Tensile Energies & Dimensionalities
Material Tensile Energy ( J / kg ) Tensile Dimensionality
T-1 Steel
88,000
2
Ladish D6AC
171,000
2
Aluminium
205,000
2
Aluminium Lithium
246,000
2
Glass Composite
295,000
1
Kevlar Composite
570,000
1
Graphite Composite
700,000
1

Tensile dimensionality is the number of dimensions over a surface that a material has tensile strength. For bulk materials this is two, for fiber composites this is one. When making a spherical tank the effective tensile energy is proportional to the tensile dimensionality. When making a string the effective tensile energy is one.

For modeling purposes, it's assumed that all the tanks are spherical and the combustion chamber is spherical. Tensile dimensionality is used along with reusability, safety factor and tensile energy to calculate effective tensile.

effective tensile = tensile dimensionality * tensile energy / safety factor / ( 1.0 + 0.13 * log( reusability ) )
 
 

This is used in astropolis, pumped rocket and rocket cost.
 
  Rocket