Program Name:
GRETA - Gravity Retaining Walls
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:
GRETA analyses the stability of a gravity retaining wall and determines the bending moments
and shear forces within the wall. The program asks the user two sets of earth pressure
coefficients behind and in front of the wall; one set is used to calculate bending moments and
shear forces in the stem, heel and toe of the retaining wall and the other used to calculate
the resultant force on the base. The user must assess independently whether the resultant
force on the base would be sufficient to cause a sliding, overturning or a bearing capacity
failure within the soil under the toe. A sliding resistance is calculated by the program.

Note: Greta has not yet been issued in Windows.

Program features include:
  • variable wall geometry including an inclined face, change thickness, a base with
    variable heel and toe length and the provision of a key point loads applied to the wall
    to represent struts or anchors variable soil strata behind and in front of the wall
  • soil strength defined in terms of drained or undrained parameters
  • variable water pressures behind and in front of the wall inclined soil surface behind the
    wall application of a uniform surcharge behind the wall
GRETA - Gravity Retaining Walls
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