| Program Name: |
VDISP - Vertical Displacement Calculation
| Developer/Owner: |
Oasys / GEMSoft
| Contact name: |
Erik Funegard
| Contact e-mail: |
erik@gemsoft.us
| World Wide Web Address: |
www.gemsoft.us
Windows
| Platform: |
Shallow foundation design
| Category: |
| Program description: |
VDISP calculates the vertical settlements (and stresses if required) within a layered elastic
soil mass arising from vertical pressure loading applied to rectangular and circular loaded
areas. The program is ideal for predicting the settlement that may arise due to the action of
several foundation loads and gives the user an understanding of the settlement pattern
likely to arise both beneath and beyond the loaded area being analysed.
The program assumes the soil is an elastic half-space when calculating the stress changes
within the soil. Individual layer properties are used to calculate the vertical strain and the
displacements resulting from these stresses. It effectively replaces the need for the engineer
to use Newmark charts and other similar devices.
Program features include:
loaded areas can be superimposed and can be specified to act at different levels a number of
horizontal soil layers may be specified; the base of the bottom layer is assumed to be rigid a
linear variation of modulus with level may be specified for each soil layer displacements and
stresses may be specified for any soil layer analysis based on the equations of either
Boussinesq or Mindlin.
soil mass arising from vertical pressure loading applied to rectangular and circular loaded
areas. The program is ideal for predicting the settlement that may arise due to the action of
several foundation loads and gives the user an understanding of the settlement pattern
likely to arise both beneath and beyond the loaded area being analysed.
The program assumes the soil is an elastic half-space when calculating the stress changes
within the soil. Individual layer properties are used to calculate the vertical strain and the
displacements resulting from these stresses. It effectively replaces the need for the engineer
to use Newmark charts and other similar devices.
Program features include:
loaded areas can be superimposed and can be specified to act at different levels a number of
horizontal soil layers may be specified; the base of the bottom layer is assumed to be rigid a
linear variation of modulus with level may be specified for each soil layer displacements and
stresses may be specified for any soil layer analysis based on the equations of either
Boussinesq or Mindlin.
VDISP - Vertical Displacement Calculation
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