Ggu Latpile Man e

Analysis and design of laterally loaded piles
GGU-LATPILE
VERSION 2
Last revision: June 2005

Copyright: GGU Zentrale Verwaltung mbH, Braunschweig
Technical implementation and sales: Civilserve GmbH, Steinfeld
Contents:
1 Preface .................................................................................................................................. 5
2 Licence protection................................................................................................................ 6
3 Language selection............................................................................................................... 6
4 Starting the program ........................................................................................................... 7
5 First steps using a worked example.................................................................................... 8
5.1 General note ..................................................................................................................... 8
5.2 System description ........................................................................................................... 8
5.3 Step 1: Select analysis options ......................................................................................... 9
5.4 Step 2: Enter system data ............................................................................................... 10
5.5 Step 3: Define berm on the active side........................................................................... 10
5.6 Step 4: Define berm on the passive side......................................................................... 11
5.7 Step 5: Define soils ........................................................................................................ 11
5.8 Step 6: Define type of earth pressure ............................................................................. 12
5.9 Step 7: Define active earth pressure ............................................................................... 13
5.10 Step 8: Define passive earth pressure............................................................................. 13
5.11 Step 9: Select design section .......................................................................................... 14
5.12 Step 10: Analyse system ................................................................................................ 14
5.13 Step 11: Evaluate and visualise the results..................................................................... 16
6 Theoretical principles ........................................................................................................ 18
6.1 General ........................................................................................................................... 18
6.2 Soil properties ................................................................................................................ 19
6.3 Active earth pressure...................................................................................................... 19
6.4 At-rest earth pressure ..................................................................................................... 19
6.5 Increased active earth pressure....................................................................................... 19
6.6 Passive earth pressure .................................................................................................... 20
6.7 Berms ............................................................................................................................. 21
6.8 Bounded surcharges ....................................................................................................... 22
6.9 Area loads....................................................................................................................... 23
6.10 Line loads ....................................................................................................................... 24
7 Description of menu items................................................................................................. 25
7.1 File menu........................................................................................................................ 25
7.1.1 "New" menu item................................................................................................... 25
7.1.2 "Load" menu item .................................................................................................. 26
7.1.3 "Save" menu item .................................................................................................. 26
7.1.4 "Save as" menu item .............................................................................................. 26
7.1.5 "Print output table" menu item............................................................................... 27
7.1.5.1 Selecting the output format ........................................................................... 27
7.1.5.2 Output as graphics......................................................................................... 28
7.1.5.3 Output as ASCII ............................................................................................ 30
7.1.6 "Export" menu item ............................................................................................... 30
7.1.7 "Printer preferences" menu item ............................................................................ 31
7.1.8 "Print and export" menu item ................................................................................ 31
7.1.9 "Batch print" menu item ........................................................................................ 33
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7.1.10 "Exit" menu item.................................................................................................... 33
7.1.11 "1, 2, 3, 4" menu items........................................................................................... 33
7.2 Editor 1 menu................................................................................................................. 34
7.2.1 "Analysis options" menu item................................................................................ 34
7.2.2 "System input" menu item ..................................................................................... 34
7.2.3 "Berms (active side)" menu item ........................................................................... 35
7.2.4 "Berms (passive side)" menu item ......................................................................... 35
7.2.5 "Soils" menu item .................................................................................................. 36
7.2.6 "Type of earth pressure" menu item ...................................................................... 37
7.2.7 "Active earth pressure" menu item ........................................................................ 37
7.2.8 "Passive earth pressure" menu item ....................................................................... 38
7.2.9 "At-rest earth pressure" menu item........................................................................ 39
7.2.10 "Earth pressure coefficients" menu item................................................................ 39
7.2.11 "Seismic acceleration" menu item ......................................................................... 39
7.2.12 "Partial factors" menu item .................................................................................... 40
7.3 Editor 2 menu................................................................................................................. 40
7.3.1 "Subgrade reaction moduli" menu item ................................................................. 40
7.3.2 "Displacement boundary conditions" menu item................................................... 41
7.3.3 "Action boundary conditions" menu item.............................................................. 41
7.3.4 "Lateral pressures" menu item ............................................................................... 42
7.3.5 "Area and line loads" menu item ........................................................................... 42
7.3.6 "Bounded surcharges" menu item.......................................................................... 43
7.3.7 "Steel sections" menu item .................................................................................... 43
7.3.8 "Section properties" menu item ............................................................................. 44
7.3.9 "Young's modulus/Spec. weight" or "Spec. weight" menu items .......................... 44
7.4 System menu .................................................................................................................. 45
7.4.1 "Info" menu item ................................................................................................... 45
7.4.2 "Special preferences" menu item ........................................................................... 45
7.4.3 "Depth subdivisions" menu item ........................................................................... 45
7.4.4 "Analyse" menu item ............................................................................................. 46
7.4.5 "Optimise" menu item............................................................................................ 47
7.4.6 "Design defaults" menu item ................................................................................. 48
7.4.7 "Graph positioning preferences" menu item.......................................................... 49
7.4.8 "Graphics output preferences" menu item ............................................................. 50
7.4.9 "Labelling preferences" menu item........................................................................ 51
7.4.10 "Graph grid preferences" menu item ..................................................................... 51
7.4.11 "Dimension lines" menu item ................................................................................ 51
7.4.12 "Display system" menu item.................................................................................. 52
7.4.13 "Display results" menu item .................................................................................. 52
7.5 Evaluation menu............................................................................................................. 52
7.5.1 "Main output summary" menu item....................................................................... 52
7.5.2 "Maximum reaction summary" menu item ............................................................ 52
7.6 Graphics preferences menu ............................................................................................ 53
7.6.1 "Refresh and zoom" menu item ............................................................................. 53
7.6.2 "Zoom info" menu item ......................................................................................... 53
7.6.3 "Legend font selection" menu item........................................................................ 53

7.6.4 "Pen colour and width" menu item ........................................................................ 53
7.6.5 "Mini-CAD toolbar" and "Header toolbar" menu items ........................................ 54
7.6.6 "Toolbar preferences" menu item .......................................................................... 54
7.6.7 "General legend" menu item.................................................................................. 55
7.6.8 "Soil properties legend" menu item ....................................................................... 56
7.6.9 "Design legend" menu item ................................................................................... 56
7.6.10 "Subgrade modulus legend" menu item................................................................. 57
7.6.11 "Move objects" menu item..................................................................................... 57
7.6.12 "Save graphics preferences" menu item................................................................. 57
7.6.13 "Load graphics preferences" menu item ................................................................ 57
7.7 Page size + margins menu .............................................................................................. 57
7.7.1 "Auto-resize" menu item........................................................................................ 57
7.7.2 "Manual resize (mouse)" menu item...................................................................... 57
7.7.3 "Manual resize (editor)" menu item....................................................................... 58
7.7.4 "Font size selection" menu item............................................................................. 58
7.7.5 "Page size and margins" menu item....................................................................... 59
7.8 ? menu ............................................................................................................................ 60
7.8.1 "Copyright" menu item .......................................................................................... 60
7.8.2 "GGU on the web" menu item ............................................................................... 60
7.8.3 "GGU support" menu item..................................................................................... 60
7.8.4 "Maxima" menu item ............................................................................................. 60
7.8.5 "Compare earth pressure coefficients" menu item................................................. 60
7.8.6 "kh method" menu item ......................................................................................... 60
7.8.7 "M-N diagram" menu item .................................................................................... 60
7.8.8 "Help" menu item .................................................................................................. 60
7.8.9 "What's new?" menu item...................................................................................... 60
7.8.10 "Language preferences" menu item ....................................................................... 61
8 Tips...................................................................................................................................... 62
9 Index.................................................................................................................................... 63
List of Figures:
Figure 1 Subgrade reaction modulus profile ...................................................................................5

Figure 2 Worked example ................................................................................................................8
Figure 3 Visualisation of results ....................................................................................................16
Figure 4 Berms on the active side..................................................................................................21
Figure 5 Bounded surcharge .........................................................................................................22
Figure 6 Area load.........................................................................................................................23
Figure 7 At-rest earth pressure from area loads ...........................................................................24

1 Preface
GGU-LATPILE allows analysis and design of piles subjected to lateral loads and moments. Both
the global safety factors to DIN 1054 (old) and the new partial safety factors to DIN 1054 (new)
may be taken into consideration. Subgrade reaction moduli can be applied to user-defined, linearly
variable sections over the length of the pile. By thus dividing the pile into a number of sections it
is possible to model any subgrade reaction modulus profile.
Figure 1 Subgrade reaction modulus profile
Elastic analysis supplies the soil stress determined from the product of the subgrade reaction
modulus and the deformation along the length of the pile. This elastic stress must not exceed the
passive earth pressure that can be developed in front of the pile. By means of iteration, GGU-
LATPILE reduces the subgrade reaction modulus such that this condition is adhered to. GGU-
LATPILE calculates both passive (various methods of analysis can be selected) and active earth
pressures.
The application is designed to allow simple data input or modification. The input is immediately
shown on the screen, giving you optimum control over what you are doing. Graphics output sup-
ports the true-type fonts supplied with WINDOWS, so that excellent layout is guaranteed. Colour
output and any graphics (e.g. files in formats BMP, JPG, PSP, TIF, etc.) are supported. DXF files
can also be imported by means of the integrated Mini-CAD module (see the "Mini-CAD" man-
ual).
The program has been thoroughly tested. No faults have been found. Nevertheless, liability for
completeness and correctness of the program and the manual, and for any damage resulting from
incompleteness or incorrectness, cannot be accepted.

