Updates & Changes

• Capillary cohesion can be defined.
• Product maintenance

• Product management

• Automatic calculation of T0 for design of wire mesh slopes removed

• Bugfix Conflict TO force for passive anchors and design of wire mesh slopes
• Bugfix: wire mesh slope: verification of the grouting length and design value of the soil nails

• Bugfix wire mesh slope: Verification of the grouting length

• Generate slip surfaces' optimised.
• Wire mesh slope without cohesion.

• Programme maintenance with regard to Wire mesh slope

• Product management

• Bugfix wire mesh slope: Verification mesh against shearing without cohesion works again.

• Wire mesh slope revised:
  Prestressing force is the same for all anchor steels
  Additional definition of the load-bearing resistance of the head plate T0
  The value T0 can be greater than the prestressing force.

• Bugfix wire mesh slope: No more negative shear force from high cohesion.

• Bugfix wire mesh slope: Warning 15° deviation.
• Logarithmic spiral can be displayed.

• Contours with colour bar can now be labelled.

• Wall analysis: Tension members may intersect.

• Bugfix: Wire mesh slope: Calculation of nail spacing in the fall line
• Program maintenance

• Bugfix: Loading of soil nails

• Design situation 'DS-E' according to current standard now 'DS-A/DS-E'
• Design situation 'DS-E(old)' added.
• Check box 'With the moment from water pressure on the passive EP wedge' removed, as superfluous.

• In the case of negative normal stress at slice toe, e.g. due to Arteser, negative and thus destabilising friction is no longer applied. In such cases, the buoyancy safety or the safety against hydraulic failure is not met. A separate analysis, e.g. using the GGU-UPLIFT program, is required. Previous calculations are on the safe side.

• Wire mesh design to Krist, Raithel and Weingart implemented.

• Steel strips implemented.
• Tension members with force T0 at the head implemented.

• Mouse wheel operation now according to Windows conventions

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

• Bugfix: Saving results for systems with tension mem

• Product management: Saving with calculation results

•  Bugfix: Illustration of fissure joints on the sliding body.

• Bugfix: Possible error in print output removed.

• Explanation on partial safety of grouted tension pile systems (DIN 14199 or DIN 12699) added.

• Mini-CAD: Selection layer definition improved.
• Print output: 'Print page 1 only' check box added.

• Close-meshed generation of slip surfaces optimised.

• Product management

• Bugfix: Slip surfaces generation.

• Bugfix for generating more slip surfaces.

• Nail wall with more than one nailing face: More slip surfaces are now generated.

• Bugfix: Bishop method without passive earth pressure wedge if a geosynthetic intersects the toe of the first slice.

• Adaptation to the new DIN 4084-2021

• Product management

• Product management

• Load case situation (EC 7) can be displayed.

• Bugfix: Switching from Priebe values to normal values

• Saving and loading of soil properties implemented.
• "No friction at slice toe for pressure load" check box for tension members implemented.

• Productmanagement

• Bugfix: Joint

• 2nd joint can be defined for each soil.

• Bugfix: Polygon slip surfaces and tension member: Wall base is immovable and the tension member acts against the slip direction of the polygon slip surface.

• Graphic output table: saving and loading of all settings.

• 'Coloured contours': Colour bar font size can be defined.

• Bugfix: Wall analysis with cohesion and equivalent earth pressure.

• Bugfix: Wall analysis with water level in front of wall.

• Wall analysis: Water level in front of wall now possible.

• Bugfix: Horizontal distributed loads

• Bugfix: Header CAD, if all visualisation levels should not be displayed in front of the main graphics.

• Bugfix: Tension members in graphical output table printing

• Product management

• Product management

• Nail wall and earth pressure: 0.85 reduction factor can now also be applied to permanent loads.

• Bugfix: Nail wall and earth pressure and point loads.

• Nail wall: Seismic forces are considered in earth pressure analysis.
• Mini-CAD: Layer designations can be defined.
• Expandable database with soil properties for common soils.
• Screen visualisation accelerated.
• Nail wall and Bishop: Intersection with nail wall can be prevented.

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

• Bugfix: Nail wall and earth pressure on rear face of wall at low inclination.

