Static Earth Pressure

Assign the load case name. Click

to the right to enter, additional load cases and modify or delete existing load cases.

Option

Add/Replace: To enter new or additional pressure loads or replace previously entered pressure loads

Direction

X-Y : loads in the horizontal direction of the structure (a direction parallel to the global coordinate system X-Y plane).

Angle

Static earth pressure Enter the input angle in degrees and real numbers for the X-axis of the global coordinate system.

Inner Pt.

It is activated when selecting Normal in Direction and selects the inner node of the structure.

When Inner Pt. is recognized as the interior of the structure and a load is input to the designated area, the load is applied from the exterior to the interior of the structure.

Scale Factor

Static Earth Pressure Type

Select the type of earth pressure to be applied to the static earth pressure calculation.

Earth Pressure at Rest: Static earth pressure. It is assumed that the surface of the surface is horizontal and the back of the retaining wall is vertical, ignoring the friction of the retaining wall.

ø: Internal friction angle of soil, Parameters of Soil Properties value applied.

In general, backfill is a good quality with an internal friction angle of 30 degrees or more. It is supposed to use soil, and it is desirable to use a value of 0.5 or less for K0.

Active Earth Pressure : The main earth pressure. Occurs when the retaining wall moves toward the rear due to the earth pressure when the soil is compressed and destroyed.

Static Earth Pressure Parameters

Surcharge Load: It is a kind of overhead load, live load, which is a temporary or temporary load such as equipment movement during construction, storage of materials after construction completion, and vehicle movement.

Water Level: The location of the groundwater level. The unit volume weight of groundwater is considered as 10kN/m3, and the weight of soil at the level of understanding groundwater level is applied as γ-10kN/m3.

Parameters of Soil Properties

Soil Properties list corresponding to the code entered in the ground is shown. By pressing the button, you can register ground properties and variables Parameters of Soil Properties

Selection

Select the area where Static Earth Pressure will be loaded. The selected area is calculated and input as a concentrated load at the nodes constituting the area.

Group : Enter the load in the Area group set in Load >Loading Area Plane. (If the adjacent member selected in the Loading Area Plane exceeds the 3 degree angle, the closed area cannot be found, so work with caution.

Element : Input the load in the closed area made of the line element selected on the screen.

The selected line element must be selected as a closed area, and if there is a closed area inside, the load is input to the nodes within the area only when all the inner line elements are included.

When a load is input to a structure composed of only surface elements, such as a structure such as a silo, the load can be input to all nodes only when dummy beams are input between all nodes constituting the mesh and between nodes.

Loading Area Group Name

Element Defining Loading Area

It is activated when an element is selected in the selection of the loading area, and the line element that forms the closed area is selected (regardless of the order).

: Display Tables and Graphs in a spreadsheet form for each loading direction and component of the auto-calculated seismic load.

: Display a spreadsheet Text Output file showing the seismic load calculation process. Text Editor is automatically executed.

You can check the table and graph in the form of a spread sheet according to the application direction and components of the automatically calculated static earth pressure.