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GEOSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS MASONRY WALL

GeoStructural Analysis Masonry Wall assists in the design, analysis and evaluation of reinforced masonry retaining walls, enabling you to efficiently design your projects in accordance with standard industry codes.

 

Key Features

  • Customize geometry easily by modifying a variety of predefined masonry wall shapes
  • Specify surface terrain and subsurface stratigraphy in front of, behind, and beneath the masonry wall, including local terrain variations that influence the resistance forces acting in front of the wall
  • Define soil layers with different properties using either project-specific data or the built-in soil parameters database of common soil types (USCS, AASHTO)
  • Import soil parameters from gINT
  • Define groundwater conditions in front of and behind the masonry wall, including options to account for uplift pressure acting on the bottom of the wall, hydraulic gradients occurring due to groundwater flow beneath the wall, and the occurrence of tensile cracking occurring within the backfill
  • Apply an unlimited number of surcharge loads to masonry walls of varying configurations, including trapezoidal, strip, and concentrated load distributions
  • Apply an unlimited number of external forces to evaluate the bearing reactions on earth anchors, safety fences, etc.
  • Define base anchorage alternatives including geometry, pullout capacity, and reinforcement strength
 

Analysis and Design Capabilities

  • Analyze performance during staged construction
  • Evaluate internal stability using checks for translation, overturning, and foundation soil load-bearing capacity
  • Check masonry cross section design against a variety of industry design codes
  • Analyze for either effective or total earth pressure conditions
  • Analyze masonry wall design based on safety factors or limit state design methodology
  • Evaluate external stability of a masonry wall using GeoStructural Analysis Slope Stability
  • Evaluate bearing capacity of soil supporting the foundation using GeoStructural Analysis Spread Footing
  • Analyze for earthquake effects, including Mononobe-Okabe and Arrango methods
 

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