) comes out at a near-perfect 27:1. The moisture endpoint works out the water to add to reach a target moisture (the pile should be a wrung-out-sponge 50–60 %): from the current mass and moisture it holds the dry matter constant, so 100 kg at 30 % needs about 56 kg of water to reach 55 %, and it flags a too-wet pile that needs drying instead. The mix endpoint gives the brown:green weight ratio to hit a target C:N from two materials' %C and %N — leaves and grass at a target 30:1 want about 1.5 parts browns to 1 part greens. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for gardening and composting apps, master-composter and allotment tools, regenerative-ag and soil-health sites, and waste-diversion calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 compute endpoints. For material volume use a mulch API; for NPK application rates use a fertilizer API.

api.oanor.com/compost-api

Geotechnical foundation maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The factors endpoint computes the Terzaghi/Vesic bearing-capacity factors Nc, Nq and Nγ from a soil friction angle — Nq = e^(π·tanφ)·tan²(45+φ/2), Nc = (Nq−1)·cotφ and Nγ = 2(Nq+1)·tanφ. The bearing-capacity endpoint computes the ultimate, net and allowable bearing capacity of a strip, square or circular footing from the cohesion, friction angle, soil unit weight, footing width and founding depth, qu = sc·c·Nc + γ·D·Nq + sγ·γ·B·Nγ, breaking it into its cohesion, surcharge and self-weight components and dividing by a factor of safety (default 3) for the allowable value. The settlement endpoint computes the immediate elastic settlement of a footing, s = q·B·(1−ν²)·I / E, from the applied pressure, the footing width, the soil elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio. Cohesion and pressures are in kilopascals, unit weight in kN/m³ and lengths in metres. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for civil-engineering, geotechnical, foundation-design and construction app developers, footing-sizing and feasibility tools, and engineering education. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is foundation bearing capacity; for lateral earth pressure on walls use an earth-pressure API and for open-channel flow a Manning API.

api.oanor.com/soil-api