GEO5
GEO5 is a suite of geotechnical engineering programs. The software package includes individual programs. Each program solves a specific following geotechnical tasks:
* Finite Element Analysis
* Slope stability analysis
* Digital terrain model
* Foundations design
* Retaining wall design
* Sheet pile structures
* Soil mechanics
* Tunnels and Underground structures
About Developer
Fine is a Czech company developing and supplying structural and geotechnical programs. Presently, the company offers more then 50 individual programs solving tasks in fields of statics, design of structures, foundations and geotechnics. The roots of the software company Fine go back to the early 80’s. At that time, program suite FIN for structural analysis and design of steel, wood and concrete structures was developed in cooperation with the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague. Development of programs GEO focused on geotechnics and foundations started in the late 80’s.
Individual programs
Slope stability is analysis program is used mainly for stability checks of embankments, earth cuts and anchored sheeting structures. The slip surface is considered as circular (the Bishop or the Petterson method) or polygonal (the Sarma method).
FEM - The program can model a wide range of geotechnical problems including terrain settlement, sheet piling/diaphragm walls, underpinning of structures, slope stability, beams on foundation, excavation, etc. by the finite element method.
Cantilever wall - The program is used to verify cantilever retaining wall design. It offers a number of wall shapes and checks reinforced concrete cross-sections. Verification analysis of walls can be performed with the help of theorylimit states or factor of safety.
Spread Footing – program for the design of spread footings subject to general loading. It computes bearing capacity, Consolidation (soil) and rotation of a footing, and determines required longitudinal and shear reinforcement.
Sheeting check - The program is for the analysis of sheeting structures (anchored, strutted and non-anchored structures) by the method of dependent pressures i.e. the magnitude of pressures acting upon a structure depend on deformation. The actual solution is provided by the FEM. New features include the accurate modelling of structural behavior during construction, determination of the displacement field, the internal forces in the structure and the post-tensioning of anchors. The program input is straight-forward and similar to traditional methods for pile walls, braced sheeting, sheet piles, etc.).