User's GuideVersion 16
GEO5 User's Guide Fine Ltd. 2013
ContentUsing help...................................................................................................................32
Using function Search...............................................................................................33
User defined environment..............................................................................................34
Window for application..............................................................................................34
Control menu...........................................................................................................35
Horizontal tool bars...................................................................................................36
Tool bar Files........................................................................................................36
Tool bar Scale and shift.........................................................................................37
Tool bar Plot setting..............................................................................................38
Tool bar Stage of construction................................................................................38
Tool bar 3D visualization........................................................................................39
Tool bar Selections................................................................................................39
Vertical tool bars......................................................................................................40
Visualization style settings.........................................................................................41
Style manager......................................................................................................42
Frames....................................................................................................................43
Tables.....................................................................................................................44
Dialog windows........................................................................................................46
Active dimensions and objects....................................................................................47
Unit metric / imperial................................................................................................48
Copy to clipboard.....................................................................................................48
Options...................................................................................................................49
Options copy to clipboard....................................................................................49
Options print picture..........................................................................................50
Options - input.....................................................................................................51
Common input.............................................................................................................52
Inputting and editing soils.........................................................................................52
Classification of soils.............................................................................................53
Soil and rock symbols...........................................................................................55
Manual classification of soils...................................................................................55
Interfaces in 2D environment.....................................................................................56
Adding interface...................................................................................................57
Editing interface...................................................................................................58
Corrector of inputted interface................................................................................59
World coordinates.................................................................................................60
Assigning soils..........................................................................................................61
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Design coefficients....................................................................................................62
Running more analyses / verifications.........................................................................62
Connecting programs................................................................................................63
Selecting and storing views........................................................................................64
Results visualization settings..................................................................................65
Setting color range...................................................................................................66
Scale color definition.............................................................................................67
Import - export DXF..................................................................................................68
Reading data into template....................................................................................69
Reading data into interface....................................................................................70
Inputting data using template................................................................................71
Modifying template during data input......................................................................72
Export DXF..........................................................................................................73
Import gINT.............................................................................................................74
Import of terrain points.........................................................................................75
Import of soils and profile......................................................................................76
Heredity - stage of construction..................................................................................77
Standards and analysis methods....................................................................................77
Settings Administrator...............................................................................................77
Export and import of settings.................................................................................78
Settings list.............................................................................................................79
Analysis settings.......................................................................................................80
Materials and standards.........................................................................................80
Wall analysis........................................................................................................81
Excavations.........................................................................................................82
Stability analysis..................................................................................................83
Settlement...........................................................................................................83
Spread Footing.....................................................................................................84
Piles....................................................................................................................85
Pile CPT...............................................................................................................86
Micropiles............................................................................................................86
Pile group............................................................................................................87
Adding new Setting...................................................................................................88
Import of older data..................................................................................................89
Basic changes in settings between version 15 and older versions................................89
Verification methodology...........................................................................................90
Analysis according to the factor of safety (ASD).......................................................90
Analysis according to the theory of limit states (LSD)................................................90
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Verification according to EN 1997...........................................................................91
Partial factors...................................................................................................91
Design Approaches.......................................................................................92
Design approach 1....................................................................................93
Design approach 2....................................................................................94
Design approach 3....................................................................................94
National Annex (NA).....................................................................................95
Partial factors on water......................................................................................95
Analysis of walls (support structures)..................................................................97
Analysis of sheeting structures...........................................................................98
Analysis of foundations (spread footing, piles)......................................................98
Slope stability analysis......................................................................................99
Load combinations..........................................................................................100
Analysis according to LRFD..................................................................................101
Analysis of foundations based on LRFD..............................................................102
Design situations....................................................................................................103
Input regimes and analysis..........................................................................................104
Program Earth Pressure...........................................................................................104
Project..............................................................................................................104
Settings.............................................................................................................104
Geometry..........................................................................................................105
Profile...............................................................................................................106
Soils..................................................................................................................107
Basic data......................................................................................................108
Assign...............................................................................................................109
Terrain...............................................................................................................110
Water................................................................................................................111
Surcharge..........................................................................................................112
