Dedicated features for geotechnical analysis

  • In-situ Stress ( Ko procedure/gravity loading/pre-stress) and Pore-pressure Initialisation
  • Construction staged analysis
  • Drained /undrained analysis
  • Seepage analysis (steady state / transient)
  • Saturated or partially saturated flow
  • Consolidation analysis (full coupled stress-flow analysis)
  • Pressure dependent degree of saturation
  • Freely moving phreatic surfaces
  • Porosity or saturation dependent permeability
  • Deformation dependent density and porosity
  • Dynamic (linear and nonlinear) and liquefaction analysis
  • Special (embedded) pile elements with nonlinear pile shaft and toe interfaces
  • Anchors, nails, and rock bolt modelling
  • Geotextiles
  • Strength reduction analysis (phi-c)

Material models suitable for soil & rock 

  • Mohr-Coulomb, Tresca
  • Drucker-Prager, Von Mises
  • Transversely Isotropic
  • Duncan-Chang
  • Hoek-Brown
  • Jointed Rock
  • Modified Cam-Clay Jardine (London clay)
  • Modified Mohr-Coulomb (Cap model)
  • Classic Brick 
  • Special Interface Models
  • User supplied subroutine

Dynamic analysis and liquefaction

  • Eigenvalue analysis (eigenfrequencies, eigenmodes, participation factors, effective masses)
  • Direct frequency response analysis
  • Modal frequency response analysis
  • Spectral response analysis (ABS, SRSS, and CQC modal combinations)
  • Linear and nonlinear time domain analysis (total, transient and steady state, solution)
  • Various time integration methods, e.g. Newmark, Wilson-theta, Runge-Kutta
  • Hybrid Frequency-time domain analysis (steady state solution)
  • Fluid-structure interaction
  • Multi-directional base acceleration loads
  • Prescribed nodal acceleration loads 
  • Distributed mass elements (2D line elements + 3D surface elements)
  • Bounding/boundary elements for far field behavior (2D line elements + 3D surface elements)
  • Viscous, structural, and continuous damping
  • Specified or calculated initial conditions
  • Consistent or lumped mass and/or damping matrices
  • Towhata-Iai liquefaction model (2D models and largely un-drained conditions)
  • Nishi liquefaction model (for 2D/3D, partially drained conditions, arbitrary shearing direction)
  • Bowl liquefaction model (for 2D/3D, partially drained conditions, horizontal shearing)
  • User-supplied liquefaction models (USRLIQ subroutine)