• Nail wall: Earth pressure on outer skin can now also be calculated using cohesion and minimum earth pressure.

• Bugfix: Width of nail wall in output table printout

• Product management

• Bugfix: Analyse intermediate slip bodies using general wedge method

• Product management

• Bugfix Artesian

• Background colour for legends implemented

• Bugfix: Edit 'Geosynthetics table values

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

• Calculation of earth pressure on nail wall optimised.

• Bugfix: Wall analysis and Earth pressure

• Wall analysis: Earth pressure E,Ed < pull-out resistance RAi,d can be examined.

• product management

• products MACCAFERRI included

• Neidhart/Gömmel stabilisation columns

• Bugfix: Sign for moment from point loads

• Product management

• Bugfix: earth pressure at front with geosynthetics

• Non-existent soils can be removed from the soil list.

• Bugfix: Geosynthetics calibration factor, if no company products are chosen.

• Several geoproduct companies
• Geosynthetics: Analysis compliant with current EBGEO.
• Geosynthetics: R02 = force at end of geosynthetics implemented.

• Bugfix: Soil dowels after Bishop no longer with negative moments.

• Bugfix: Determination of friction angle after Priebe

• Bugfix: Passive earth pressure and passive berms (only version 2.36 and higher)

• Product management

• Bugfix: Generate slip surfaces

• Consideration of joint surfaces

• Bugfix: Reanalysis of design strength of geosynthetics after modifying gamma(B).
• Bugfix: Passive anchors

• Bugfix: Reanalysis of design strength of geosynthetics after modifying gamma(B).

• Bugfix: Output overturning safety for e,g+q > b/6.

• Product Management

• Bugfix: Pore water pressure from artesian

• Also use user-defined earth pressure coefficients for at-rest earth pressure.

• The force imposed by the tension member generates a favorably acting friction force in the slice toe, which can now be adopted in the general wedge and vertical slice methods.

• Vibrodisplacement compaction after Priebe implemented.
• Passive earth pressure after Culmann

• Bugfix: Automatic testing of vertical seismic acceleration sign only possible using new standard.

• Bugfix: Possible program crash when computing bonding stress of tension members rectified.
• Info on R,d

• Bearing capacity analysis: slope angle can be defined 'manually'.
• Wall analysis: minimum earth pressure implemented.

• Graphical input of layers, etc., simplified.

• product management

• 'Injection pile' designation changed to 'Tension member' to emphasise the universal usefulness of this structural element.
• 'Tension member' designation can be modified at will.

• Calculation of earth pressure on nail wall optimised.

• Product management

• Description of 'nst' in General legend

• Bugfix: Anchors, soil nails, geosynthetics and injection piles: General wedge method + Vertical slice method and "Wall toe is immoveable"

• Program maintenance

• Possible error when opening and saving non-analysed slip circles rectified.

• Bugfix: Punching verification to EC 2

• Optimise geosynthetics
• Geosynthetics and injection pile legends now also available with circular slip surfaces

• Bugfix: Standard partial safety factor values (nail wall)

• Product management

• Automatic testing of sign for vertical seismic acceleration
• Graphical visualisation of investigated slip body during analysis of polygon slip bodies can be deactivated.

• Some notation adapted to EC 7.

• DIN 4084:2009 Para. 7.2.3.3 for injection piles implemented

• Geosynthetics: Company products can be stored in the record.

• Soil number included in log output table.

• Partial safety factors according to Austrian Standard ÖNORM EN 1997-1 implemented.

• Bugfix DIN 4084:2009/EC 7: Systems with anchors, soil nails, geosynthetics or injection piles for slopes failing to the right.

• Bugfix for nail wall analysis: Generating intersection of nail and wall.

• Bugfix for nail wall analysis: Generating intersection of nail and wall.

• Bugfix for nail wall analysis: Generating intersection of nail and wall.

• Bugfix: DIN 4084:2009: Tension members with angles between slip surface and tension member > 90°

• Bugfix: DIN 4084:2009: Tension members with angles between slip surface and tension member > 90°

• Partial safety factors to Eurocode 7
• Standard designations changed: DIN 4084(new) is now DIN 4084:1996 DIN 4084(old) is now DIN 4084:1981
• Geosynthetics can be defined using company products.