2 Licence protection
In order to guarantee a high degree of quality, a hardware-based copy protection system is used
for the GGU-LATPILE program.
The GGU Software protected by the WIBU-KEY copy protection system is only available in con-
junction with the WIBU-BOX copy protection component (hardware for connection to the PC,
"dongle"). Because of the way the system is configured, the protected software can only be oper-
ated with the corresponding WIBU-BOX. This creates a fixed link between the software licence
and the WIBU-BOX copy protection hardware; the licence as such is thus represented by the
WIBU-BOX.
Upon start-up and during running, the GGU-LATPILE program checks that the dongle (for the
LPT or USB interface) is connected. If it has been removed, the program can no longer be exe-
cuted.
For installation of GGU software and the WIBU-KEY software please refer to the information in
the Installation notes for GGU Software International, which are supplied with the program.
3 Language selection
GGU-LATPILE is a bilingual program.
The language preferences can be changed at any time in the "?" menu, using the menu item
"Spracheinstellung" (for German) or "Language preferences" (for English).

4 Starting the program
After starting the program, you will see two menus at the top of the window:
• File
• ?
By going to the "File" menu, a previously analysed system can be loaded by means of the "Load"
menu item, or a new one created using "New". After clicking the "New" menu item a dialogue box
opens for specifying general preferences for your new system. You leave the dialogbox clicking
on the button with the desired pile type (e.g. "Steel pile").
You then arrive at the initial program screen, containing an example system with legends and the
selected pile type. Now eight menus appear at the top of the window:
• File
• Editor 1
• Editor 2
• System
• Evaluation
• Graphics preferences
• Page size + margins
• ?
After clicking one of these menus, the so-called menu items roll down, allowing you access to all
program functions.
The program works on the principle of What you see is what you get. This means that the screen
presentation represents, overall, what you will see on your printer. In the last consequence, this
would mean that the screen presentation would have to be refreshed after every alteration you
make. For reasons of efficiency and as this can take several seconds for complex screen contents,
the GGU-LATPILE screen is not refreshed after every alteration.
If you would like to refresh the screen contents, press either [F2] or [Esc]. The [Esc] key additio-
nally sets the screen presentation back to your current zoom, which has the default value 1.0.

5 First steps using a worked example
5.1 General note
When using the program for the first time you should enter data starting at the left and then work
through the menu items in sequence from top to bottom. Begin at menu item "Editor 1 / Analysis
options" and click each menu item in the "Editor 1" menu, just to get an overview of the multi-
tude of options available in the program. Proceed in analogy for the "Editor 2" menu. Once you
have worked through these two menus you have completely described the system. Details on the
definition of certain input parameters are described in Section 7 pp. An example will describe
procedure more closely.
5.2 System description
As a worked example, the following system is to be analysed:
2.25
2.00 1.00 1.00
10 kN/m²
0
3 M = -15.0
.1
H = -20.0
0
0
.
1
0
0
.
1
25000.0 GW (2.00)
10000.0
0
0
.
3
15000.0
50000.0
0
5
.2
75000.0
0
0 Subgrade reaction modulii
.
1
Figure 2 Worked example
The system contains three different soils. On the active side is a berm with a surcharge of 10
kN/m². On the passive side is a further berm. The subgrade reaction modulus profile is presented
graphically. A steel pile (HEB 300) is to be analysed. A moment of 15 kNm and a horizontal load
of 20 kN acts on the pile head. The effective direction of the load can be seen in Figure 2.
Groundwater is 2.0 m below the pile head. The pile is 7.5 m long.

5.3 Step 1: Select analysis options
After starting the program the logo is displayed. Select the menu item "File / New". A dialogue
box will appear where you can define basic preferences of your system.
If you select the "Use absolute heights" check box you can enter all depths or heights in m AD
(heights are positive upwards). If you leave this box unselected, the pile head is assumed at 0.0
(height/depth) and all input of layer depths etc. is positive downwards. If, however, you want to
work with absolute heights, enter the appropriate depths correspondingly altered. Thanks to
WYSIWYG there is no danger of using incorrect data, since all input is immediately visible on the
screen. In this example and the follwing explanations of this manual the check box "Use absolute
heights" is not selected.
Enter the values shown in the above dialogue box and click "Steel pile". A new system is dis-
played on the screen and the complete menu bar is activated.

5.4 Step 2: Enter system data
Go to the menu item "Editor 1/ System input" and enter the data for the pile head loading.
The pile width is required for determination of the passive earth pressure after Weißenbach. Using
this menu item you also enter any groundwater level and distributed loads.
5.5 Step 3: Define berm on the active side
Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Berms (active side)":
Click "0 berm(s) to edit" and enter 1 as the new number of berms. Enter the following values and
click "Done".

5.6 Step 4: Define berm on the passive side
Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Berms (passive side)". Click "0 berm(s) to edit" and enter
the number 1. Enter the following values and click "Done".
5.7 Step 5: Define soils
Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Soils". Click the "Edit No. of soils" button and enter 3 as
new number of soils. Enter the values shown in the following dialogue box:

5.8 Step 6: Define type of earth pressure
Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Type of earth pressure".
The necessary buttons are already selected, so you need not change anything. The same applies to
the remaining menu items in "Editor 1". However, you should click on these items and take a
look at them, in order to familiarise yourself with them.

5.9 Step 7: Define active earth pressure
Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Active earth pressure".
If necessary, edit the data there in accordance with the dialogue box and confirm with "OK".
5.10 Step 8: Define passive earth pressure
Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Passive earth pressure".

Different methods are available for analysing the passive earth pressure coefficients. The "Streck"
method has proved to be reliable. It provides the lowest coefficients and is therefore the best
method with regard to "the most unfavourable failure mechanismm is correct". The coefficients
after "Caquot/Kerisel" are of roughly the same magnitude. Further information can be found in
the "Theoretical principles" in Section 6.6.
5.11 Step 9: Select design section
A "HEB 300" section is used for the example. Go to the "Editor 2 / Steel sections" menu item.
Click the "Forw." button in the dialogue box once to navigate to the required section in the section
list.
Activate the check box in front of "HEB 300" and then press the "Selected section as design
section" button.
This completes all the necessary input for analysis.
5.12 Step 10: Analyse system
Go to the "System" menu and select "Analyse".

If you deactivate the "Pass. earth pressure in front" check box, the passive and active earth pres-
sures are added. The new standard does not allow addition of the active earth pressure (action) and
the passive earth pressure (resistance). The "Pass. earth pressure in front" check box therefore
does not appear if the partial safety factor concept is selected, because the passive earth pressure
is always in front.
DIN 1054 (new) requires that a verification be performed to demonstrate that the soil stress (ks *
w) is smaller than the characteristic passive earth pressure ep (not reduced by a partial safety fac-
tor!). However, once analysis is complete it must be verified that the sum of the soil stress is smal-
ler than the design passive earth pressure:
Σ (ks * w) ≤ (Σ ep) / γEp = Ep / γEp .
Enter 7.5 m for the pile length and confirm with "OK". Using the preferences given so far you
will see the following dialogue box:
The program has determined that the passive earth pressure is smaller than the resulting soil pres-
sure from the elastic analysis, which is not permitted. An iteration process must be carried out. In
the dialogue box shown above, you can enter the iteration conditions. The default values have
proved themselves in practice and will generally not need to be altered.
"Damping" prevents strong fluctuations around the actual solution during the iteration process. A
value of 0.0 produces no damping, while a value of 0.99 produces very strong damping and long
computation times. Using "Allowable excess > passive" you specify the percentage by which the
elastic stress may exceed the passive earth pressure before the iteration is ended. The "Max. num-
ber of iteration steps" can also be specified. If, after the specified number of steps, compression
due to embedding is still greater than the passive earth pressure, iteration is terminated. During
iteration the modulus of subgrade reaction is reduced. If the analysis requires a reduction over the
whole length of the pile to a value below "Max ks", iteration is aborted. This usually happens
when the pile is not long enough to take the load.

When the iteration is complete an info box appears; use "OK" to close it. You will then see a
prompt for subsequent design; use "Yes" to close it. You move directly to the design preferences
dialogue box (see menu item "System / Design defaults", Section 7.4.6).
Enter the values in the dialogue box as shown and confirm with "OK". The design values for the
steel pile will be shown in an infobox. Because a different section to the "HEB 300" was deter-
mined as best section, you will be presented with corresponding dialogue boxes, allowing you to
accept the new settings. Analysis and design of the pile is complete.
5.13 Step 11: Evaluate and visualise the results
After leaving the info box all governing analysis parameters are displayed on the screen for the
whole pile length:
Figure 3 Visualisation of results

• Input subgrade reaction modulus profile,
• Computed subgrade reaction modulus profile,
• Active and passive earth pressures,
• Moment profile,
• Shear force profile,
• Axial force profile,
• Deflection profile.
The graphical visualisation, apart from showing the system, also contains other elements (referred
to as legends) which contain further information and user input:
• General legend
This legend contains general information on the system.
• Soil properties legend
This legend contains data relating to the properties of every defined soil type.
• Design legend
This legend contains all data relating to design of steel sections or the cross-section of the
analysed reinforced concrete pile.
• Subgrade modulus legend
The legend shows the specified subgrade reaction moduli along the pile section defined for
the subgrade reaction modulus profile.
You can print the diagram on the printer (menu item "File / Print and export", Section 7.1.8), as
well as a comprehensive table of data (menu item "File / Print output table", Section 7.1.5).
Using the program's zoom function, you can zoom in on selected sections of the graphics. If you
double click with the left mouse button over a particular section of the graphics, the corresponding
state variables will appear in an info box.
You can add further explanations or comments to the graphics using the Mini-CAD module. Save
your work to data file by selecting "File / Save as" (Section 7.1.4).

6 Theoretical principles
6.1 General
GGU-LATPILE solves the differential equation for an elastically embedded pile using the given
boundary conditions.
EJ * w'''' + kS * b * w = q
with
• E = Young's modulus
• J = moment of inertia
• w = pile displacement
• kS = subgrade reaction modulus
• b = pile width
• q = load
The solution is determined numerically using the so-called finite element method.
Action boundary conditions at the pile head can be defined (see menu item "Editor 1 / System
input"). At the pile toe, boundary conditions are generally:
• Moment = 0.0
• Shear force = 0.0
• Vertical displacement = 0.0
If you want to define a moment restraint at the pile head, select the "Editor 2 / Displacement
boundary conditions" menu item and enter this condition directly below the pile head:
Proceed in a similar manner if, for example, you want to set horizontal displacement to zero (0).

