/v1/wave-speeds
P/S elastic wave speeds
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Get an API keyCode snippets
curl "https://api.oanor.com/elasticmoduli-api/v1/wave-speeds" \ -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/elasticmoduli-api/v1/wave-speeds", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/elasticmoduli-api/v1/wave-speeds");
curl_setopt($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/elasticmoduli-api/v1/wave-speeds",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)
Example response
A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.
{
"data": {
"note": "Longitudinal (P) and shear (S) wave speeds: vp = √((K + 4G/3)/ρ), vs = √(G/ρ). Supply moduli in pascals and density in kg/m³ to get m/s. Steel (≈5860 m/s P, ≈3130 m/s S).",
"inputs": {
"G": 76923076923,
"K": 166666666667,
"density": 7850
},
"vp_vs_ratio": 1.870829,
"p_wave_speed": 5856.3567,
"s_wave_speed": 3130.3543
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2026-06-05T19:50:31.045Z",
"request_id": "f8fb07a0-2787-4cad-86a4-8d367d7c055d"
},
"status": "ok",
"message": "P/S wave speeds",
"success": true
}