This program is used to make advanced design of embedded retaining walls using the method of elasto-plastic non-linear analysis.
It allows the user to model the real structure behavior using stages of construction, to calculate the deformation and pressures acting upon the structure, to verify the internal anchor stability or to verify cross-sections (steel, RC, timber) and the bearing capacity of the anchors.
The GEO5 Sheeting Design program can be used to make basic design of the required length of the structure in soil, to calculate the internal forces on the structure or to verify cross-sections.
Main Features
Method of elasto-plastic non-linear analysis i.e. the magnitude of pressures acting upon a structure depend on its deformation
Variety of pre-defined types of cross-section:
Pile wall (Secant pile wall, Tangent pile wall, Contiguous pile wall)
Soldier pile wall (Berliner wall) - Steel cross section (I, HEB)
Sheet pile wall
Steel cross-sections (Skyline, Arcelor Mittal, Vítkovice Steel, Agastyl, ThyssenKrupp, Gerdau, Bethlehem Steel, Mer Lion Metals)
Vinyl cross-sections (CMI, ESP Everlast Synthetic Products)
Concrete rectangular walls (Diaphragm wall, Milano walls)
Steel-concrete cross-sections
Timber pole wall
Other – possibility to input own material characteristics
Anchored, strutted and cantilevered walls supported
Generally layered soil environment
Built-in database of soil parameters
Arbitrary number of surcharges applied to structures (strip, trapezoidal, concentrated load)
Modelling of water in front of and behind structures, modelling of artesian water