6.2 Soil properties
A maximum of 50 soil layers can be taken into consideration. The following parameters must be
given for each:
• Depth in m below pile head, or absolute depth (see section 5.4)

• Unit weight [kN/m³] of the moist soil γ
• Unit weight [kN/m³] of buoyant soil γ'
• Friction angle [°]
• Cohesion (active and passive) [kN/m²]
• Active angle of wall friction as ratio of δa/ϕ
• Passive wall friction angle δp/ϕ
If you activate the "Differentiate active + passive soil properties" switch in the dialogue box in
"File / New" or "Editor 1 / Analysis options", you can enter differing friction angles and unit
weights for the active and the passive sides.
6.3 Active earth pressure
Active earth pressure is analysed to DIN 4085. DIN 4085 provides two relationships for the
coefficients of earth pressure kah (friction) and kch (cohesion). Alternatively, there is the option of
determining the cohesion coefficient from kch = kah-2, a method often found in older literature.
GGU-LATPILE also provides the option of applying user-defined earth pressure coefficients,
which can be entered in tabulated form for each type of soil.
6.4 At-rest earth pressure
The coefficient of at-rest earth pressure, k0 , is obtained after FRANKE (Die Bautechnik 1974 /
No. 1) from:
k0 = 1.0 - sin ϕ + (cos ϕ + sin ϕ) ∗ β / ϕ
ϕ = wall friction angle

β = ground inclination
The vertical load component resulting from wall friction is obtained from the tangent of the angle
of wall friction. However, in accordance with the EAB, a minimum value of 0.5 x the horizontal
component is assumed when the tangent of the angle of wall friction is < 0.5.
6.5 Increased active earth pressure
The coefficient of increased active earth pressure, keh , is obtained from the coefficients of active
earth pressure and the at-rest earth pressure:
keh = (1.0 - f) * kah + f * k0
0.0 ≤ f ≤ 1.0

6.6 Passive earth pressure
The coefficient of passive earth pressure can be analysed using a number of methods:
• DIN 4085
• Streck
• Caquot/Kerisel
• DIN 4085/Caquot/Kerisel
• DIN 4085 (new)
As Weißenbach (1985) has shown, the corrected coefficients after Streck are the most suitable,
since they produce the lowest values. GGU-LATPILE's default setting is thus:
• Coefficient of passive earth pressure after Streck.
The values of these coefficients are programmed into GGU-LATPILE (as are those found in
DIN 4085). However, the Streck values are only valid for horizontal ground. The DIN 4085 val-
ues are also suitable for sloping ground, but when the angle of wall friction ≠ slope inclination
they often produce unrealistically high values. The Caquot/Kerisel values are also available for
this reason. In all instances where sloping ground on the passive earth pressure side has to be
taken into consideration, GGU-LATPILE automatically applies the Caquot/Kerisel values, re-
gardless of the settings used for the global passive earth pressure. Programmable relationships for
the coefficients after Caquot/Kerisel are not available. Weißenbach's tabular values are therefore
adopted (Baugruben III, 1977) and are linearly interpolated. The tabular values are contained in
the CAQUOT.TAB ASCII file provided GGU-LATPILE; this file is loaded whenever the appli-
cation is started. Under no circumstances should this file be added to or altered.
The equations given in DIN 4085 are sufficiently precise for friction angles up to 35°. Other meth-
ods should be employed to determine the passive earth pressure for friction angles > 35°. Using
the "DIN 4085/Caquot/Kerisel" switch, the DIN 4085 values are used for friction angles < 35°
and the Caquot/Kerisel values for friction angles > 35°, including for non-inclined ground.
Recommendation: Use passive earth pressure coefficients after "Streck". When working
with sloping ground, GGU-LATPILE automatically changes to "Caquot/Kerisel".
Besides calculated values, you can also define your own.
When dealing with a single pile, passive earth pressure may be assumed to have a 3-dimensional
effect, which is calculated using the method of Weißenbach, who experimentally studied 3-
dimensional distribution on soldier pile walls. Therefore, select "Weißenbach only". If you select
"Classical only", the classical method of calculating earth pressure distribution, without taking 3-
dimensional effects into consideration, will be used. Selecting "Compare classical/Weißenbach"
will result in both coefficients of earth pressure being determined and in the least favourable
(smallest) value being adopted for analysis.

6.7 Berms
GGU-LATPILE can handle 5 berms on both the active and the passive sides. The berms can
include surcharges. The effect on earth pressure is taken into consideration according to the Sheet
Piling Manual (Krupp Hoesch Stahl).
Figure 4 Berms on the active side
The following relationships apply for the parameters x and y:
x = kah0 / (kahβ - kah0) * a

y = kah0 / (kahβ - kah0) * x
∆eahu = γ * dh + surcharge
γ = unit weight of soil in the berm area
If the angle β is greater than ϕ, it is assumed that β = ϕ for analysis. Berms on the passive side are
dealt with in exactly the same manner. Coefficients of passive earth pressure are determined after
Caquot/Kerisel, regardless of the default preferences. You should therefore set the coefficients of
passive earth pressure to those of Caquot/Kerisel, particularly for berms with negative dh (because
in such cases, as shown in Figure 4, negative surcharges from the berms are subtracted from
global passive earth pressures), including for determination of the remaining passive earth pres-
sure. Before beginning an analysis, GGU-LATPILE informs you about such inaccuracies. Fur-
thermore, berms with negative dh are only allowed to have slopes equal to, or smaller than, the
angle of friction of the berm soil, since for
|β| > ϕ
no coefficients can be calculated for all known passive earth pressure relationships.

In principle, we might have considered reducing the slope of the berms internally to ϕ, as other
geotechnical engineering applications do. However, we think it better to show the input data di-
rectly in the graphics, and not to feign an accuracy that the theory in fact does not provide. GGU-
LATPILE checks the above condition before beginning the analysis.
When analysing using the new partial safety factors, the active berm surcharge is modelled as a
bounded live load because of the necessity to differentiate between permanent and changeable
surcharges. In order to have the same boundary conditions for comparative analyses using global
safety factors, there is a switch in the active berms dialogue box labelled "Surcharge via
bounded surcharges" (see menu item "Editor 1 / Berms (active side)", Section 7.2.3).
6.8 Bounded surcharges
Up to 10 bounded surcharges can be positioned at any height on the active side.
e=k*p
Figure 5 Bounded surcharge
The earth pressure coefficient k is acquired from kah for active earth pressure and from k0 for at-
rest earth pressure. If this option is activated, the resulting earth pressure is then redistributed.

6.9 Area loads
Up to 10 area loads can be positioned on the active side at any height.
Area load
Possible types of earth eaho =

ϕ pressure distribution 3 * eahu
ϑ
Type 0 1 2 3
Figure 6 Area load
According to Weißenbach, the angle ϑ is obtained from:
tan ϑ = 1 / cos ϕ (sin ϕ + (tan ϕ / (tan ϕ + tan δa))-2)
When there are a number of soil layers, GGU-LATPILE moves from layer to layer applying the
appropriate angles of friction. The type of resulting earth pressure distribution can be defined in 4
different ways.
For at-rest pressure, the effects on the pile from area loads are determined using the theory of
elastic half-space. The two load concentration factors "3" and "4" can be taken into consideration
(also see Figure 7).
• For overconsolidated, cohesive soils use the concentration factor "3" applies, where:
eop = q/π (β2 - β1 + cosβ1 sinβ2 - cosβ2 sinβ2)
• For cohesionless soils or non-overconsolidated, cohesive soils use the concentration factor
"4" applies, where:
eop = q/4 (sin³β2 - sin³β1)

Area load
β1 β2
eop profile
Figure 7 At-rest earth pressure from area loads
With regard to the kind of earth pressure, area loads can be defined independent of the global
preferences (see menu item "Editor 1 / Type of earth pressure", Section 7.2.6).
6.10 Line loads
Line loads perpendicular to the pile axis are treated as shown in Fig. 4.20 on page 64 of the Sheet
Piling Manual (Spundwand-Handbuch). Data is entered in the form of a number of discrete area
loads.

7 Description of menu items
7.1 File menu
7.1.1 "New" menu item
You can enter a new system using this menu item. You will see the following dialogue box:
You can enter a dataset description ("Project identification") of the problem going to process,
which will then be used in the "General legend" (see Section 7.6.7). Using this function, the data-
set description is also shown on screen in addition to the file name.
In the first group box you decide which safety concept to use for your analysis and design. Acti-
vate the standard required with the corresponding command button.
If you select the "Use absolute heights" check box, you can enter all depths and heights in m AD
(heights are positive upwards). If this check box is not selected, the pile head is assumed to have a
height of 0.0 and all further entries, depth of soil layers, for example, are positive downwards.
If your system uses differing soil properties on the active and the passive sides, activate the "Dif-
ferentiate active + passive soil properties" check box in the above dialogue box. You will then
be presented with different input columns for entering the active and passive friction angle and
unit weight soil properties in the "Editor 1 / Soils" menu item (Section 7.2.5).