• Moment input for circular slip surfaces implemented.

• Bugfix: Consideration of point loads in Version 9.32

• Angle psi(A) for passive anchors to DIN 4084-2009 can now be entered for every soil.

• Encased columns can be generated.

• Bugfix in pore water pressure on intermediate slip surfaces using general wedge method.

• Bugfix in pore water pressure on intermediate slip surfaces using general wedge method.

• Bugfix in pore water pressure on intermediate slip surfaces using general wedge method.

• Vertical seismic loads now also included for general wedge method and vertical slice method.

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

• Bugfix in wall analysis: Slip body generation.

• Bugfix in wall analysis: Slip body generation.

• Bugfix in wall analysis: Slip body generation.

• Loads dialogue box bugfix: If the data is altered the slope is now redefined as 'not analysed'.

• Undo function improved.

• Secondary settlement implemented.

• Program name and version can be displayed in the General legend.

• Sliding stability wall: Cohesion component can be taken into consideration.

• 'Seismic' impact dialogue box improved.
• Extensive note added in bearing capacity analysis.

• Message box added if Krey's method is selected.

• 'Seismic' impact dialogue box improved.
• Extensive note added in bearing capacity analysis.

• Message box added if Krey's method is selected.

• 'Seismic' impact dialogue box improved.
• Extensive note added in bearing capacity analysis.

• Message box added if Krey's method is selected.

• Surface data points, porewater pressure points and strata can be imported via the Windows clipboard (including from Excel).

• New Features

• Warning added for vertical seismic loads.

• Warning added for vertical seismic loads.

• Warning added for vertical seismic loads.

• Warning included for semi-automatic definition of slip circles.

• Bugfix in analysis of general wedge method and intermediate slip surfaces

• Bugfix in analysis of general wedge method and intermediate slip surfaces

• Wall analysis

• New Features

• New Feature and Bugfix

• New features for DIN 4084-2009

• New Features

• Soil dowels

• New Features

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

• Printing intermediate sliding bodies for general wedge method

• Printing intermediate sliding bodies for general wedge method

• Printing intermediate sliding bodies for general wedge method

• Partial factor of horizontal point load is now dealt with correctly.

• Partial factor of horizontal point load is now dealt with correctly.

• Partial factor of horizontal point load is now dealt with correctly.

• Bugfix: Soil dowels "Query E(top) < E(bottom)" for slopes failing to the right.

• Bugfix: Soil dowels "Query E(top) < E(bottom)" for e1 <> e2 now correct.

• Graphical output table printing: input data are now stored in record.

• Unit weight partial safety factor is now dealt with correctly. No effect, because in all standards with the exception of the British BS 8006 the partial safety factor is "1.0".

• Reduction of shear strength in slip planes due to geosynthetics implemented. (including for sliding stability of nail walls)

• Output table printout as graphics improved.

• Pull-out resistance partial factor default value (LC 2) corrected.

• New standard: Input of skin friction for injection piles now characteristic. Reduction via pull-out resistance partial factor.

• Injection piles: Now also for general wedge method + vertical slice method

• Output table as graphics.

• Grouted piles now also after Janbu.

• More stable iteration method implemented for Bishop.

• Verification of pull-out resistance now also for STR limit state

• Injection piles implemented

• Moment from water pressure on the passive EP wedge can be suppressed

• Geosynthetics: location of the fild-back on the upper geosynthetic layer can now also be below the top of the wall.

• Geosynthetics (new standard) bonding stresses are now calculated characteristically.

• Bugfix: Horizontal water pressure (upstream) sign error corrected for: Janbu (new standard only), general wedge method + vertical slice method.

• Bugfix: Horizontal water pressure (downstream) sign error corrected for Bishop.

• Bugfix: Loading problem (geosynthetics with fold-over) fixed.

• Bugfix: Calculation of maximum nail forces in system with sevreal nailing faces.

• Multiple nail faces implemented
• "Autoslope" function replaced by "Common systems" and substantially improved.
• Undo function substantially improved.see menu item "Editor 2 / Undo / Restore / Preferences"
• eta (pull out) for DIN 4084(old) implemented for geosynthetics.
• Swapping soils implemented.
• Soil dowels: "Apply query E(top) < E(bottom)" implemented.