Earthquake........................................................................................................113
Stage settings....................................................................................................114
Analysis.............................................................................................................114
Program Sheeting Design.........................................................................................115
Project..............................................................................................................115
Settings.............................................................................................................116
Profile...............................................................................................................117
Soils..................................................................................................................117
Basic data......................................................................................................118
Assign...............................................................................................................119
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Geometry..........................................................................................................120
Anchors.............................................................................................................121
Props................................................................................................................122
Supports............................................................................................................123
Pressure determination........................................................................................124
Terrain...............................................................................................................125
Water................................................................................................................126
Surcharge..........................................................................................................127
Applied forces.....................................................................................................128
Earthquake........................................................................................................129
Stage settings....................................................................................................130
Analysis.............................................................................................................130
Program Sheeting Check..........................................................................................132
Project..............................................................................................................132
Settings.............................................................................................................133
Profile...............................................................................................................133
Modulus of subsoil reaction..................................................................................134
Soils..................................................................................................................135
Basic data......................................................................................................136
Geometry..........................................................................................................137
Adding and editing section...............................................................................138
User catalog...................................................................................................139
Assign...............................................................................................................140
Excavation.........................................................................................................141
Terrain...............................................................................................................142
Water................................................................................................................143
Surcharge..........................................................................................................144
Applied forces.....................................................................................................145
Anchors.............................................................................................................146
Props................................................................................................................147
Supports............................................................................................................148
Earthquake........................................................................................................149
Stage settings....................................................................................................150
Analysis.............................................................................................................150
Internal stability.................................................................................................153
External stability.................................................................................................154
Heave failure......................................................................................................155
Envelopes..........................................................................................................156
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Program Slope Stability...........................................................................................157
Project..............................................................................................................157
Settings.............................................................................................................158
Interface............................................................................................................158
Embankment......................................................................................................159
Earth cut...........................................................................................................160
Soils..................................................................................................................161
Basic data......................................................................................................162
Rigid body..........................................................................................................163
Assign...............................................................................................................164
Anchors.............................................................................................................165
Reinforcements...................................................................................................166
Surcharge..........................................................................................................167
Water................................................................................................................168
Earthquake........................................................................................................169
Stage settings....................................................................................................170
Analysis.............................................................................................................170
Restrictions on the optimization procedure.........................................................173
Height multiplier.............................................................................................173
Program Cantilever Wall..........................................................................................174
Project..............................................................................................................174
Settings.............................................................................................................175
Geometry..........................................................................................................176
Material.............................................................................................................177
Profile...............................................................................................................177
Soils..................................................................................................................178
Basic data......................................................................................................179
Assign...............................................................................................................180
Terrain...............................................................................................................181
Water................................................................................................................182
Surcharge..........................................................................................................183
Front face resistance...........................................................................................184
Applied forces.....................................................................................................185
Earthquake........................................................................................................186
Base anchorage..................................................................................................187
Stage settings....................................................................................................188
Verification.........................................................................................................189
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................189
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Dimensioning.....................................................................................................191
Stability.............................................................................................................192
Program Masonry wall.............................................................................................193
Project..............................................................................................................193
Settings.............................................................................................................194
Types of blocks...................................................................................................194
Geometry..........................................................................................................195
Material.............................................................................................................196
Profile...............................................................................................................197
Soils..................................................................................................................198
Basic data......................................................................................................199
Assign...............................................................................................................200
Terrain...............................................................................................................201
Water................................................................................................................202
Surcharge..........................................................................................................203