Below this you can select whether the subsequent "Steel pile" design is carried out by means of a
default section list, loaded when the program starts, or with user-defined sections. If you work
with the section list, the search for the optimum section in the list is performed automatically. A
list of selected profiles is automatically loaded into the program. However, you can expand and
edit this list to suit your requirements. The user-defined sections offer the advantage of allowing
definition of differing stiffnesses, moments of inertia, etc., for the pile. You can read more detailed
information by clicking the "Info" button. You can also use the "File / New" menu item to switch
from design using the section list to design with user-defined section properties when designing
with steel sections.
The type of pile to be analysed is specified using the buttons in the lower group box. If you have
decided to use a "Steel pile" and then entered all system data, you can select the menu item "File /
New" once again in order to switch to "Bored pile" or "Square pile". Previously entered system
data is retained!
Is you select "Bored pile", subsequent design to DIN 1045 will assume a circular cross-section. Is
you select "Square pile", subsequent design to DIN 1045 will assume a square cross-section. The
information with regard to "From section list" is irrelevant for "Bored pile" and "Square pile".
If you leave the dialogue box by clicking the required type of pile and have activated "Partial
safety factor concept (DIN 1054 new)" in the uppermost group box, you will see a further dia-
logue box doe specifying the partial factors. Using the "Standard values" button, you can accept
the partial factors given in DIN 1054 (new) for load cases 1 - 3. The partial factors entered can be
edited at any time using the "Editor 1 / Partial factors" menu item (see Section 7.2.12).
7.1.2 "Load" menu item
You can load a file with system data created and saved in the course of a previous session. The
system can be edited and reanalysed as required.
7.1.3 "Save" menu item
You can save data entered or edited during program use to a file, in order to have them available at
a later date, or to archive them. The data is saved without query with the name of the current file.
Loading again later creates exactly the same presentation as was present at the time of saving.
7.1.4 "Save as" menu item
You can save data entered during program use to an existing file or to a new file, i.e. using a new
file name. For reasons of clarity, it makes sense to use ".P20" as file suffix, as this is the suffix
used in the file requester box for the menu item "File / Load". If you choose not to enter an exten-
sion when saving, ".P20" will be used automatically.
If, at the time of saving, the current system has been analysed, you can decide in a dialogue box
whether to save the analysis results with the document. If you select "No" here you must reanalyse
the file if it is opened again later.

7.1.5 "Print output table" menu item
7.1.5.1 Selecting the output format
You can have a table printed containing the current analysis results. The results can be sent to the
printer or to a file (e.g. for further editing in a word processor). The output contains all informa-
tion on the current state of analysis, including the system data.
You have the option of designing and printing the output table as an annex to your report within
the GGU-LATPILE program. To do this, select "Output as graphics" from the following op-
tions.
If you prefer to easily print or process the data in a different application, you can send them di-
rectly to the printer or save them to a file using the "Output as ASCII" command button.

7.1.5.2 Output as graphics
If you selected the "Output as graphics" button in the previous dialogue box a further dialogue
box, in which you can define further preferences for result presentation.
In the various group boxes of the dialogue box, you can define preferences for the table output and
layout. If you need to add a header or footer (e.g. for page numbering), activate the appropriate
check boxes "With headers" and/or "With footers". If you then click on the "Edit" button, the
details can be edited in a further dialogue box.

Automatic pagination can also be employed here if you work with the placeholders as described.
After closing the dialogue box using "OK" the output table is shown page by page on the screen.
To navigate between the pages, use the arrow tools in the toolbar. If you need to jump
to a given page or back to the graphical visualisation, click on the tool. You will then see the
following box:

7.1.5.3 Output as ASCII
You can have your analysis data sent to the printer, without further work on the layout, or save it
to a file for further processing using a different program, e.g. a word processing application.
In the dialogue box you can define output preferences.
• "Printer preferences" group box

Using the "Edit" button the current printer preferences can be changed or a different printer
selected. Using the "Save" button, all preferences from this dialogue box can be saved to a
file in order to have them available for a later session. If you select "GGU-
LATPILE.DRK" as file name and save the file in the program folder (default), the file will
be automatically loaded the next time you start the program.
Using the "Page format" button you can define, amongst other things, the size of the left
margin and the number of lines per page. The "Head/foot" button allows you to enter a
header and footer text for each page. If the "#" symbol appears within the text, the current
page number will be entered during printing (e.g. "Page #"). The text size is given in "Pts".
You can also change between "Portrait" and "Landscape" formats.
• "Print pages" group box
If you do not wish pagination to begin with "1" you can add an “offset” number to the
check box. This offset will be added to the current page number. The output range is de-
fined using "From page no." "to page no.".
• "Output to:" group box
Start output by clicking on "Printer" or "File". The file name can then be selected from or
entered into the box. If you select the "Window" button the results are sent to a separate
window. Further text editing options are available in this window, as well as loading, sav-
ing and printing.
7.1.6 "Export" menu item
The general stability can be simply verified by exporting the data from GGU-LATPILE to GGU-
STABILITY (GGU slope stability application). The corresponding file ("*.BOE") is generated
using this menu item. It is possible to generate files for various stages of GGU-STABILITY.

7.1.7 "Printer preferences" menu item
You can edit printer preferences (e.g. swap between portrait and landscape) or change the printer
in accordance with WINDOWS conventions.
7.1.8 "Print and export" menu item
You can select your output format in a dialogue box. You have the following options:
• "Printer"
allows graphic output of the current screen contents (graphical visualisation) to the
WINDOWS standard printer or to any other printer selected using the menu item "File /
Printer preferences". For direct output, the following dialogue box appears:
In the upper group box, the maximum dimensions which the printer can accept are given.
Below this, the dimensions of the image to be printed are given. If the image is larger than
the output format of the printer, the image will be printed to several pages (in the above ex-
ample, 4). In order to facilitate better re-connection of the images, the possibility of enter-
ing an overlap for each page, in x and y direction, is given. Alternatively, you also have the
possibility of selecting a smaller zoom factor, ensuring output to one page ("Fit to page"
button). Following this, you can enlarge to the original format on a copying machine, to en-
sure true scaling. Furthermore, you may enter the number of copies to be printed.

If you have activated the tabular representation on the screen, you will see a different dialogue
box for output by means of the "Print and export" menu item.
Here, you can select the table pages to be printed. In order to achieve output with a zoom
factor of 1 (the button "Fit in automatically" is deactivated), you must reduce the page
format until the size format lies in the printable area of the output device. To do this, use
the dialogue box in "File / Print output table" button "Output as graphics".
• "DXF file"
allows output of the graphics to a DXF file. DXF is a common file format for transferring
graphics between a variety of applications.
• "GGUCAD file"
allows output of the graphics to a file, in order to enable further processing with the
GGUCAD program. Compared to output as a DXF file this has the advantage that no loss
of colour quality occurs during export.
• "Clipboard"
The graphics are copied to the WINDOWS clipboard. From there, they can be imported
into other WINDOWS programs for further processing, e.g. into a word processor. In order
to import into any other WINDOWS program you must generally use the "Edit / Paste"
function of the respective application.
• "Metafile"
allows output of the graphics to a file in order to be further processed with third party soft-
ware. Output is in the standardised EMF format (Enhanced Metafile format). Use of the
Metafile format guarantees the best possible quality when transferring graphics.
If you select the "Copy area" tool from the toolbar, you can copy parts of the graph-
ics to the clipboard or save them to an EMF file.
Using the "Mini-CAD" program module you can also import into your graphics EMF files
generated using other GGU applications.

• "MiniCAD"
allows export of the graphics to a file in order to enable importing to different GGU appli-
cations with the MiniCAD module.
• "GGUMiniCAD"
allows export of the graphics to a file in order to enable processing in the GGUMiniCAD
program.
• "Cancel"
Printing is cancelled.
7.1.9 "Batch print" menu item
If you would like to print several annexes at once, select this menu item. You will see the follow-
ing dialogue box:
Create a list of files for printing using "Add" and selecting the desired files. The number of files is
displayed in the dialogue box header. Using "Delete" you can mark and delete selected individual
files from the list. After selecting the "Delete all" button, you can compile a new list. Selection of
the desired printer and printer preferences is achieved by pressing the "Printer" button.
You then start printing by using the "Print" button. In the dialogue box which then appears you
can select further preferences for printer output such as, e.g., the number of copies. These prefer-
ences will be applied to all files in the list.
7.1.10 "Exit" menu item
After a confirmation prompt, you can quit the program.
7.1.11 "1, 2, 3, 4" menu items
The "1, 2, 3, 4" menu items show the last four files worked on. By selecting one of these menu
items the listed file will be loaded. If you have saved files in any other folder than the program
folder, you can save yourself the occasionally onerous rummaging through various sub-folders.

7.2 Editor 1 menu
7.2.1 "Analysis options" menu item
Using this menu item you can edit the default preferences of the current system. The dialogue box
corresponds to the box in the menu item "File / New" (see description in Section 7.1.1).
7.2.2 "System input" menu item
Enter the forces at the pile head for the pile you have used into a dialogue box, as well as further
system parameters (also see the example using global safety factors, Section 5.4).
You see the above dialogue box if you have selected the "Partial safety factors (DIN 1054 new)"
in "File / New" or "Editor 1 / Analysis options". The permanent and changeable loads are entered
separately in accordance with the new partial safety factor concept. You define both the pile
length and the pile width. The width is required for determination of the passive earth pressure
after Weißenbach.
If you checked the "Use absolute heights" box when defining the system, an additional entry,
"Top of pile", appears in the dialogue box for specifying the absolute position. In this case, all
heights are measured in m AD or m site zero, i.e. the y-axis is positive upwards. You can then
enter a value, for example, of 86.42 [m AD] in the "Top of pile" field. All further input must then
be with reference to this value.

In the lower group box, you can define the groundwater level and a distributed load.If you are
working with the partial safety factors used in DIN 1054 (new), decide whether the distributed
load is "Permanent", "Changeable" or the "Component above 10.0 kN/m² changeable" (see the
following dialogue box). "Component above 10.0 kN/m² changeable" means, for example, that
for an input of 13.5 kN/m², 10 kN/m² are adopted as permanent and 3.5 kN/m² as changeable in
the analysis.
7.2.3 "Berms (active side)" menu item
You can define a maximum of 5 berms on the active side.
Enter the x-ordinates of the toe and head of the berm. With "delta h" you define the height of the
berm, whereby negative values are also permitted. Finally, a "Surcharge" on the horizontal sur-
face behind the head of the berm can be entered. The "Surcharge via bounded surcharges"
switch is only of interest for analyses using global safety factors (see "Theoretical principles",
Section 6.7)
If more than one berm is present in the system, click "x berm(s) to edit" and enter the number of
berms.
Berms may not overlap. The program checks that this condition is adhered to and warns of
any errors.
7.2.4 "Berms (passive side)" menu item
Berms on the passive side are defined in exactly the same manner as for the active side.

