Geotechnical Analysis | Soil Massifs

This article discusses the results of the geotechnical analysis and their graphical and tabular display in the RFEM 6 program.

Given that realistic determination of the soil conditions significantly influences the quality of the structural analysis of buildings, the Geotechnical Analysis add-on is offered in RFEM 6 to determine the soil body to be analyzed. The way to provide data obtained from field tests in the add-on and use the properties from soil samples to determine the soil massifs of interest was discussed in Knowledge Base article “Creation of the Soil Body from Soil Samples in RFEM 6”. This article, on the other hand, will discuss the procedure to calculate settlements and soil pressures for a reinforced concrete building.

In this article, you will learn how to model and design cable structures in RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9.

You already know that it is possible to model and analyze a soil and a structure in the entire model. As a result, you have explicitly taken into account the soil-structure interaction. By modifying a component, you achieve the immediate correct consideration in the analysis as well as in the results for the entire system of the soil and structure.

Are you ready for the evaluation? Use the calculation diagrams, which show the distribution of a specific result during the calculation.

You can freely define the layout of the vertical and horizontal axes of the calculation diagram. This allows you, for example, to consider the settlement distribution of a certain node, depending on the load.

Your data are always documented in a multilingual printout report. You can adjust the content at any time and save it as a template. You can also add graphics, texts, MathML formulas, and PDF documents to your report with just a few clicks.