GGU-AXPILE: "Analysis options" menu item
This menu item opens the dialog box already known to you from the examples.
You can select the desired safety concept. Further information is available by pressing the "Info EC 7" button, for example on the new load case designations.
Then select the pile type. The EAP tables were implemented for pile design. In these terms, the EAP represents current best practice. You can therefore select any pile type described in the EAP from the following combo box if the "Pile design to EAP" check box is activated. It is also possible to define your own bored or driven pile (see menu items “Edit/User-defined bored pile" and “Edit/User-defined driven pile").
If a "Pre-cast driven pile" is selected the type of section must also be chosen from the combo box below. The ratio of section height h to flange width bF can be given for steel girder sections or double steel girder sections. An image of the selected pile section is displayed on the output sheet if it has been activated using the menu item "Output preferences/Pile cross-section".
The previous designs to DIN 4014, etc. remain available but now include a pointer to the EAP if used for analysis. Two check boxes are available for design of a driven pile using Tables C.1 and C.2 of DIN 1054, because the January 2003 DIN 1054 defines different values for the base resistance and skin friction than the January 2005 issue of DIN 1054.
Afterwards you can make various settings for shape, peak pressure, ratio value, etc.. The type of analysis can be selected in the lower group box:
