Updates & Changes

• Produktmanagement

• Produktmanagement

• Bugfix: EQU analysis

• GGU-CONNECT ready
• Vertical equivalent wall implemented.

• Designation gabion / gabion wall can be changed.

• Design situation 'DS-E' according to current standard now 'DS-A/DS-E'
• Design situation 'DS-E(old)' added.

• Design situation 'DS-E' according to current standard now 'DS-A/DS-E'
• Design situation 'DS-E(old)' added.

• Bugfix: Increased active earth pressure and equivalent EP coefficient and very high cohesion values.

• Partial safety factors gam,phi according to DIN EN 1998-5 introduced.
  This concerns the calculation of the earth pressure coefficients according to Mononobe and Okabe.

• Product management
• Mouse wheel operation now according to Windows conventions

• Depth for '2nd gamma' of the wall can now also be located above the excavation base.

• Product management

• Bugfix: Bearing capacity and base inclination <> 0.0°

• Take positive wall inclination into consideration for ep coefficients

• Bugfix: Seismic effects to EAU 1990 (caused by DIN 4085) 
  ​​​​​​​Old results are more conservative.

• Bugfix: Active earth pressure after Culmann and active berms.

• Bugfix: Passive earth pressure after Culmann and passive berms with surcharge.

• Productmanagement

• Export to GGU-STABILITY improved.

• Bugfix: Slip surfaces presentation (Culmann) after loading a file.

• Earth pressure calculation after Culmann implemented.

• Bugfix: 'Enter geogrids manually'
• Graphic output table: saving and loading of all settings.

• Bugfix: 'Enter geogrids manually'

• Product management

• Compatibility of records for geogrids to GGU-STABILITY implemented.

• Bugfix: Check box 'Active earth pressure takes wall inclination into consideration' deleted.

• Loads with limited plan dimensions revised and supplemented by the DIN 4085 approach.

• Bugfix: No surcharge from self weight for activated check box "Active earth pressure taking wall inclination into consideration"

• Bugfix: No surcharge from self weight for activated check box "Active earth pressure taking wall inclination into consideration"

• If groundwater is retained in the wall, a buoyant unit weight can now be defined for the wall and foundation.

• Earth pressure and state variable hatching spacing can be defined.

• PDF import implemented.
• Mini-CAD: Layer designations can be defined.
• Expandable database with soil properties for common soils.
• Load case situation can be shown.
• Screen visualisation accelerated.

Info: Paid major update (free of charge for licensees with subscription or update insurance under the software service agreement)

• Factor for dynamic wind loads implemented.

• Colour selection on passive side for different soils on the passive and active side optimised.

• Bugfix: Edit geogrids table values.

• Export current graphics to Mini-CAD in global coordinates.

• Bugfix: Seismic acceleration and active earth pressure

• "Suppress negative active earth pressures" implemented.
• Only use equivalent EP coefficient if cohesion <> 0.0

• 'Differentiate active + passive soil properties'.Variable soil colouring on active and passive side is now possible.

• Export function to GGU-STABILITY improved.

• Equivalent EP coefficient via phi now also with 45°

• Wind loads for Germany to EN 1991-1-4 can be analysed

• Active berms and at-rest pressure: Berm gradient too steep warning

• Bugfix: Bounded surcharges (active side) with negative surcharge load
• Bugfix: Double-bounded surcharges (also see current manual)

• Generate noise abatement wall

• Bugfix: Output inner stability to EC 2
• Radio button: Settlements as a result of permanent loads or total loads

• product management

• Bugfix: max µ sliding safety (outer skin) in the design legend

• Internal stability to DIN 4093:2012:08 implemented.

• prodcut management

• Graphical visualisation of sliding safety utilisation factor (external skin)

• Bugfix: Bounded and double-bounded passive loads may not be located near the wall

• Area load at-rest earth pressure: Now also with increase in active earth pressure by the factor k0/kah. For increased active earth pressure the increase is performed using: [(1
• f)· kah + f· k0]/kah.
• Bugfix: Bounded and double-bounded passive loads may not be located near the wall

• 'No water pressure on gabions' implemented.

• EQU analysis can be switched off.

• 3 additional redistribution figures for area loads

• Product Management

• Programmpflege

• Partial factors to ÖNORM EN 1997-1 implemented.
• Undo function implemented.
• Opening from and saving to network storage media accelerated.

• Bugfix: EQU and GEO-3 partial factors are now stored in record.

• An 'elevated' excavation base may generate an excessively large H force and makes sensible bearing capacity analysis impossible. Correction measures are now displayed.

• Product Management

• Bugfix: Importing geogrids, if products were not stored in the database

• Product management

• Bugfix: Geogrid dialog box with company products

• Product management

• Bugfix: Earth pressure calculation with active berms and high groundwater table and downward sloping berms.

• Bugfix: Earth pressure calculation with active berms and high groundwater table and downward sloping berms.

• Geosynthetics can be defined using company products.

• Bugfix: Seismic effects to EC 8, if kv <> 0.0

• Seismic effects implemented to EC 8.

• Bugfix: EQU partial factors are now adopted.

• Bugfix: Determination of V,k for sliding safety analysis

• Serviceability analysis to EC 7 (6.6.6)

• Message 'Footing rotates towards the ground!' is no longer displayed if settlement eccentricity is too large.

• Visualisation of V · mue/H revised. Using the new standard, the utilisation factor for the sliding safety of outer skin is now shown.
• Visualisation of utilisation factor (outer skin) can be selected in legend.

• Product management

• Generate triangular load from stepped loads.

• Bugfix: Earth pressure analysis with active berms and high groundwater table or strata of highly variable bearing capacity at the top of the wal

• Partial safety factors to Eurocode 7 including EQU analysis (limit state of loss of static equilibrium).