Front face resistance...........................................................................................204
Applied forces.....................................................................................................205
Earthquake........................................................................................................206
Base anchorage..................................................................................................207
Stage settings....................................................................................................208
Verification.........................................................................................................209
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................209
Dimensioning.....................................................................................................210
Stability.............................................................................................................212
Program Gravity Wall...............................................................................................213
Project..............................................................................................................213
Settings.............................................................................................................213
Geometry..........................................................................................................214
Material.............................................................................................................215
Profile...............................................................................................................216
Soils..................................................................................................................217
Basic data......................................................................................................218
Assign...............................................................................................................219
Terrain...............................................................................................................220
Water................................................................................................................221
Surcharge..........................................................................................................222
Front face resistance...........................................................................................223
Applied forces.....................................................................................................224
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Earthquake........................................................................................................225
Stage settings....................................................................................................226
Verification.........................................................................................................226
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................227
Dimensioning.....................................................................................................228
Stability.............................................................................................................229
Program Prefab Wall................................................................................................230
Project..............................................................................................................230
Settings.............................................................................................................231
Geometry..........................................................................................................231
Profile...............................................................................................................232
Soils..................................................................................................................233
Basic data......................................................................................................234
Assign...............................................................................................................235
Terrain...............................................................................................................236
Water................................................................................................................237
Surcharge..........................................................................................................238
Front face resistance...........................................................................................239
Applied forces.....................................................................................................240
Earthquake........................................................................................................241
Stage settings....................................................................................................242
Verification.........................................................................................................242
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................243
Dimensioning.....................................................................................................244
Internal sliding...................................................................................................245
Stability.............................................................................................................246
Program Gabion......................................................................................................247
Project..............................................................................................................247
Settings.............................................................................................................248
Material.............................................................................................................248
Geometry..........................................................................................................249
Profile...............................................................................................................250
Soils..................................................................................................................251
Basic data......................................................................................................252
Assign...............................................................................................................253
Terrain...............................................................................................................254
Water................................................................................................................255
Surcharge..........................................................................................................256
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Front face resistance...........................................................................................257
Applied forces.....................................................................................................258
Earthquake........................................................................................................259
Stage settings....................................................................................................260
Verification.........................................................................................................260
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................261
Dimensioning.....................................................................................................262
Stability.............................................................................................................263
Program Spread Footing..........................................................................................264
Project..............................................................................................................264
Settings.............................................................................................................265
Profile...............................................................................................................265
Soils..................................................................................................................266
Basic data......................................................................................................267
Assign...............................................................................................................268
Foundation.........................................................................................................269
Load..................................................................................................................270
Import of loads...............................................................................................271
Geometry..........................................................................................................272
Sand-gravel cushion............................................................................................274
Material.............................................................................................................275
Surcharge..........................................................................................................276
Water, incompressible subsoil...............................................................................277
Stage settings....................................................................................................278
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................278
Settlement and rotation.......................................................................................279
Dimensioning.....................................................................................................280
Program Piles.........................................................................................................281
Project..............................................................................................................281
Settings.............................................................................................................282
Profile...............................................................................................................282
Modulus of subsoil reaction..................................................................................283
Soils..................................................................................................................284
Basic data......................................................................................................285
Assign...............................................................................................................286
Load..................................................................................................................287
Geometry..........................................................................................................288
Material.............................................................................................................289
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Water, incompressible subsoil...............................................................................290
Negative skin friction...........................................................................................291
Stage settings....................................................................................................292
Vertical bearing capacity analytical solution.........................................................292