7.2.5 "Soils" menu item
You can define the soil properties in the following dialogue box:
Layer depths (except when using the modulus of subgrade reaction) are always with reference to
the top of the pile, or are in absolute values (m AD), if this was selected in the initial dialogue box
of the "File / New" menu item.
In stratified soils the number of layers must be entered under "Edit no. of soils". Clicking the
"Sort" button sorts the soil layers according to depth; however, this is performed automatically
when you click "OK" to leave the dialogue box. This eliminates the possibility of input errors.
You can also use this function to eliminate a soil from the table.
Simply assign the soil to be eliminated a greater layer depth and then click the "Sort" but-
ton. The corresponding soil is now the last soil in the table and can be deleted by reducing
the number of soils.

7.2.6 "Type of earth pressure" menu item
In this dialogue box you define the type of earth pressure on which the analysis is to be based.
The options for area loads can be specified separately.
7.2.7 "Active earth pressure" menu item
Using this menu item you can specify active earth pressure preferences (see worked example,
Section 5.9).
In the upper group box you specify the type of active earth pressure analysis. The method of
choice is "DIN 4085". The other two methods are only of interest if you wish to analyse an exam-
ple from older literature sources or check certain results. User-defined earth pressure coefficients
can be entered using the menu item "Editor 1 / Earth pressure coefficients" (see Section 7.2.10)
The "Use equivalent ep coefficient" check box should only be deactivated in exceptional circum-
stances (see EAB R 4). The equivalent earth pressure coefficient can only be smaller than 0.2 in
special circumstances (see EAB R 4). It only makes sense to deactivate this check box when re-
examining existing analyses (for instance, all the examples used in the Sheet Piling Manual). Ac-
cording to DIN 1054 (new) the equivalent earth pressure coefficient is defined by means of a
friction angle phi = 40°. This procedure also takes the defined wall friction angle into considera-
tion.
A number of applications on the market also provide the option of a general increase in active
earth pressure, apart from certain forms or earth pressure redistribution. In order to be able to
check analysis performed with such an application, GGU-LATPILE also offers the possibility.

7.2.8 "Passive earth pressure" menu item
You can specify passive earth pressure preferences using this dialogue box:
In the upper group box you specify the type of passive earth pressure analysis. The method of
choice is "Streck", or "Caquot/Kerisel" if necessary. Only if you want to check examples from
older literature or examine certain analysis results does it make sense to select a different method.
Further information can be found in the "Theoretical principles" in Section 6.6. User-defined
earth pressure coefficients can be entered using the menu item "Editor 1 / Earth pressure coeffi-
cients" (see Section 7.2.10).
When dealing with a single pile, passive earth pressure may be assumed to have a 3-dimensional
effect, which is analysed using the method of Weißenbach, who experimentally studied 3-
dimensional distribution on soldier pile walls. Therefore, select "Weißenbach only". If you select
"Classical only", the classical method of analysing earth pressure distribution, without taking 3-
dimensional effects into consideration, will be used. Selecting "Compare classical - Weißen-
bach" will result in both coefficients of earth pressure being determined and in the least favour-
able (smallest) value being adopted for analysis.
If you have selected partial safety factors, enter the partial factor for passive earth pressure in the
dialogue box and the calibration factor in accordance with the information in DIN 1054 (new). For
an analysis employing the global safety factors used in DIN 1054 (old), the passive earth pressure
safety factor can be specified here.

7.2.9 "At-rest earth pressure" menu item
Using the at-rest earth pressure menu item, the demands placed on the pile through area loads are
determined according to the theory of elastic halfspace. The required concentration factor (3 or 4)
is specified here.
7.2.10 "Earth pressure coefficients" menu item
If you want to work with user-defined earth pressure coefficients instead of with those computed
by the program you can enter them here. Enter the coefficients for horizontal ground. If necessary,
GGU- LATPILE will convert them for sloping ground using equation values for kah0 and kahβ.
Clicking "Use current values" will cause the current coefficients for active and passive earth
pressure to be applied in the current analysis.
7.2.11 "Seismic acceleration" menu item
Possible stresses due to earthquakes are treated according to the EAU 90, Paragraph 2.14. Earth-
quake stress is given in multiples of gravitational acceleration (g).

7.2.12 "Partial factors" menu item
If you are analysing with the "Partial safety factors (DIN 1054 new)", you will see a dialogue
box for defining the partial factors.
Using the "Standard values" button, you can accept the partial factors given in DIN 1054 (new)
for "Load case 1", "Load case 2" or "Load case 3".
7.3 Editor 2 menu
7.3.1 "Subgrade reaction moduli" menu item
As the analysis is to be performed for an elastically embedded pile toe, it is necessary to enter a
modulus of subgrade reaction. In this dialogue box you can enter the profile of the subgrade reac-
tion moduli.
The number of subgrade reaction moduli can be adapted to your system using the "x subgrade
moduli to edit" button. It must be noted, however, that in this case the depth data is with reference
to the top of pile and are positive downwards, regardless of the initial setting of the "Use absolute
heights" check box.
In the field designated "mueks" the tangential bedding is given as a multiple of the horizontal
bedding. However, the factor is generally of little importance, since the pile toe is considered to be
vertically non-displaceable, meaning that deformations in a longitudinal direction, and any associ-
ated tangential subgrade reaction moduli, are small.

7.3.2 "Displacement boundary conditions" menu item
You can introduce additional displacement boundary conditions anywhere along the pile.
In the above example, a rotation phi of 0.0 has been entered 2.0 m below the top of the pile. Alter-
natively to "Rotation phi" you can select "Displ. wx" or " Displ. wy", which stand for horizontal
and vertical displacement respectively.
7.3.3 "Action boundary conditions" menu item
You can introduce additional action boundary conditions anywhere along the pile.
In the above example, a horizontal load of 15 kN/m 1.0 m below the pile head directed to the left
has been entered.

7.3.4 "Lateral pressures" menu item
If, in addition to the diverse possibilities for determining earth pressure on the pile, you also need
to take additional pressures on the active side into consideration, this is where to enter them.
The "x lateral pressure(s) to edit" button allows you to determine the number of lateral pres-
sures. Subsequently you can enter or edit the corresponding ordinates and pressures.
7.3.5 "Area and line loads" menu item
Using this menu item you define area loads and line loads.
The "x area load(s) to edit" button allows you to determine the number of area loads to be con-
sidered. Subsequently you can enter size, ordinates and depth of the area loads. You must also
enter the "Type" (shape) of the resultant horizontal forces on the pile (see also Section 6.9).
Using the "Generate line loads" button, line loads acting vertically on the pile may be considered
adopted as area loads (see Section 6.10).

7.3.6 "Bounded surcharges" menu item
Bounded surcharges are defined in the following dialogue box.
Using "x bounded surcharge(s) to edit" you can define the number of bounded surcharges. Sub-
sequently, you can enter size, ordinates and depth of the surcharge loads.
7.3.7 "Steel sections" menu item
If you selected the "Steel pile" and the "From section list"check boxes in the "File / New" or
"Editor 1 / Analysis options" menu items, you will see the following dialogue box with the cur-
rently loaded list of steel sections.

You can navigate through the list using "Forw." and "Back". "Go to no." allows you to jump to
the section specified. Using the "Load" button you can load into the program any section file
previously saved using the "Save" button. Using "x Steel sections to edit" you may expand or
reduce the list of steel sections (maximum 200 steel sections). Append a section to the end of the
list. A check box in front of the number of each steel section can be activated. This is used to se-
lect the respective steel section. If you then press the "Selected section as design section" button,
this section is used as the design section. The section parameters ("h" = height; "b" = width; "A" =
area; "I" = moment of inertia) can be edited. The program uses I and h to determine the section
modulus W during the subsequent design phase. The variable S is the first moment of area of the
section and s is the web thickness. The value of "S/s" is required for verification of shear stress.
7.3.8 "Section properties" menu item
If you selected the "Steel pile" and the "With user-defined sections" check boxes in the "File /
New" or "Editor 1 / Analysis options" menu items, you can define several sections for the pile
here. In the following example dialogue box two sections are defined.
The "Depth" from the top of the pile or the absolute heights (of the section) have been entered, the
section "Name", the area "A", the section modulus "W", the moment of inertia "I" and Young's
modulus "E".
7.3.9 "Young's modulus/Spec. weight" or "Spec. weight" menu items
This menu item has two separate designations and opens two different dialogue boxes depending
on whether you are working with a section list or with user-defined sections:
• "Young's modulus/Spec. weight"

When working with the section list, you must enter Young's modulus and specific weight
of the pile. From the former the bending line is analysed, from the latter the self-weight of
the pile.
• "Spec. weight"
Using user-defined section properties Young's modulus is entered in the corresponding
dialogue box, so that here it is only necessary to specify the specific weight of the pile.

7.4 System menu
7.4.1 "Info" menu item
You will see information on the current system in a dialogue box.
7.4.2 "Special preferences" menu item
GGU-LATPILE carries out numerous plausibility controls, which are always activated when an
analysis is initiated. These controls can also be activated via this menu item.
7.4.3 "Depth subdivisions" menu item
GGU-LATPILE uses the finite element method, which requires the system to be divided into a
number of elements. Here you can specify the size of these elements.

