Settings

The "Settings" frame contains basic settings for the analysis of earth pressures. The program offers pre-setting for different countries (Czech Republic, Germany, France...) and "Standard" recommended by the authors of the program for countries not included in the list. While changing settings in the combo list the values of coefficients of reduction of soil parameters in corresponding windows are changed.

An arbitrary analysis setting is available with the option "User-defined". Selecting the option "Safety factor" allows the user to specify in input field own values of the factor of safety (for slip, overturning and bearing capacity). Selecting the option "Limit states" allows for specifying individual values of the coefficients of reduction of soil parameters and coefficient of overall stability (when subjecting the wall to overall verification this coefficient is used to multiply the resisting moment M_res and the resisting shear force H_res).

The "Other" tab sheet serves to specify the type of pressure acting on a wall based on the allowable wall deformation. Providing the wall is free to move an active pressure is assumed, otherwise, a pressure at rest is used.

For wall with footing jump it is possible to choose in the tab sheet "Other" the way of accounting for the wall footing jump.

The tab sheet further requires specifying whether the analysis will calculate a skew earth wedge or whether the earth-pressure wedge will always be considered as vertical.

Frame "Settings" - tab sheet "Wall check"

Frame "Settings" - tab sheet "Other"