GGU-DOLPHIN: "General load cases" menu item

Using this menu item, you can define up to 10 load cases, which are consecutively computed during the subsequent analysis. You will also see the same dialog box if you begin analysis using General load cases. This means you can still adapt the load cases even after starting the analysis (see meu item “System/Analyse” Section “Analysing several load cases in a single computation”).

If you activate the "Working capacity determine" check box after the load case, the working capacity is determined by varying H,q,k. If the check box is deactivated, the working capacity is determined using the value you enter in the "H,q,k" box, which is then active. Given a fixed value for "H,q,k" an additional H-load and/or V-load can be defined at the end of the line after activating the "2nd load present" check box.

The required working capacity can be entered directly or determined and entered by the program using the "Calculate working capacity" button. After clicking the button you will next see a dialog box in which you can select analysis using a "Simple equation" or an "Expert equation" (see EAU 2012 Section 6.15.4). If the "Simple equation" is selected the following dialog box opens:

You can view information on the parameters and input value recommendations by pressing the "?" buttons. If the "Expert equation" is adopted you will see the following dialog box, in which you can enter additional parameters for determining the working capacity:

After entering your data and exiting the respective dialog box via "OK", the calculated working capacity is shown in a message box. By clicking "Yes", the value in the above load case dialog box is adopted as the "Req. working capacity".

If you have calculated the required working capacity using one of the equations, the input data and the result are also shown in the output table (menu item "File/Print output table").