Vertical bearing capacity - Spring method..............................................................293
Settlement linear loading curve (Poulos).............................................................294
Settlement nonlinear loading curve (Masopust)....................................................295
Horizontal bearing capacity..................................................................................296
Program Settlement................................................................................................297
Project..............................................................................................................297
Settings.............................................................................................................298
Interface............................................................................................................298
Embankment......................................................................................................299
Earth cut...........................................................................................................300
Incompressible subsoil........................................................................................301
Soils..................................................................................................................302
Basic data......................................................................................................303
Assign...............................................................................................................304
Surcharge..........................................................................................................305
Water................................................................................................................306
Stage settings....................................................................................................307
Analysis.............................................................................................................308
Consolidation parameters.................................................................................309
Program Abutment..................................................................................................311
Project..............................................................................................................311
Settings.............................................................................................................311
Geometric section...............................................................................................312
Wings................................................................................................................313
Geometry plane view...........................................................................................314
Footing steps......................................................................................................315
Material.............................................................................................................316
Profile...............................................................................................................317
Soils..................................................................................................................318
Basic data......................................................................................................319
Load - LC...........................................................................................................320
Assign...............................................................................................................321
Terrain...............................................................................................................322
Water................................................................................................................323
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Surcharge..........................................................................................................324
Front face resistance...........................................................................................325
Applied forces.....................................................................................................326
Earthquake........................................................................................................327
Stage settings....................................................................................................328
Verification.........................................................................................................329
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................329
Dimensioning.....................................................................................................330
Stability.............................................................................................................332
Program Nailed slopes.............................................................................................333
Project..............................................................................................................333
Settings.............................................................................................................334
Geometry..........................................................................................................334
Types of nails.....................................................................................................335
Geometry of nails...............................................................................................336
Material.............................................................................................................337
Profile...............................................................................................................338
Soils..................................................................................................................339
Basic data......................................................................................................340
Assign...............................................................................................................341
Terrain...............................................................................................................342
Water................................................................................................................343
Surcharge..........................................................................................................344
Earthquake........................................................................................................345
Stage settings....................................................................................................346
Internal stability.................................................................................................346
Verification.........................................................................................................347
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................348
Dimensioning.....................................................................................................349
External stability.................................................................................................350
Program Ground Loss..............................................................................................351
Project..............................................................................................................351
Settings.............................................................................................................352
Buildings............................................................................................................352
Profile...............................................................................................................353
Soils..................................................................................................................353
Assign...............................................................................................................354
Geometry..........................................................................................................355
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Measurement.....................................................................................................356
Stage settings....................................................................................................357
Analysis.............................................................................................................358
Damages...........................................................................................................359
Program Rock Stability............................................................................................361
Project..............................................................................................................361
Settings.............................................................................................................361
Terrain...............................................................................................................362
Rock..................................................................................................................363
Slip surface plane.............................................................................................364
Slip surface - polygonal.......................................................................................365
Parameters polygonal slip surface......................................................................366
Water plane slip surface....................................................................................367
Surcharge plane and polygonal slip surface.........................................................368
Anchors plane and polygonal slip surface............................................................369
Earthquake........................................................................................................370
Stage settings....................................................................................................371
Analysis plane slip surface.................................................................................371
Analysis polygonal slip surface...........................................................................372
Geometry..........................................................................................................373
3D View.........................................................................................................374
Slip surface rock wedge....................................................................................375
Parameters rock wedge.....................................................................................376
Surcharge rock wedge......................................................................................377
Anchors rock wedge.........................................................................................377
Water rock wedge............................................................................................378
Analysis rock wedge.........................................................................................379
Program Terrain......................................................................................................380
Project..............................................................................................................380
Basic data..........................................................................................................381
Global coordinate system.................................................................................381
