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Legend management

Allows the customization of the layer legend (parameters of the layer to include, position)

Failure wedges

Displays the active, passive and transition failure zones in the work area.

Pressure bulbs

Displays pressure bulbs on the worksheet, that is the development with the depth of the ratio q/q0 where is the pressure induced by the load q0 applied on the bearing surface. Stress increase below the foundation may be calculated with Boussineq or Westergaard methods.

Pressure bulbs construction

Design normal pressure
Design normal pressure for the computation of stresses.

Foundation length

Corresponds to the foundation section for which the bulb is represented. For example if entered 50% the bulb will be drawn at the middle and then the pressure values will be referred to the middle section of the foundation.

Mesh construction interval in x and step

Amplitude, along the x axis, of the meshing needed to build the pressure bulb. The step represents the amplitude of the cells.

Mesh construction interval in y
Amplitude, along the x axis, of the meshing needed to build the pressure bulb.

Note:

It may occur that, as shown in the image A below, the bulbs are only partially visible.

To view them completely or in a broader way, a calibration must be done based on the size of the foundation and the values predefined of the interval and the construction step of the mesh in both x and y directions, as shown in the image B.

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Image A- Partial view of the pressure bulbs

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Image B- Calibrated view of the pressure bulbs

Mesh
Displays on the worksheet, the triangular mesh used for the modeling of the progress of the stress state below the bearing surface.

Map color for pressures
Displays pressure bulbs on the worksheet as colored areas.