Updates & Changes

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

• Product management

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

• Bugfix: Groundwater with flow conduits for highly inclined walls
• Bugfix: Sliding safety without passive earth pressure

• Bugfix: Groundwater with flow conduits for highly inclined walls

• 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.

• Bugfix: Sliding safety without passive earth pressure

• Mouse wheel operation now according to Windows conventions.

• With more than 1 anchor, the wall toe can be moved horizontally.

• Seismic effects completely revised.

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

• Bugfix: Earth pressure calculation for seismic activity

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

• Bugfix: Analysis to DIN 4093
• Unreinforced concrete is overloaded (e > b/3)

• Product management

• Bugfix: Equivalent wall compliant with EAB 6th Edition and area loads

• Minimum earth pressure and distributed load implemented compliant with EAB 2021 EB 6.

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

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

• Productmanagement

• Product management

• Product management

• Export to GGU-STABILITY improved.

• Bugfix: English translation

• Bugfix: Earth pressure after Culmann and berms.

• Product management

•  Equivalent wall compliant with EAB 6th Edition implemented.
• Deviating wall friction angle for bounded surcharges.
• Earth pressure calculation after Culmann implemented.

• Bugfix: Vertical earth pressure as a result of area surcharges

• Bugfix: Vertical earth pressure as a result of area surcharges
• Graphical representation of action boundary conditions improved.
• Graphic output table: saving and loading of all settings.

• Bugfix: Examination of no. of area loads.
• Loads with limited plan dimensions expanded by the average from the sheet pile wall manual 1977 and DIN 4085.

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

• The designation for absolute heights can be freely defined.

• 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"
• Sliding safety without Ep and with base inclination revised.

• Bugfix: Passive earth pressure visualisation, if cohesion > 0 and earth pressure hatching with fixed spacing.

• Sliding safety without Ep and with base inclination revised.

• 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.
• Screen visualisation accelerated.

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

• Bugfix: Depth factor for bearing capacity analysis

• Load case situation can be shown. ÖNORM adaptation

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

• Background colour for legends implemented

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

• product management

• Control parameter introduced for double-bounded surcharges.
• At-rest pressure and increased earth pressure and berms too steep.

• '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°

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

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

• Bugfix: Output inner stability to EC 2

• Radio button: Settlements as a result of permanent loads or total loads

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

Bugfix: Passive earth pressure as a result of seismic activity with delta = 0.0

• Bugfix: Area loads with increased active earth pressure and active earth pressure for area loads and increased earth pressure or at-rest earth pressure for the remainder.
• Bugfix: Bounded and double-bounded passive loads may not be located near the wall.

• EQU analysis can be switched off.
• Bugfix: EQU partial safety factors are now saved.

• 3 additional redistribution figures for area loads

• 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: Analysis of deep-seated stability and active berms

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

• Product Management

• Bugfix: Analysis of deep-seated stability: All data are now saved in the dataset.
• Deep-seated stability analysis now also with increased earth pressure/at-rest pressure

• Bugfix: Settlement modelling with full toe fixity

• Product management

• 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

• Deflection curve can be visualised with footing rotation.

• product management

• Product management

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

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

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

• Seismic effects implemented to EC 8.

• 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.

• 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).

• Bugfix: Designations 'Deep-seated stability'

• Bugfix: Analysis of design values for anchors and struts.

• Passive berms are analysed using the algorithm published in the 1977 Piling Handbook. If passive earth pressure coefficients were not selected to DIN 4085(new),analysis of the berm influence previously always adopted the coefficients from DIN 4085(new). This did not always lead to sensible results. The berm influence is now always analysed using the currently selected coefficients.

• 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 pressuresin 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 pressuresin 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 pressuresin the wall base region (reduction of H,k to DIN 1054-2005 7.4.2)

• Bugfix: Graphic output for hydraulic heave safety and buoyancy safety.

• Bugfix: Graphic output for hydraulic heave safety and buoyancy safety.

• 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.