7.4.4 "Analyse" menu item
Once you have entered all data required to fully describe the system it can be analysed. For a
"Steel pile" you will see the following dialogue box, in which you enter the pile length. You can
also initiate the analysis using the [F5] function key.
If you deactivate the "Pass. earth pressure in front" check box, the passive and active earth pres-
sures are added. The new standard does not allow addition of the active earth pressure (action) and
the passive earth pressure (resistance). The "Pass. earth pressure in front" check box therefore
does not appear if the partial safety factor concept is selected, because the passive earth pressure
is always in front.
DIN 1054 (new) requires that a verification be performed to demonstrate that the soil stress (ks *
w) is smaller than the characteristic passive earth pressure ep (not reduced by a partial safety fac-
tor!). However, once analysis is complete it must be verified that the sum of the soil stress is
smaller than the design passive earth pressure:
Σ (ks * w) ≤ (Σ ep) / γEp = Ep / γEp .
The subgrade reaction can be reduced. The subgrade reaction is reduced with eta(p) when using
the global safety factor concept. When using the partial safety factor concept, reduction is with
the partial factor gamma(Ep). The reduction can be made using characteristic values to DIN 1054,
Eq. (47) and (48).
You also have the option of clicking on the button with the name of the selected steel section - in
the box above "Section: HEB 180" - and viewing the design section data, and editing it if neces-
sary. If you are analysing a "Bored pile" or "Square pile", you have the option of entering the
"Pile diameter" in the dialogue box, besides the "Pile length" for subsequent design of the rein-
forced concrete cross-section.
After leaving the dialogue box with "OK", the program checks whether the passive earth pressure
is smaller than the resulting soil pressure from the elastic analysis, which is not permitted. In this
case you see a dialogue box for adjusting the subgrade reaction (see example, Section 5.12).
Following the analysis you can immediately carry out the design after confirming at the prompt.
You then move directly to a dialogue box, which can also be reached via the "System / Design
defaults" menu item (see Section 7.4.6).

7.4.5 "Optimise" menu item
Using this function it is possible to optimise pile length. You can also initiate this function press-
ing the [F7] function key.
In the top section of the dialogue box you enter the minimum and maximum pile length, as well as
a delta pile length, thereby defining the range of lengths from which the optimum length should be
selected. For example, the values in the dialogue box shown above will result in the lengths 6.00,
6.25, 6.50, 6.75,..., 8.00 m being investigated. The middle section of the dialogue box relates to
the iteration process. The default values have proved themselves in practice and will generally not
need to be altered (see further explanations in the worked example, Section 5.12). In the bottom
section of the dialogue box, additional iteration criteria can be defined.
The passive earth pressure is always in front when using the partial safety factor concept. The
"Pass. earth pressure in front" check box therefore only appears when using the global safety
factor concept. If you deactivate the check box, the passive and active earth pressures are added.
The subgrade reaction can be reduced (also see Section 7.4.4).

7.4.6 "Design defaults" menu item
Once the current system has been analysed you can progress directly to the pile design (see menu
item "System / Analyse", Section 7.4.4). In addition, using this menu item, you can also carry out
subsequent design for a different section to that used for the analysis.
The program reacts differently depending on the type of pile. For steel piles, for example, you will
see the following dialogue box:
You first enter the allowable stresses. Below this you specify the method of stress determination
(absolute maximum values are employed for analysis, i.e. conservative) and whether or not shear
design is required. You then specify whether analysis is based on the design section or whether the
program should search for the optimum section in the section list.
If analysis of state variables is based on the new partial safety factors, the design is also carried
out using the partial safety factors.
When design is complete you are informed of the verification results in an information box and
are presented with the principal data on which the design was based. After confirming with "OK",
the state variables and the system are presented on the screen.

7.4.7 "Graph positioning preferences" menu item
If you are not happy with the automatic diagram arrangement you can arrange them to suit your
needs using this menu item. First, activate the "Manual diagram positions" check box.
The diagrams will then be shown at position "x" (central) with the specified "Width".
The fastest way to modify the position of a diagram is to press the [F11] function key and
then to pull the diagram to the new position holding the left mouse button pressed.

7.4.8 "Graphics output preferences" menu item
Among other things, the screen graphics consist of several diagrams, presenting depth-oriented
results. Using this menu item the following dialogue box appears. By activating the appropriate
check boxes the selected state variables are displayed in the result graphics.
When analysing using partial safety factors you will also see the group boxes "Display (earth
pressure):", "Display (state variables):" and "Display (displacement):", in which you can acti-
vate display of the permanent (G) and/or live loads (Q). In addition the design values (D) can be
displayed.
You can also specify hatching and the representation height of loads. If the "Same height for all"
check box is not selected, load representation is based on load size, the height of the representation
indicating the maximum load.
You leave the box with the button "Show system". When the system once is analysed, you can
leave the dialoguebox clicking the button "Show results". Then the results of the analysis are
displayed on the screen.

7.4.9 "Labelling preferences" menu item
This menu item allows you to specify labelling preferences for the system visualisation and the
result graphics.
In the dialogue box, you activate the required check boxes and select the preferences for alignment
or font sizes.
7.4.10 "Graph grid preferences" menu item
Here you can define graph grids for moments, shear forces and normal forces.
7.4.11 "Dimension lines" menu item
You can define a vertical and/or horizontal dimension line for the graphics in order to emphasise
and clarify the system dimensions.

The distance to the pile is defined by means of the "y position" for the horizontal dimension line
and "x position" for the vertical dimension line. Negative values define a position above or to the
left of the pile. All values are in metres in the scale selected (see the menu item "Page size + mar-
gins / Manual resize (editor)" in Section 7.7.3).
The fastest way to modify the position of the dimension line is to press the [F11] function
key and then to pull the legend to the new position with the left mouse button pressed.
7.4.12 "Display system" menu item
Once a system has been analysed, all the state variables are automatically shown on screen. So as
not to overburden the screen, certain elements of the system (for example, surcharges) are no
longer shown. If you want to view all the system data without state variables, clicking this menu
item will enable you to do so.
7.4.13 "Display results" menu item
After a system has been analysed, all state variables are automatically presented on the screen. The
previous menu item allows you to switch to a system visualisation with state variables. In analogy,
this menu item facilitates renewed display of the analysis results. Of course, this only works if the
system has already been analysed.
7.5 Evaluation menu
7.5.1 "Main output summary" menu item
An info box appears containing the main system analysis parameters. This function can also be
initialized pressing the [F6] function key.
You are also informed that double-clicking the left mouse button (after you have closed the info
box) on any part of the graphics will cause the corresponding state variables to be shown on
screen.
7.5.2 "Maximum reaction summary" menu item
You will see the maximum values for all state variables.

7.6 Graphics preferences menu
7.6.1 "Refresh and zoom" menu item
The program works on the principle of What you see is what you get. This means that the screen
presentation represents, overall, what you will see on your printer. In the last consequence, this
would mean that the screen presentation would have to be refreshed after every alteration you
make. For reasons of efficiency and as this can take several seconds for complex screen contents,
the screen is not refreshed after every alteration.
If, e.g., after using the zoom function (see below), only part of the image is visible, you can
achieve a complete view using this menu item. The zoom factor may be user-defined. It is much
simpler, however, to get a complete overview using the [Esc] key. Using the [F2] key, you can
refresh the screen without altering the zoom factor.
7.6.2 "Zoom info" menu item
By clicking two diametrically opposed points you can enlarge a section of the screen in order to
view details better. An information box provides information on activating the zoom function and
on available options.
7.6.3 "Legend font selection" menu item
With this menu item you can switch to a different true-type font. All available True-Type fonts are
displayed in the dialogue box.
7.6.4 "Pen colour and width" menu item
In order to enhance the clarity of the graphics you can edit the pen settings for various graphic
elements (e.g. moment, shear force, loads, etc.). You can edit the pen widths for the elements
shown in the dialogue box; by clicking on the button with the element designation you can also
edit the pen or fill colours.
On black and white printers (e.g. laser printers), colours are shown in a corresponding grey scale.
Graphic elements employing very light colours may be difficult to see. In such cases it makes
sense to edit the colour preferences.

7.6.5 "Mini-CAD toolbar" and "Header toolbar" menu items
Using these menu items you can add free text to the graphics and add lines, circles, polygons and
images (e.g. files in formats BMP, JPG, PSP, TIF, etc.). For details please see the supplied "Mini-
CAD" user manual. The differences between the Mini-CAD and CAD for Header are as follows:
• Elements created with "Mini-CAD" are based on the coordinate system (generally in me-
tres), in which the drawing is produced, and are shown accordingly. You should use "Mini-
CAD" when you wish to add information to the system (for example, labelling of slope in-
clinations or the location of any foundations).
• Elements created with the "Header toolbar" are based on the page format (in mm). This
makes you independent of the coordinate system and keeps you in the same position on the
page. You should select the "Header toolbar" if you wish to place general information on
the drawing (company logo, report numbers., plan numbers, stamp etc.). Once you have
saved the header information to disk (see "Mini-CAD" user manual), you can load it into
completely different systems (with different system coordinates). The saved header infor-
mation will appear in exactly the same position on the page, which greatly simplifies the
creation of general page information..
7.6.6 "Toolbar preferences" menu item
After starting the program a horizontal toolbar appears below the program menu bar. If you would
rather work with a popup window with several columns, you can specify your preferences using
this menu item. The smarticons can also be switched off.
At the bottom of the program window you find a status bar with further information. You can also
activate or switch off the status bar here. The preferences will be saved in the " GGU-
LATPILE.ALG " file (see menu item "Graphics preferences / Save preferences") and will be
active at the next time the program is started.
By clicking on the tools (Smarticons) you can directly reach most of the program functions. The
meaning of the Smarticons appears as a text box if you hover with the mouse pointer over the
tools. Some of the tool functions can be activated from the normal menu items.
"Next page" / "Previous page"

Using this icon, you can navigate between the individual pages in the tabular representation.
"Select page"
If you are in the tabular representation, you can use this icon to jump to a specific page or to
return to the normal representation, that is, to the graphics.
"Zoom out"
If you have previously zoomed in, this tool returns to a full screen display.
"Zoom (-)" / "Zoom (+)"

With the zoom functions you can zoom in or out of parts of the image, by clicking the left mouse
button.

