GeoStructural Analysis

GeoStructural Analysis provides a complete range of modules to develop in-depth, accurate, and fail-proof designs for all types of retaining wall structures (abutment, nailed slopes, cantilever, gabion and gravity walls, etc.).

Abutment Efficiently perform a number of analyses for abutment design, including global stability assessment based on overturning and slip load-bearing capacity.
Cantilever Wall Design and evaluate cantilever retaining walls, including verification of slope stability and reinforcement check at critical cross-sections.
Earth Pressures Determine active, passive, and at-rest earth pressures that act on structural elements. You can easily compare parameters such as the overall vertical and horizontal force components.
Gabion Wall Design and analyze retaining walls in a variety of shapes and with anchoring.
Gravity Wall Analyze and evaluate the design of gravity walls, including checking reinforced concrete cross-sections.
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.
Nailed Slopes Perform in-depth design, verification, and analyses of nailed slopes that are stabilized by earth anchors.
Prefab Wall Design, analyze, and verify prefabricated block retaining walls.

Key Features for Retaining Wall and Structure Design

• Select from a variety of shapes, or easily define shape geometry
• Specify surface terrain and subsurface stratigraphy in front of, behind, and beneath the wall or structure, including local terrain variations that influence the resistance forces acting in front of the wall
• Apply an unlimited number of surcharge loads to walls or structures of varying configurations, including trapezoidal, strip, and concentrated load distributions
• Apply an unlimited number of equivalent external forces for earth anchors, safety fences, etc., to evaluate their influences on system performance
• Define groundwater conditions in front of and behind the wall or structure, 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
• Select from a variety of pressures acting on the front of the wall or structure, including passive, reduced passive, and at rest
• Evaluate design of construction joints and shear keys
• Check design against a variety of industry design codes
• Analyze for effective or total earth pressure conditions
• Analyze wall or structure design based on safety factors or limit state design methodology (including LRFD)
• Evaluate internal stability using checks for translation, overturning, and foundation soil load-bearing capacity
• Evaluate external stability of the wall or structure using the Slope Stability module
• Evaluate bearing capacity of soil supporting the foundation using the Spread Footing module
• Analyze for earthquake effects, including Mononobe-Okabe and Arrango methods
• Perform analyses against a variety of earth pressure theories and methods, including Mazindrani, Coulomb, Müller-Breslau, Absi, and Sokolovski