GGU-DOLPHIN: "Design defaults" menu item

If this has not already been done during the analysis, you can subsequently design the steel using this menu item. If you use a selected section, you may also be able to have the program search for an optimal section:

If you confirm the option below, you will see the following dialog box in which you can define the desired settings, or alternatively select a different section:

When design is complete you are informed of the verification results in a message box and are presented with the principal data on which the design was based. After exiting the message box, the analysis results are displayed in your system both graphically and in the Design legend.

If you have selected the "Find optimum section" option, you will see the following dialog box in which you can define your search settings:

You will then been shown information on the optimum section and can accept it if desired:

After accepting the section, the design results are first displayed in message boxes and then displayed graphically in the system and in the Design legend. If you alter the section, you should have your system reanalysed with the new section.

Factor kf for bored pile walls

According to EN 1992-1-1, 2.4.2.5 (2), the partial factor γc for cast-in-place bored piles may have to be multiplied by a factor kf. The program uses kf = 1.0. This corresponds to the German rule according to DIN EN 1992-1-1/NA (see also EAB) for bored piles constructed in accordance with EN 1536. If the relevant National Annex requires kf > 1.0, enter the value γc · kf as the partial factor γ for concrete under "Partial safety factors for materials" in the design dialog box, e.g. 1.65 for γc = 1.50 and kf = 1.1.