CALCULATOR
Clay Final Length from Supplied Shrinkage Calculator
Clay Final Length from Supplied Shrinkage Calculator — change the supplied values to calculate clay final length from supplied shrinkage.
Supplied measured uniform linear shrinkage only, no material/firing prediction; excludes volume shrinkage.
Accepted inputs: Initial length: 0.01 to 100 m; Measured linear shrinkage: 0 to 90 %.
How the calculation works
final length=initial length(1−s/100)
Linear fractional shrinkage removes s percent of the initial length.
Worked example
With initial length 0.3 m, measured linear shrinkage 12 %, clay final length from supplied shrinkage is 0.264 m.
Assumptions and limits
Supplied measured uniform linear shrinkage only, no material/firing prediction; excludes volume shrinkage.