1 GEOTEC Office 11 Enhancements
1) In project list, user can search for projects listed in subfolders.
2) Boring list has been changed to allow for easy listing.
2 ELPLA 11 Enhancements
1) Two new methods for analyzing pile group and piled raft are considered:
a) Nonlinear analysis using German recommendation EA-Piles for lower and upper table values.
b) Nonlinear analysis using a given load-settlement curve.
The last one enables the user to use a relation between load and settlement of the pile from field test data or a relation available from his local code.
2) Load-settlement curve for pile group and piled raft, can be obtained from two resistance-settlement relations as follows:
a) Skin resistance with tip resistance-settlement
b) Pile resistance -settlement.
3) " Default parameters" command allows user to reset values for the graphic settings of Plot parameters, Legend, Fill color, Font, Max. Ordinate and Line Formats.
4) Coloring, if desired, distributed loads based on load range to get better representation of load intensity.
5) Locations of Piles, supports, springs, additional and settlements can be defined by either coordinates or nodes instead of by nodes only in the previous version.
6) Locations of loads on walls can be defined by either coordinates or nodes instead of by nodes only in the previous version.
7) Piles, supports, springs and additional settlements can be edited graphically by double click on the specified item.
8) Loads of plan frames, beams, trusses and walls can be edited graphically by double click on the specified item.
9) Listing Piles, supports, springs and additional settlements with coordinates instead of with nodes only in the previous version.
10) Load settlement curve for nonlinear analysis using DIN 4014 can be listed for each pile group.
11) Displaying text of girder groups, pile groups, slab thickness groups and element groups in the legend of the drawing.
12) Display Multiple Projects Together in a Single View.
A new feature in ELPLA 11 allows the user to display data or results of multiple projects together in a single view. For example, the following figure presents four different project solved by different methods in the same view.
13) Combination of Results of Many Projects in Diagrams.
The option combination from many projects allows the user to display diagrams from different loading cases, soil models, calculation methods, slab properties, boundary conditions and special cases at a specified section or area in one chart.
14) Load settlement curve of the pile for nonlinear analysis using DIN 4014 or EA-Piles can be displayed for each pile group.
15) Load settlement curve of the pile for nonlinear analysis using a hyperbolic function can be displayed for each pile group.
16) Forces in pile shaft and base or nonlinear analysis can be displayed for each pile.
17) Labels for piles and columns can be defined and displayed graphically or listed in spreadsheets, to enable the user to control and sort results.
18) Element size of piles can be defined and saved for each project.
19) Circular diagrams of self-settlement, interaction settlement, total settlement and stiffness of piles can be displayed separately.
20) Tabulation of results in plan for self-settlement, interaction settlement, total settlement and stiffness of piles can be displayed separately.
21) Slab corners can be defined in table. This enables the users to export and import data to EXCEL.
22) Openings can be defined in table allowing the user to export and import data to EXCEL.
23) Polygon loads can be defined in table allowing the user to export and import data to EXCEL.
24) Significant performance improvements in handling data files, some of them
25) Settings for "Fill color" and “Display values" can be modified separately for ELPLA and Quick ELPLA.
1) Bearing capacity of pile and pile wall can be also determined according to German recommendation EA-Piles for lower and upper table values.
2) Pile settlements for tip resistances can be defined by the user for bearing capacity of pile and pile wall.
3) Pile settlement for skin friction resistance can be defined by the user for bearing capacity of pile and pile wall.
4) Pile group and piled raft can be also analyzed for nonlinear analysis using German recommendation EA-Piles for lower and upper table values.
5) The following eight books have been added to Quick ELPLA:
· Bearing Capacity of Single Pile and Pile Wall by the Program Quick ELPLA
· (In GERMAN) Tragfähigkeit und Setzungen von Einzelpfählen und Pfahlwänden mit dem Programm Quick ELPLA
· (In ARABIC) قدرة تحمل وهبوط الخوازيق المفردة والحوائط الخازوقية باستخدام برنامج إلبلا- السريع
· Degree of Consolidation (Constant, Variable, and Cyclic Loadings) by the Program Quick ELPLA.
· Consolidation of Rigid Raft by the Program Quick ELPLA.
· Stresses in Soil by the Program Quick ELPLA.
· Consolidation settlement by the program Quick ELPLA.
· Stress Coefficients According to GEDDES by the Program Quick ELPLA.
All books include many illustrated examples with data files.
4 BOHR 11 Enhancements:
1) Drawing soil layers according to ASTM D2487 Standard.
2) Input and Result Tabs have been combined in one tab allowing the user to edit and print output from the same view.
3) Boring logs are listed in the project tab allowing a quick access to single boring log view.
5 ELPLA 10.1 Enhancements:
1) Weight function for distributing partial loads on the FE-Net is replaced by another accurate one. The last one gives in some cases false load distribution.
2) Full Arabic interfaces.
3) Method 4 for piled raft by DIN 4014 is modified to be more convergence in the solution.
4) Method 7 for piled raft by DIN 4014 is considered.
5) Method 7 for piled raft by hyperbolic function is considered.
6) Data files for piles by all methods can be saved and loaded any time. In the last version switching from a method to another causes loss of data.
7) Errors in the estimation of piled raft ratio, pile forces and pile settlement for piled raft are fixed.
8) Quick-Graphic and Quick-Diagrams of Quick-ELPLA are enhanced for displaying, printing and sending the graphic. It can be also use Mouse events to display values, legends, or titles by clicking on the screen.