• Die Berechnung von Passivbermen erfolgt mit dem Algorithmus gemäß Spundwand-Handbuch 1977.Wenn Erdwiderstandsbeiwerte nicht nach DIN 4085(neu) gewählt werden, erfolgte bisherdie Berechnung des Bermeneinflusses immer mit den Beiwerten nach DIN 4085(neu). Das führte zu nicht immer sinnvollen Ergebnissen.Ab jetzt wird der Bermeneinfluss mit den aktuell angewählten Beiwerten berechnet.

• Now possible to export area loads from horizontal loading to GGU-STABILITY (V 9.31) as horizontal line load.

• Bugfix: Bearing capacity analysis to new standard and large active earth pressures in the wall base region (reduction of H,k to DIN 1054-2005 7.4.2)

• Bugfix: Bearing capacity analysis to new standard and large active earth pressures in the wall base region (reduction of H,k to DIN 1054-2005 7.4.2)

• Bugfix: Bearing capacity analysis to new standard and large active earth pressures in the wall base region (reduction of H,k to DIN 1054-2005 7.4.2)

• Bugfix: Open/Save dialog box in Vista and Windows 7.

• Groundwater level can now also be at the top of the wall.
• Explanation of analysis of passive and active berms in output table.

• Sliding safety and base inclination: weights in the base inclination zone are taken into consideration.

• Bugfix: Slip surface generation with deactivated check box "From lowest geogrid only"

• Bugfix: Slip surface generation with deactivated check box "From lowest geogrid only"

• Possible crash when using output table for unreinforced concrete is now prevented.

• Soil designations can be displayed in the main graphics

• New Features

• Horizontal area loads now also with at-rest earth pressure and increased active earth pressure

• BugfixAnalysis of earth pressure for passive and active berms with highly variable unit weights in the berm region.

• Bugfix: Analysis of earth pressure for passive and active berms with highly variable unit weights in the berm region.

• New Features

• Load case 3 without overturning analysis implemented.

• New Features

• Loads on passive berms

• Loads on passive berms

• Sliding safety bugfix (new standard)

• Calculation of kpch to DIN 4085(new)

• Calculation of kpch to DIN 4085(new)

• Surcharge earth pressures can be defined as wind loads

• Surcharge loads on an overhang on the active side and the passive side

• New standard

• New Features

• Live loads

• New Features

• Material verification when using new standard

• Material verification when using new standard

• New partial factor to DIN 1054 Corrigendum 4 (Oct 2008)

• New Features

• Output table printout for sliding safety of outer skin.

• If a record was analysed using the old standard and the 'Pass. earth pressure in front' check box was deactivated and the new standard is then activated, computations now automatically use earth pressure in front.

• Explanations of earthquakes and load cases included

• Area load and bounded surcharge propagation angle for several layers with differing friction angles.

• Calculation of moment from earth surcharge load for more than one spur now correct.

• New standard: Concrete verification overhauled.

• Export to GGU-STABILITY Version 8.06

• Export to GGU-STABILITY Version 8.06 and higher implemented

• Check box 'Active earth pressure taking wall inclination into consideration': now also considered for negative wall inclination

• Check box: ['buoyant gamma', if GW present in wall] activated: Water pressure on projecting spur is no longer adopted.

• Calculation of earth surcharge load for more than one spur now correct.

• New standard: Action BCs

• Bugfix

• Bugfix

• Bugfix: "Differentiate active + passive soil properties" activated and active berms defined: Analysis now with friction angle on the active side.

• New standard: Bugfix: Adoption of horiz. stress for bearing cap. verification.

• New standard: Printing of state variables optimised.

• New standard: Bugfix: Sliding safety now correct.

• New standard: Bugfix: Water pressure on base plane now correct.

• New standard: Bugfix: Output in distributed loads output table now correct.

• Old standard: Slip safety to DIN 1054 included.

• New standards implemented.

• Active berms: Surcharges may be calculated via bounded surcharges. (global safety factors only, always active for partial safety factors.)

• Passive earth pressure to DIN 4085 (phi <= 35°) otherwise Caquot/Kerisel may be selected.

• "Editor 1 / Project identification" instead of "Dataset designation".

• gamma(wall) can be made buoyant.

• "Passive earth pressure <= FACTOR * active earth pressure" implemented.

• Equivalent earth pressure coefficent is shown in legend and output table.

• Printed output table improved.

• Printing output table as graphics implemented.

• Buckling length calculation only with displacement to the air side.

• If the resultant leaves the 1st core dimension to the air side alive loads are present, no "red" entry will be made in the design legend.

• Dispensing with buckling verification for eccentricity and displacement to the soil side can be specified.

• Active earth pressure takes wall inclination into consideration.

• Error report implemented.

• "2.gamma" implemented from a given depth.

• Slip safety for Base gradient modified.

• Bugfix: Cohesion passiv
• and active side.

• Bugfix "recalculate coordinates" with Mini-CAD and absolute heights.

• For bench modelling with user-defined earth pressure coefficients and active benches, the program automatically switches to earth pressure coefficients in accordance with DIN 4085.

• Batch print implemented.

• Comparison of support force and maximum pull-out force for geogrids implemented.

• "Geogrid" legend extended.

• Foundation failure presentable in legend, with all coefficients.

• Changes from sitting of Working Group 5.9.3 of 06/07.04.00 in Braunschweig implemented:* Rectangular redistribution for systems with geogrid only in exceptional cases.* Earth pressure reduction now 0.8 for B/H >= 0.7* Earth pressure reduction now 1.0 for B/H <= 0.5* Linear interpolation possible between the two

• Groundwater labelling positionable (menu item "System/Labelling").

• Font size preferences extended (menu item "Page/Font sizes").