"Colour on / off"
If you need to remove the colour from the system presentation, to create a black and white print-
out, for example, use this on / off switch.
"Move object"
Use this icon to position legends and diagrams at the desired position on the output sheet.
"Copy area"
Use this tool if you would like to copy only parts of the graphics in order to paste them, e.g. to a
report. You will see information on this function and can then mark an area, which will be copied
to the clipboard or can be saved in a file.
7.6.7 "General legend" menu item
A legend with general properties will be displayed on your output sheet. If the "Show legend"
check box is activated, you can alter the type of visualisation using the dialogbox of this menu
item.
You can define and edit the position of the legend using the values "x value" and "y value". You
control the size of the legend using "Font size" and "Max. no. of lines"; where necessary, several
columns are used.
The fastest way to modify the position of the legend is to press the [F11] function key and
then to pull the legend to the new position with the left mouse button pressed.
In the general legend you can, if wished, display information on the file. Any project identification
entered will also be shown in the general legend.

7.6.8 "Soil properties legend" menu item
A legend with the soil properties of the individual layers will be displayed on your output sheet. If
the "Show legend" check box is activated, you can alter the type of visualisation using the dialog-
box of this menu item.
You can define and edit the position of the legend using the values "x" and "y". You control the
size of the legend using "Font size".
The fastest way to modify the position of the legend is to press the [F11] function key and
then to pull the legend to the new position with the left mouse button pressed.
• "With depths"
The depths of the individual soil layers will be shown in the soil properties legend.
• "Legend coloured"
The soil colours are displayed in the legend. Otherwise, they will be numbered.
• "Automatic colours"
The soils are assigned soils colours automatically by the program. If the check box is not
selected, the soil colours individually defined using the "Soil colours" button will be
adopted.
• "Soil colours"
You will see a dialogue box, in which you can define your preferences. After clicking the
button with the desired number you can assign each soil layer a new number or reorganise
using the "Soil colours / Reorganise" command button. You can save your colour prefer-
ences to a file with " Soil colours / Save" and use them for different systems by means of
the " Soil colours / Load" command button. In the lower group box you can also transfer
the colour preferences to the Windows colour management dialogue box, or vice versa, as
user-defined colour preferences for example. You can read a further description by press-
ing the "Info" button.
7.6.9 "Design legend" menu item
A legend containing the principal system design results is displayed on the screen. Using the dia-
logbox of this menu item you can alter the type of visualisation or turn off the legend completely
(see Section 7.6.7).

7.6.10 "Subgrade modulus legend" menu item
A legend is displayed on the screen containing the subgrade reaction moduli entered for the sec-
tions along the pile defined for the subgrade reaction profile. Using the dialogbox of this menu
item you can alter the type of visualisation or turn off the legend completely (see Section 7.6.8).
7.6.11 "Move objects" menu item
Select this menu item in order to position legends, diagrams or other graphical elements at the
desired position on the output sheet. You can also move objects by pressing [F11] and then posi-
tioning the legend box with the left mouse button pressed. In that case an info-box appears no
more.
7.6.12 "Save graphics preferences" menu item
Some of the preferences you made with the menu items of the "Graphics preferences menu" can
be saved to a file. If you select "GGU-LATPILE.ALG" as file name, and save the file on the
same level as the program, the data will be automatically loaded the next time the program is star-
ted and need not be entered again.
7.6.13 "Load graphics preferences" menu item
You can reload a graphics preferences file into the program, which was saved using the "Graph-
ics preferences / Save graphics preferences" menu item. Only the corresponding data will be
refreshed.
7.7 Page size + margins menu
7.7.1 "Auto-resize" menu item
This menu item provides a to-scale visualisation, in both x and y coordinates, of the system and
result graphics. If you have previously altered the image coordinates using "Manual resize (mou-
se)" or "Manual resize (editor)", you can quickly achieve a complete view using this menu item.
This function can also be accessed using the [F9] function key.
7.7.2 "Manual resize (mouse)" menu item
You can use the coordinates of a section of the visualisation as the new image coordinates by
marking the desired area with the mouse, pressing the left mouse button and holding the [Ctrl]
and [Shift] keys. The scales of the x- and y-axes are adjusted accordingly. If the previous propor-
tions (scale x-direction/scale y-direction) need to be retained, the "Proportional section" check
box must be activated.
Alternatively, you can simply "Redefine origin" of the visualisation. The previous scale prefer-
ences are not affected by this.

7.7.3 "Manual resize (editor)" menu item
You can alter the image coordinates by direct numerical input in a dialogue box. This allows pre-
cise scale input. The coordinates refer to the drawing area. This can be defined in the "Page size
and margins" menu item by means of the plot margins (see Section 7.7.5).
The image coordinates entered here can be saved in a file with the extension ".BXY" and be re-
loaded later for the same file or for different files.
If you want to recover the previous values during input or use the menu item again after editing
the coordinates, you can do this by pressing the "Old values" button.
7.7.4 "Font size selection" menu item
You can edit font sizes for labelling the various drawing elements.
The font sizes of text within legends are edited in the respective legend editor. Just double-click in
a legend to do this.

7.7.5 "Page size and margins" menu item
The default page set-up is A3 when the program is started. You can edit the page format in the
following dialogue box.
• "Page in general" defines the size of the output sheet. The A3 format is set as default. The
program automatically draws thin cutting borders around the page, which are required
when using a plotter on paper rolls. The borders can be switched off using the "With bor-
ders" switch.
• "Page margin" defines the position of a frame as a distance to the margins. This frame en-
closes the subsequent diagram. You can switch off the frame deactivating the "With mar-
gins" switch.
• The "Plot margin" define a set distance between the page margin and the actual drawing
area in which the graphical evaluation of your input is presented.

7.8 ? menu
7.8.1 "Copyright" menu item
You will see a copyright message and information on the program version number. The "System"
button shows information on your computer configuration and the folders used by GGU-
LATPILE.
7.8.2 "GGU on the web" menu item
Using this menu item you can access the GGU Software website: www.ggu-software.com.
Keep in touch with new program versions and the regular download offers.
7.8.3 "GGU support" menu item
This menu item takes to the GGU-Software Support area at www.ggu-software.com.
7.8.4 "Maxima" menu item
You will see information on the default program maxima.
7.8.5 "Compare earth pressure coefficients" menu item
Here you can calculate the earth pressure coefficients for given values of phi, delta and beta.
7.8.6 "kh method" menu item
Using this menu item, you can design according to the kh method (DIN 1045 old), independent of
any calculated internal forces.
7.8.7 "M-N diagram" menu item
Using this menu item, you can design circular cross-sections according to DIN 1045 (old), inde-
pendent of any calculated internal forces. The program calculates steel and concrete strains by
means of iteration and from this determines the necessary reinforcement for a symmetrically rein-
forced circular cross section. Using this routine, you no longer need to rely on barely readable
literature diagrams, but can now also design reinforcement that is not given as diagrams the con-
ventional literature.
7.8.8 "Help" menu item
The GGU-LATPILE online-help is opened using an installed browser (e.g. MS Internet Ex-
plorer). The help function can be also initiated pressing the [F1] function key.
7.8.9 "What's new?" menu item
You will see information on program improvements in comparison to older versions.

7.8.10 "Language preferences" menu item
This menu item allows you to switch the menus and the graphics from German to English and vice
versa. To work in German, deactivate the two switches "Dialoge + Menüs übersetzen (translate
dialogs, menus)" und "Graphiktexte übersetzen (translate graphics)".
Alternatively, you can work bilingually, e.g. with German dialogue boxes but with graphic output
in English.

8 Tips
You can scroll the screen with the keyboard using the cursor keys and the "Page up" and "Page
down" keys.
If you click the right mouse button anywhere on the screen a context menu containing the princi-
pal menu items opens.
By double-clicking the left mouse button on legends or Mini-CAD elements, you will immediately
move to the editor for the selected element and can then edit it.
By clicking and pulling with the mouse, with [Ctrl] pressed, you activate the zoom function, i.e.
the selected section will fill the screen.
If you double-click in the system graphics with the left mouse button you will see an info box with
the results at the selected depth. This gives you a quick overview of the results for any desired
depth.
Some of the function keys are assigned program functions. The allocations are noted after the
corresponding menu items. The individual function key allocations are:
• [Esc] refreshes the screen contents and sets the screen back to A3 format. This is useful if,
for example, you have used the zoom function to display parts of the screen and would like
to quickly return to a complete overview.
• [F1] opens the online-help.
• [F2] refreshes the screen without altering the current magnification.
• [F5] opens the menu item "System / Analyse".
• [F6] opens the menu item "Evaluation / Main output summary".
• [F7] opens the menu item "System / Optimise".
• [F9] opens the menu item "Page size + margins / Auto-resize".
• [F11] activates the menu item "Graphics preferences / Move objects".

