Geotechnical Solution - Capabilities. Suitable Structures
SUITABLE STRUCTURES FOR THIS MODEL
Superficial foundations
Geotechnical properties and correlations.
User-defined library.
Footing and continuous foundations.
- 2D/3D soil-structure interaction model.
Slab foundations.
- 3D soil-structure interaction models.
- 3D soil foundation stiffness models with the calculation of precise, average,
maximum and minimum values.
The program calculates the precise, average, maximum or minimum value
of the soil foundation stiffness for any kind of terrain configuration and
foundation geometry.
It takes into account:
- The foundation geometry.
- The properties of the soil underneath the structure.
Deep foundations
Pile cap wizard:
- Automatic generation of regular polygonal or circular pile cap groups.
- Consideration of different kinds of piles: circular, rectangular.
- Pre-Design of piles length.
- Automatic calculation of the reinforcement amount required according to the
selected code (punching, primary and secondary reinforcement of both sides
for rigid and non rigid pile caps).
- Load tests.
- Graphical preview of the structure in the piles and micropiles design utility
(New).
Predesign and analysis of micropiles with the same capabilities as
the pile wizard (New).
Retaining structures
The calculation of retaining walls by means of 2D non-linear beam elements
takes into account:
- The construction process of the structure (non linear
construction sequence analysis). It is possible to define the excavation level
(or back fill) for each calculation step.
- The soil-structure interaction
by the means of contact elements that are automatically placed along the structure
by the program. - The existence of anchorages, joints (linking two sheet piles),layered
soils, applied loads, etc. with any ANSYS or CivilFEM cross section.
Earth pressure
utility.
- Apply pressures and forces corresponding to active and passive pressure and soil weight on the selected elements.
It is possible to simulate and
analyze the construction process of two sheet piles simultaneously.
Any cross
section can be used.
The reinforcement of the retaining walls can be later
designed by CivilFEM.
Code checking and design can be performed.
Underground structures (tunnel)
Terrain initial stresses.
- Automatic calculation of the initial stresses without strain from a given topography.
Hoek and Brown failure criteria (rocks).
Plastic constitutive models: 2D/3D Drucker-Prager and 2D Mohr-Coulomb
(plain strain).
Birth and Death of elements feature (construction and excavation
sequence analysis).
3D Tunnel modeller with construction process. Automatic
definition of the cross section of the tunnel and steps of excavation (New).
