Updates & Changes

• Bugfix: Consolidation with both types. No longer degrees of consolidation > 100.0 %.

• Number of times increased to 2000.

• Product management

• Import load increase and settlement measured values via Windows clipboard.

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

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

• Log with PW at a given depth

• product management

• Bugfix: Secondary settlement

• Bugfix: Secondary settlement calculation for systems without compression index

• Bugfix: Numerical overflow for vertical drains

• Product management

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

• Secondary settlement implemented.

• Mini-CAD Version 7.10: Layers can be hidden and unhidden

• No. of times increased from 40 to 200

• Load increase with values up to 500% possible!

• Settlement can be displayed again graphically.

• Measured values in time-settlement diagram.

• Load/Save soil properties implemented.

• Existing load curve can be repeatly copied.

• Settlement at given depth including for systems without compression index.

• Calculation possible with subsequent installation of vertical drains.

• Porewater pressure / consolidation ratio axes can be defined.

• Degree of consolidation Upw is computed separately.

• Handling of own dialogue boxes improved.

• "Porewater pressure u(t=0)" rename into "Porewater pressure u(max)"

• Number of times increased from 40 to 200.

• Number of points for load increase increased to 200.

• Calculation of consolidation degree by means of integration of porewater pressure for non-monotone load increase no longer permissible.

• Settlement at given depth now also saved with data set.

• Settlement at given depth (computed with compression index) implemented.

• Numerical precision improved, if boundary conditions are defined.

• Vertical drainage can be calculated with compression index.

• Consolidation degree can be calculated by integration of settlements.

• If load decreases the relation between reloading / initial loading = Es(w)/Es (Cc/Cs) can be considered.

• Time-settlement curve can be displayed with markers.

• Load increase no longer monotonous increase only.

• Check for negative pore ratio when using compression index.

• Pore ratio diagram implemented.

• Vertical axis of time-settlement diagram now also from top to bottom.

• Compression index can now also be determined with logarithm to base 10.

• Initial pore ratio can now be constant over the entire layer.

• Constrained modulus Es can now also be given in MN/m².

• Batch print implemented.

• Output of consolidation degree available in percent.

• Data for creation of times for consolidation modelling will be saved in data set.

• Foundation data for the creation of porewater pressure will.

• When modelling with compression and consolidation coefficients, the program will determine the permeability automatically from the input data.

• Porewater pressure course at given depth can now be displayed in time-settlement diagram (see menu item "Form/Time-settlement").

• Output of protocol ASCII data (menu item "Form/Protocol") and porewater pressure course of "time-settlement curve" (menu item "Form/Time-settlement").

• Linear course for sigma(0) for modelling with compression index implemented.