Soils..................................................................................................................382
Assign...............................................................................................................383
Points................................................................................................................384
Import of points..............................................................................................385
Automatic calculation of height.........................................................................386
Edges................................................................................................................388
Water................................................................................................................389
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Bore holes.........................................................................................................390
Earth grading.....................................................................................................392
Generate...........................................................................................................394
Modeling terrain on edges................................................................................394
Point constructions..............................................................................................395
Line constructions...............................................................................................397
Launching..........................................................................................................398
Program Micropile...................................................................................................400
Project..............................................................................................................400
Settings.............................................................................................................400
Profile...............................................................................................................401
Soils..................................................................................................................402
Basic data......................................................................................................403
Geometry..........................................................................................................404
Material.............................................................................................................405
Assign...............................................................................................................406
Load..................................................................................................................407
Water................................................................................................................408
Verification of cross-section..................................................................................409
Root verification..................................................................................................410
Program FEM..........................................................................................................411
Topology............................................................................................................411
Coordinate systems.........................................................................................412
Project...........................................................................................................414
Settings.........................................................................................................414
Stability analysis.........................................................................................415
Plane strain analysis....................................................................................415
Axial symmetry...........................................................................................416
Tunnels......................................................................................................420
Advanced input...........................................................................................420
Ko procedure..............................................................................................422
Water flow.................................................................................................422
Flow analysis..........................................................................................423
Interface........................................................................................................424
Soils..............................................................................................................425
Materials models.........................................................................................426
Linear models.........................................................................................427
Elastic model......................................................................................428
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Modified elastic model.........................................................................428
Nonlinear models....................................................................................429
Mohr-Coulomb (MC)............................................................................430
Mohr-Coulomb model with tension cut off...........................................431
Modified Mohr-Coulomb (MCM).............................................................431
Drucker-Prager...................................................................................432
Softening and hardening......................................................................432
Angle of dilation..................................................................................434
Influence of material model..................................................................434
Modified Cam-clay model (MCC)............................................................435
Generalized Cam clay model (GCC).......................................................438
Numerical implementation of MCC and GCC models.................................439
Hypoplastic clay..................................................................................442
Material models in flow analysis................................................................448
Coefficient of permeability........................................................................450
Basic data..................................................................................................452
Geostatic stress, uplift pressure....................................................................453
Rigid bodies...................................................................................................454
Assign...........................................................................................................455
Contact types.................................................................................................456
Contact elements........................................................................................458
Lining............................................................................................................459
Module Lining - FEM....................................................................................461
Free points.............................................................................................461
Free lines...............................................................................................462
Line refinement......................................................................................463
Settings.................................................................................................464
Generator of shape of lining.........................................................................465
Generator of anchored regions......................................................................467
Stages of construction.................................................................................468
Free points.....................................................................................................469
Free lines.......................................................................................................471
Point refinement.............................................................................................472
Line refinement..............................................................................................473
Mesh generation.............................................................................................475
Mesh generator warning..............................................................................477
Adjusting original geometry..........................................................................479
Standard boundary conditions......................................................................479
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Construction stages.............................................................................................480
Activity..........................................................................................................481
Activity of regions below GWT......................................................................483
Assign...........................................................................................................484
Lining............................................................................................................484
Beams.......................................................................................................485
Anchors.....................................................................................................486
Beam loads................................................................................................487
Generator of anchors on free line..................................................................488
Beams...........................................................................................................489
Types of cross-section.................................................................................491
Beam end-points connection.........................................................................492
Degradation and strengthening of beams.......................................................493
Catalog of profiles.......................................................................................494
Cross-section editor....................................................................................495
Catalog of materials....................................................................................495
Editor of materials.......................................................................................496
Contacts........................................................................................................497
Contacts and beams (water flow)......................................................................498
Point supports................................................................................................500
Point flow.......................................................................................................501
Line Supports.................................................................................................502
Line flow........................................................................................................503
Anchors.........................................................................................................504
Anchor end points.......................................................................................506
