Geotechnical Analysis Add-on for Structural Analysis Software RFEM 6

Geotechnical Analysis

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Geotechnical Analysis for RFEM 6

Another useful add-on is Geotechnical Analysis, which allows you to represent soil conditions realistically. It determines the soil to be analyzed in RFEM using the properties from soil samples. This helps you achieve a much higher quality in the structural analysis of buildings.

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Features

Another useful add-on, Geotechnical Analysis, allows you to realistically determine the soil conditions. This add-on uses the properties from soil samples to determine the soil body to be analyzed. You can thus achieve a much higher quality in the structural analysis of structures.

Special nonlinear geotechnical material models available for realistic simulation
Soil layers from soil expertise can be defined accurately for each location
Soil massif logic allows for automatic definition and support of the subsoil
Soil-structure interaction can be simulated close to reality using the 2D constrained modulus method or as a 3D solid model, including nonlinear simulations
Piles and anchors with nonlinear structural behavior are available
Can be combined with all add-ons for RFEM 6
Ground failure by means of stability analysis using reduced strength
Results, for example settlements, stresses, and foundation coefficients, can be output graphically, in tables, and as diagrams

Hardware and System Requirements

Geotechnical Analysis | RFEM 6

Geotechnical Analysis | RFEM 6

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Geotechnical Analysis | RFEM 6

Your Benefits

Direct input option for soil boring logs from soil investigations
Immediate consideration of soil-structure interaction
Close-to-reality representation of the structural behavior of piles and anchors

Automatic generation of soil solids, including their layer boundaries, from boreholes
Specific material models suitable for modeling complex soil behavior
Settlement determination with superior accuracy

Designed with Geotechnical Analysis for RFEM 6

Building on Soil Solid

Download the model of a building on a soil solid here and open it in the structural FEA software RFEM.

Building on Soil Massif

Download the building on soil massif here and open it with the FEA software RFEM.

Reinforced Concrete Tank on Soil Model

Download the model of a soil massif here and open it in the structural FEA software RFEM.

Building on Soil Model

Download the model of a building on soil here and open it in the structural FEA software RFEM.

Other Models

Material Models

RFEM provides several specialized material models for close to reality analysis of soil behavior.

In addition to the modified Mohr-Coulomb and nonlinear elastic models, the modified hardening soil and Hoek-Brown models are now also available.

These advanced models allow for a more precise description of complex geotechnical processes and hardening effects.

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Soil-Structure Interaction

You already know that modeling and analyzing soil and structure is possible in the global model. This allows you to explicitly consider soil-structure interaction. By modifying a component, you immediately achieve the correct consideration in the analysis and in the results for the entire structural system consisting of soil and structure.

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Soil Samples

Did you know that you can enter soil samples from the soil layers of your soil expertise directly into the program? Assign the corresponding soil materials and material properties to the layers. For the definition of the samples, enter the data in tables or in the editing dialog box, and don't forget to specify the groundwater level in the soil samples.

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Soil Massifs

Soil massifs are created using soil samples, and allow for the automatic determination of the layer boundaries, ground water level, and boundary surface supports. Thus, you can define a specific FE mesh size for soil structures in the entire model, regardless of the global settings.

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Printout Report

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.

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Diagrams

Are you ready for the evaluation? Calculation diagrams are available for this purpose, which display the distribution of a certain result during a calculation.

You can freely define the assignment of the vertical and horizontal axes of the calculation diagram. This makes it possible for you to view, for example, the distribution of the settlement of a certain node depending on the load.

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Stress Results

A graphical and tabular output of the results for deformations, stresses, and strains helps you when determining the soil solids. To achieve this, use the special filter criteria for targeted selection of results.

The program doesn't leave you alone with the results. If you want to graphically evaluate the results in the soil solids, you can use the guide objects. For example, you can define clipping planes. This allows you to view the corresponding results in any plane of the soil solid.

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Input

Due to the close integration of the Geotechnical Analysis add-on with the main program RFEM 6, new input dialog boxes become available at the relevant locations when activated. In addition to special geotechnical material models, types for members and solids, these also include a new category called Geotechnical Analysis. Here, you can quickly and easily access boreholes, soil masses, and pile resistances.

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