General data

The general data is equivalent to that seen in the section relevant to "New" menu. The environment for the management of the general data is the following:

We remind, just for the sake of completeness, the general data to be entered.

Project

Input of a synthetic description of the project: description, location, designer and date. It includes the possibility to print this data in the computation report.

Standards

Select the standards regarding the geotechnical checks (GEO standards) or the structural checks (STR standards). For each category of checks, the following choices are possible:

Calculation of pressures

In this group of data are defined the theories which can be used for the calculation of the active thrust coefficient, for the passive thrust coefficient and for the limit state coefficient (active or passive) in dynamic conditions. In particular, the following options are available:

Computation model

It is possible to select a priori the calculation approach for the determination of the stresses and displacements. In particular, it is possible to choose the LEM method (Limit Equilibrium Method) or the FEM method (Finite Elements Method).

Vertical bearing capacity

Is given the possibility to calculate the vertical bearing capacity (Yes/No) or to indicate the correlation factor of the verified verticals referred to the bearing capacity of the pile.

Longitudinal extension

Indicate the longitudinal extension of the bulkhead.

Geometry

In this group of data are set the data sizes with which to initialize the model. In particular:

Active pressures: It is possible to use the Coulomb’s theory, Muller-Breslau’s theory or Caquot-Kérisel’s theory;

Passive pressures: It is possible to use the Coulomb’s theory, Muller-Breslau’s theory or Caquot-Kérisel’s theory;

Seismic pressures: It is possible to use the Mononobe-Okabe’s theory.

NB: At this level of the programme, it is not possible to change the data relevant to the geometry of the model, since they do not fall within the ambit of the general data of the problem.