• -Bugfix: New standard: When changing from new standard to old standard: Bearing capacity and sliding safety verification without partial factors.-Bugfix: New standard: punching verification now correct.

• Bugfix: Values for the labelling of slices including shear and normal stresses are now multiplied by the factor cos(slice inclination).

• Bugfix: Values for the labelling of slices including shear and normal stresses are now multiplied by the factor cos(slice inclination).

• Bugfix: Values for the labellingof slices including shear and normal stresses are now multiplied by the factor cos(slice inclination).

• Bugfix for Versions 7.11 and 7.10

• Permanent + live loads now in one dialogue box.

• Earthquake: Formula from Kuntsche implemented

• Bugfix: Foundation: New standards + visualisation of H force + log. spiral.

• Foundation: Iteration precision improved.

• Designation of utilisation factor "1/f" replaced by "mue".

• Bugfix: Anchors and new standards.

• Bugfix: Vertical slice method with seismic acceleration.

• Bugfix: Corrected sign error for soil dowels and slopes failing to the right.

• Bearing capacity, sliding, overturning and punching to DIN 1054(1003) implemented.

• Bugfix: for earthquake and slopes failing to the right and vertical slice or general wedge method.

• Bugfix for earthquake and slopes failing to the right and vertical slice or general wedge method.

• Slip circles or slip bodies can be coloured as a function of safety.(Menu item: "Safety factors or Utilisation factors / All")

• Calculation of bond length improved for geosynthetics.

• Soil properties for bearing capacity and sliding in a wall analysis are now determined 1 cm below the wall base.

• Slip circles between FOS(a) and FOS(b) can be represented.

• Output of all slip bodies can be switched off.

• Search grid function for slip circles extended.

• Definition of polygon slip bodies via lines, rectangles and quadrilaterals implemented.

• If checking of the passive earth pressure wedge (vertical slices) is activated the corresponding slip body is no longer investigated, if part of the slip surface is too steep.

• Calculation of bond length improved for geosynthetics.

• Soil properties for bearing capacity and sliding in a wall analysis are now determined 1 cm below the wall base.

• Slip circles between FOS(a) and FOS(b) can be represented.

• For geosynthetics and automatic calculation of bondingstress the friction values are determined 1 cm above andbelow the geosynthetics.

• Extended circles implemented for slip circle calculations.

• Wall calculations now also for slip circles.

• All intersections with a slip circle centre-point cannow be investigated.

• Output table implemented as graphics.

• Legend representation for punching verification from ep only adjusted.

• No. of elements and nodes in porewater pressure mesh increased.

• Soil types legend: [kN/m³] corrected.

• Previously, for vertical inter-slice slip surfaces, the general wedge methode did not consider friction forces in the inter-slice slip surfaces. This leads to conservative results. This can now be subdued using the new "Correct vertical inter-slice slip surfaces" switch, in the general wedge method analysis start box.

• For soil-nail walls made from geosynthetics and anchors, the forces from the exterior skin are now modelled with half the distance to the "nails" lying directly above and below. Also, where the soil-nail wall and the soil-nail are not normal to each other, division by the cosine of the deviation angle is carried out.

• Batch print implemented.

• At horizontal earthquake no more water load at the slice.

• The displayed slip circles can be limited to a certain safety factor [< FOS (limit)] (see menu item "Safety factors / All").

• Maximum slice number increased from 500 to 1000.

• GGU-MiniCAD elements can now be drawn first (see menu item "Editor 1 / Presentation form").

• Maximum soil-nailing forces legend implemented.

• For every soil-nail the number and safety of the sliding body which gives the largest soil-nailing force in the failure mechanism is protocolled and displayed.

• Punching verification with maximum due to failure mechanism and earth pressure or with maximum due to failure mechanism OR earth pressure.

• No more punching verification for geosynthetics.

• Earthquake acceleration now allowed as negative values.

• New GGU-Mini-CAD implemented.

• "Copy area" symbol for export of graphic elements to, e.g., "Word" implemented.

• product management