• Concrete analysis: Under permanent loads, pressure line may now lie outside of the 1st core line (see Editor 1/Concrete).

• Output table bugfix: Output of V,d and V,g+k in the final output line in the table.

• Output table bugfix: Output of V,d and V,g+k in the final output line in the table.

• Bugfix: Loading the changeable horizontal load on the underpinning body

• Bugfix: Loading the changeable horizontal load on the underpinning body

• Bugfix: Loading the changeable horizontal load on the underpinning body

• Bugfix for active and passive berms: numerical problems for differences in x values < 0.003 m rectified.

• Bugfix for active and passive berms: numerical problems for differences in x values < 0.003 m rectified.

• 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

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

• 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

• Calculation of kpch to DIN 4085(new)

• Calculation of kpch to DIN 4085(new)

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

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

• New standard: Live loads

• New Features

• New standard: 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

• New standard: fc,d(concrete) is now saved in record.

• "Deep-seated stability" if active berm present.

• Pressure diagrams to EAB 2006 implemented.

• New standard: partial safety factors EQU: Corrigenda to DIN 1054:2005-01 implemented.

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

• Calculation of state variables from surcharges

• 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

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

• Export to GGU-STABILITY Version 8.06 or higher implemented

• Checkbox 'Active earth pressure taking wall inclination int consideration': now also considered for negative wall inclination

• Seismic impact implemented.

• Bugfix: Buoyancy safety utilisation factor + hydraulic failure are now output correctly to output table.

• Bugfix: The equivalent ep coefficient was previously only checked at layer boundaries. This can now be specified for intervals of 0.5 m ("Editor 1" /"Active earth pressure").

• Bugfix: Deep-seated stability for several anchors and phi = 0.0 in toe area.

• 3 bugfixes

• 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.

• Pressure line (D) can be shown.

• For extremely active "berm constructions" with negative "delta.h", negative active earth pressure may ensue under certain conditions. This can now be suppressed using a check box ("Editor 1 / Active earth pressure").

• If berms intersect groundwater automatic adaptation can be carried out.

• Bugfix: Deap-seated stability: Under certain geometric conditions the shear strength was not correctly determined in all joints.

• Bugfix: Deap-seated stability: Under certain geometric conditions the shear strength was not correctly determined in all joints.

• Number of fields increased from 2000 to 4000.

• New standards implemented.

• Passive ep to DIN 4085 (phi <= 35°) otherwise Caquot/Kerisel can be selected.

• "Editor 1 / Analysis options" instead of "Dataset designation".

• Passive earth pressure to DIN 4085 (new).

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

• Bugfix: Export to GGU-STABILITY.

• Bugfix: Verification of "deep-seated stability" for berms.

• Bugfix: Prestressing force for prestressed struts.

• Bugfix: Prestressing force for prestressed struts.

• Bugfix: Verification of "deep-seated stability" for berms.

• Active earth pressure, considering wall inclination.

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

• Equivalent ep coefficients is printed in legend and output table.

• Output table printout improved.

• Printing output table as graphics implemented.

• Base can be bedded for anchoring.

• Sliding safety factor modified for base inclination.

• Bug in "Recalculate image coordinates" with Mini-CAD and absolute heights corrected.

• 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.

• "Lever arm .." in menu item "Editor 1 / Passive earth pressure" removed because it has does not influence anaylsis.

• Foundation failure presentable in legend, with all coefficients.

• With activated "Use absolute heights" switch the heights of the soil layers, etc. can now be adjusted to a new height of the wall crown.

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

• Switch for "Top of failure body parallel to slope" (menu item "Editor 1/Safety factors").

• State veriable presentation for loaded stays selectable.

• General cosmetic improvements.

• Foundation failure with hydraulic gradient implemented.

• gamma(f) and (gamma(r) < 10.0 now permitted.

• 5° condition for foundation failure implemented.

• New Mini-Cad implemented.

• "Copy area" icon for export of graphic areas to e.g. "Word" implemented.

• Slip safety after DIN 1054.