Anchors in the stability analysis....................................................................507
Props.............................................................................................................508
Reinforcements...............................................................................................510
Anchoring geo-reinforcements......................................................................512
Axial stiffness of geosynthetics.....................................................................514
Surcharge......................................................................................................515
Beam loads....................................................................................................517
Water............................................................................................................518
Analysis.........................................................................................................519
Transient flow analysis.................................................................................520
Recommended modeling procedure...............................................................525
Loss of convergence of nonlinear analysis......................................................526
Setting and analysis description....................................................................527
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Solution method.....................................................................................528
Change of stiffness matrix........................................................................528
Initial solution step..................................................................................529
Maximum number of iterations.................................................................530
Convergence criterion..............................................................................530
Setting Newton-Raphson method..............................................................530
Setting Arc-length method.......................................................................531
Setting arc length...............................................................................532
Automatic arc length control.................................................................533
Line search method.................................................................................534
Plasticity................................................................................................535
Course of analysis.......................................................................................536
Results......................................................................................................537
Tool bar Results....................................................................................537
Results visualization settings....................................................................538
List of variables......................................................................................539
Monitors........................................................................................................541
Monitors settings........................................................................................542
Graphs..........................................................................................................543
Stability.........................................................................................................544
Setting basic parameters of slope stability analysis.........................................545
Setting driving parameters of relaxation of reduction factor..............................546
Analyzed examples.............................................................................................547
Terrain settlement file Demo01_EN.gmk..........................................................547
Task input..................................................................................................548
Mesh generation.........................................................................................550
1st stage of construction analysis...............................................................551
2nd stage of construction surcharge input...................................................552
2nd stage of construction - analysis..............................................................554
3rd stage of construction - analysis...............................................................555
Evaluation of results....................................................................................556
Analysis of collector lining file Demo02_EN.gmk...............................................557
Task input..................................................................................................558
Geometry input..........................................................................................559
Mesh generation.........................................................................................563
1st stage of construction - analysis...............................................................565
2nd stage of construction collector lining input.............................................567
2nd stage of construction analysis..............................................................569
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Evaluation of results....................................................................................570
Sheeting structure file Demo03_EN.gmk.........................................................571
Task input..................................................................................................572
Interfaces and soils input.............................................................................573
Contacts input............................................................................................577
Free points and free lines input.....................................................................578
Mesh generation.........................................................................................579
1st stage of construction - analysis...............................................................581
2nd stage of construction beams input........................................................582
2nd stage of construction soil excavation and GWT change............................584
2nd stage of construction - analysis..............................................................585
3rd stage of construction soil excavation, anchor input, GWT change..............588
3rd stage of construction analysis..............................................................590
Evaluation of results....................................................................................593
Slope stability analysis file Demo04_EN.gmk...................................................593
Task input..................................................................................................593
Type of analysis setting................................................................................595
Soil input and their assignment to interfaces..................................................595
Mesh generation.........................................................................................597
1st stage of construction analysis...............................................................598
2nd stage of construction surcharge, analysis..............................................600
3rd stage of construction anchor, analysis...................................................601
Evaluation of results....................................................................................604
Program Pile CPT....................................................................................................605
Project..............................................................................................................605
Settings.............................................................................................................605
Profile...............................................................................................................606
Soils..................................................................................................................607
Basic data......................................................................................................608
Construction.......................................................................................................609
Group of piles.................................................................................................611
Geometry..........................................................................................................612
GWT + NSF........................................................................................................613
CPTs..................................................................................................................615
Import CPT....................................................................................................616
Assign...............................................................................................................617
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................618
Settlement.........................................................................................................619
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Program Beam.......................................................................................................621
Project..............................................................................................................621
Settings.............................................................................................................621
Winkler-Pasternak parameters C1 a C2..............................................................622
Calculation of Winkler-Pasternak parameters C1 and C2 from geological profile......622
Calculation of Winkler-Pasternak constants from deformation parameters of soils. . .623
Geometry..........................................................................................................623
Subsoil..............................................................................................................624
Interface............................................................................................................625
Location.............................................................................................................626
Soils..................................................................................................................627
Basic data......................................................................................................627
Assign...............................................................................................................628
Water................................................................................................................629
Supports............................................................................................................630
Load cases.........................................................................................................630
Load case parameters......................................................................................631
Load..................................................................................................................633
Combination of ULS.............................................................................................634
Parameters of combinations of ULS...................................................................635
Generator of combinations...............................................................................636
Combinations SLS...............................................................................................639