9 Index
DIN 1045 .......................................................... 26
DIN 1054 ............................................................ 5
A DIN 4085, consideration of ........................ 19, 20
Absolute heights ........................................... 9, 25 DIN 4085, select for analysis...................... 37, 38
Action boundary conditions, define along pile . 41 Displacement boundary conditions, define....... 41
Action boundary conditions, pile head/toe ....... 18 Displacement, pile ............................................ 41
Active earth pressure, surcharge factor............. 37 Displacement, pile head.................................... 18
Analysis results, save in file ............................. 26 Distributed load, define .................................... 35
Angle of wall friction, differentiate act./pass. .. 19 Dongle ................................................................ 6
Area loads, consideration of ............................. 23 Drawing area .............................................. 58, 59
Area loads, define............................................. 42 DXF, export...................................................... 32
At rest earth pressure, coefficient after Franke. 19 DXF, import ....................................................... 5
At rest earth pressure, vert./horiz. component .. 19
E
B Earth pressure coefficients, be analysed ........... 60
Bending line, analysis....................................... 44 Earth pressure coefficients, user-defined.......... 39
Berms (active), define ...................................... 35 Earth pressure distribution, classical method... 20,
Berms (passive), define .................................... 35 38
Berms, restriction for slopes ............................. 21 Earth pressure, active........................................ 37
Bounded surcharges, consideration of .............. 22 Earth pressure, increased active........................ 19
Bounded surcharges, define.............................. 43 Earth pressure, resultant ................................... 22
Earth pressure, select for analysis..................... 37
Earthquake stress .............................................. 39
C Editor window, output table ............................. 30
CAD for Header ............................................... 54 Elastic analysis ................................................... 5
Calibration factor, passive ep ........................... 40 Elastically embedded pile,
Caquot/Kerisel............................................ 20, 38 boundary conditions ..................................... 18
Clipboard .......................................................... 32 Elastically embedded pile, differential equation18
Cohesion coefficient, determination methods... 19 EMF format ...................................................... 32
Cohesion, active/passive................................... 19 Equivalent earth pressure coefficient................ 37
Colours, pens for graphical elements................ 53
Colours, soils .................................................... 56 F
Colours, switch on/off ...................................... 55
Colours/hatching, loads .................................... 50 Failure mechanism, most unfavourable ............ 14
Company letterhead.......................................... 54 Find best section ............................................... 16
Context menu ................................................... 62 Finite element method ................................ 18, 45
Coordinates, alter with mouse .......................... 57 First moment of area, steel sections.................. 44
Coordinates, numerical input............................ 58 Font size, dimension line .................................. 52
Coordinates, optimise ....................................... 57 Font size, drawing elements ............................. 58
Coordinates, save/load...................................... 58 Font size, general legend .................................. 55
Copy area.................................................... 32, 55 Font size, soil properties legend ....................... 56
Copy protection system ...................................... 6 Font size, system/result graphics ...................... 51
Cutting borders ................................................. 59 Footer, output table........................................... 28
Franke............................................................... 19
Friction angle.................................................... 19
D Function keys ................................................... 62
Damping function ............................................. 15
Dataset desciption, enter................................... 25 G
Dataset description, display .............................. 55
Delete, soil layers ............................................. 36 General page informations................................ 54
Delete, steel sections ........................................ 44 General stability ............................................... 30
Design of reinforced concrete, circular cross- GGUCAD ......................................................... 32
sections......................................................... 60 GGUMiniCAD ................................................. 33
Design passive earth pressure........................... 46 GGU-STABILITY............................................ 30
Design section, select ....................................... 44 Global safety factors concept ............................. 5
Design, with partial factors............................... 48 Graph grids, define ........................................... 51
Diagram positions............................................. 49 Graphics, integration of .................................... 54
Differential equation, elastically Gravitational acceleration................................. 39
embedded pile .............................................. 18 Groundwater level, enter .................................. 35
Dimension line, define...................................... 51 Groundwater, colour......................................... 53

H Pagination, automatic ................................. 29, 30
Partial factors, define.................................. 26, 40
Header, output table.......................................... 28 Partial safety factors concept .............................. 5
Passive earth pressure,
3-dimensional effect............................... 20, 38
I Passive earth pressure,
Increased active earth pressure, coefficient ...... 19 analysis methods for coefficients ................. 20
Installation .......................................................... 6 Passive earth pressure, calibration factor.......... 40
Iteration, bedding.............................................. 15 Passive earth pressure,
Iteration, reduction subgrade reaction moduli ... 5, cofficients sloping ground............................ 20
15 Passive earth pressure, in front ......................... 46
Passive earth pressure, specify analysis............ 38
Pen preferences................................................. 53
K Pile displacement.............................................. 18
kh method ......................................................... 60 Pile head, define displacement ......................... 18
Pile head, define moment restraint ................... 18
Pile head, max. displacement for iteration........ 47
L Pile head, max. rotation for iteration ................ 47
Pile length, optimise ......................................... 47
Labelling system/result graphics ...................... 51
Pile toe, action boundary conditions................. 18
Language preferences ................................... 6, 61
Pile, define displacement .................................. 41
Lateral pressures, define ................................... 42
Pile, define rotation .......................................... 41
Layout, output table.......................................... 28
Pile, define width/length................................... 34
Legend, design results ...................................... 56
Pile, select type................................................. 26
Legend, soil properties ..................................... 56
Plausibility check, results ................................. 45
Legend, subgrade reaction moduli.................... 57
Plot margins...................................................... 59
Legend, system properties ................................ 55
Print, batch........................................................ 33
Licence ............................................................... 6
Print, graphics................................................... 31
Line loads, define ............................................. 42
Print, output table ............................................. 32
Line loads, perpendicular to pile axis ............... 24
Print, section ..................................................... 32
Live load, berm surcharge as ............................ 22
Printer preferences............................................ 31
Load concentration factors, consideration ........ 23
Program, improvements.................................... 60
Load concentration factors, define ................... 39
Program, information........................................ 60
Loads, representation preferences .................... 50
Program, preferences ........................................ 57
LPT interface...................................................... 6
Program, updates .............................................. 60
Project data ....................................................... 54
M Project identification, display ........................... 55
Maximum values, state variables...................... 52
Maximum values, system ................................. 60 R
Metafile ............................................................ 32
Reduction, subgrade ......................................... 46
Mini-CAD .................................................. 33, 54
Reinforced concrete cross-section,
M-N-diagram.................................................... 60
design values ................................................ 46
Modulus of elasticity ........................................ 18
Representation height, loads............................. 50
Moment of inertia ............................................. 18
Result graphics, display.................................... 52
Moment of inertia, steel sections ...................... 44
Result graphics, label........................................ 51
Moment of inertia, user-defined sections ......... 44
Result graphics, preferences ............................. 50
Moment, define restraint................................... 18
Results, at selected depth.................................. 62
Rotation, pile .................................................... 41
N
Navigation, output table ................................... 54 S
Safety concept, select ....................................... 25
O Scale ................................................................. 58
Scroll the screen ............................................... 62
Optimum section, search .................................. 48 Section modulus, steel sections ........................ 44
Output table, as ASCII...................................... 30 Section modulus, user-defined sections............ 44
Output table, as graphics .................................. 28 Section, define values ....................................... 26
Output table, navigation ................................... 29 Section, select from list .................................... 26
Self-weight pile, analysis.................................. 44
P Shear design, activate ....................................... 48
Shear stress, values for steel sections ............... 44
Page format....................................................... 59 Sheet Piling Manual, consideration of
Page margins .................................................... 59 line loads ...................................................... 24

Sheet Piling Manual, effect on earth pressure .. 21 True-type font................................................... 53
Slope stability application ................................ 30 Types of resulting earth pressure distribution... 23
Smarticons, menu items.................................... 54
Soil layers, maximum ....................................... 19
Soil pressure, resulting ..................................... 46
U
Soil properties, active/passive separate ............ 25 Übersetzung...................................................... 61
Soil properties, define....................................... 36 Unit weight, buoyant soil.................................. 19
Soil stress...................................................... 5, 46 Unit weight, moist soil...................................... 19
Soil, colours/numbers ....................................... 56 USB interface ..................................................... 6
Soil, delete ........................................................ 36
Specific weight of section, define..................... 44
Status bar .......................................................... 54 V
Steel section, change values ............................. 46 Visualisation, system .................................. 29, 54
Steel sections, define/delete.............................. 44
Steel sections, select for design ........................ 44
Streck.......................................................... 20, 38 W
Subgrade reaction moduli profile, define ......... 40
Web thickness, steel sections............................ 44
Subgrade reaction moduli profile, legend......... 57
Weißenbach, passive ep analysis................ 20, 38
Subgrade reaction modulus profile ..................... 5
WIBU-BOX/WIBU-KEY................................... 6
Surcharges from berm ...................................... 21
System, analyse .......................................... 14, 46
System, display................................................. 52 Y
System, division into elements ......................... 45
System, information ......................................... 60 Young's modulus, using section list.................. 44
Young's modulus, using user-defined sections . 44
T Z
Theory of elastic half-space.............................. 23
Toolbar ............................................................. 54 Zoom function ............................................ 53, 54
Translation........................................................ 61

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Analysis and design of laterally loaded piles

Last revision: June 2005

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Figure 1 Subgrade reaction modulus profile ...................................................................................5

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Figure 1 Subgrade reaction modulus profile

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5.1 General note

5.2 System description

As a worked example, the following system is to be analysed:

Figure 2 Worked example

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5.5 Step 3: Define berm on the active side

Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Berms (active side)":

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5.7 Step 5: Define soils

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Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Type of earth pressure".

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Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Active earth pressure".

5.10 Step 8: Define passive earth pressure

Go to the "Editor 1" menu and select "Passive earth pressure".

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5.11 Step 9: Select design section

This completes all the necessary input for analysis.

5.12 Step 10: Analyse system

Go to the "System" menu and select "Analyse".

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Σ (ks * w) ≤ (Σ ep) / γEp = Ep / γEp .

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5.13 Step 11: Evaluate and visualise the results

Figure 3 Visualisation of results

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• Depth in m below pile head, or absolute depth (see section 5.4)

6.3 Active earth pressure

6.4 At-rest earth pressure

k0 = 1.0 - sin ϕ + (cos ϕ + sin ϕ) ∗ β / ϕ

ϕ = wall friction angle

6.5 Increased active earth pressure

keh = (1.0 - f) * kah + f * k0

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• Coefficient of passive earth pressure after Streck.

Besides calculated values, you can also define your own.

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Figure 4 Berms on the active side

The following relationships apply for the parameters x and y:

x = kah0 / (kahβ - kah0) * a

γ = unit weight of soil in the berm area

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6.8 Bounded surcharges

Up to 10 bounded surcharges can be positioned at any height on the active side.

Figure 5 Bounded surcharge

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Up to 10 area loads can be positioned on the active side at any height.