Parameters of combinations of SLS...................................................................640
Generator of combinations...............................................................................641
Analysis.............................................................................................................641
Program Plate........................................................................................................642
Project..............................................................................................................642
Settings.............................................................................................................643
Joints................................................................................................................643
Lines.................................................................................................................644
Macroelements...................................................................................................645
Openings...........................................................................................................647
Joint refinements................................................................................................647
Line refinements.................................................................................................649
Macroelement refinements...................................................................................650
Mesh generation.................................................................................................652
Mesh generator warning..................................................................................654
Joint supports.....................................................................................................656
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Line supports.....................................................................................................657
Beams...............................................................................................................659
Catalog of materials........................................................................................660
Editor of materials..........................................................................................662
Types of cross-section.....................................................................................663
Catalog of profiles...........................................................................................664
Cross-section editor........................................................................................665
Internal hinges...................................................................................................666
Macroelement subsoils.........................................................................................668
Winkler-Pasternak parameters C1 a C2..............................................................669
Calculation of Winkler-Pasternak constants from deformation parameters of soils. . .670
Load cases.........................................................................................................670
Load case parameters......................................................................................671
Joint loads.........................................................................................................673
Line loads..........................................................................................................674
Temperature load............................................................................................676
Macroelement loads............................................................................................676
Free point loads..................................................................................................677
Free line loads....................................................................................................678
Free area loads...................................................................................................679
Combination ULS................................................................................................681
Parameters of combinations of ULS...................................................................681
Generator of combinations of ULS.....................................................................682
Combination SLS................................................................................................685
Parameters of combinations of SLS...................................................................686
Generator of combinations of SLS.....................................................................687
Dimensioning parameters....................................................................................687
Macroelement dimensionings................................................................................688
Analysis.............................................................................................................689
Procedure of analysis.......................................................................................690
Results..........................................................................................................691
Tool bar Results.......................................................................................692
Results visualization settings........................................................................693
List of variables..........................................................................................693
List of variables of dimensioning...................................................................694
Values...............................................................................................................695
Distributions.......................................................................................................696
Coordinate system (sign convention).....................................................................697
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Program MSE Wall...................................................................................................699
Project..............................................................................................................699
Settings.............................................................................................................700
Geometry..........................................................................................................701
Material.............................................................................................................702
Types of reinforcements.......................................................................................703
Adding and editing type of reinforcement...........................................................704
User's catalogue.............................................................................................705
Reinforcement....................................................................................................706
Reinforcement....................................................................................................708
Profile...............................................................................................................709
Soils..................................................................................................................710
Basic data......................................................................................................711
Assign...............................................................................................................712
Terrain...............................................................................................................713
Water................................................................................................................714
Water................................................................................................................715
Surcharge..........................................................................................................716
Front face resistance...........................................................................................717
Applied forces.....................................................................................................718
Earthquake........................................................................................................719
Stage settings....................................................................................................720
Verification.........................................................................................................720
Dimensioning.....................................................................................................721
Bearing capacity.................................................................................................722
Slip on georeinforcement.....................................................................................724
Internal stability.................................................................................................725
Global stability...................................................................................................726
Stability.............................................................................................................727
Program Pile Group.................................................................................................728
Project..............................................................................................................728
Settings.............................................................................................................729
Structure...........................................................................................................730
Geometry..........................................................................................................730
Material.............................................................................................................731
Load..................................................................................................................732
Load acting on a pile group..............................................................................733
Profile...............................................................................................................735
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Soils..................................................................................................................735
Basic data......................................................................................................736
Assign...............................................................................................................737
Water................................................................................................................738
Negative skin friction...........................................................................................739
Vertical springs...................................................................................................740
Horizontal modulus.............................................................................................741
Stage settings....................................................................................................742
Vertical bearing capacity analytical solution.........................................................742
Settlement cohesive soil...................................................................................743
Settlement cohesionless soil (loading curve)........................................................744
Analysis spring method......................