GGU-SETTLE: "Stress section" menu item

This menu item allows the analysis and visualisation of stress distributions in vertical sections. The procedure is almost completely analogous to the procedure for defining and subsequently visualising settlement depressions. A dialog box opens for defining the sections, as shown in Section “"Settlement depression section" menu item“.

For this type of evaluation the section course is no longer bound to the settlement points, but consists of a start and an end point. Using the "Via editor" button you can specify the start and end points using numerical values instead of the mouse. If you have previously saved a section it can be loaded again using "Load section". The "Previous section" button is only visible if a section has already been defined and loads the section defined immediately prior.

If you click "OK" you define a new section by clicking the start and end points using the mouse. Once the end point is defined a dialog box opens for input of the number of subdivisions. The number of subdivisions defines the number of drawdown points for calculation.

Once the section has been defined a dialog box opens allowing preferences for the graphical visualisation of the stress section to be specified. The same dialog box can also be accessed via the menu item "Special/Stress section preferences". A description can be found in Section “"Settlement depression section" menu item“. The stress section is visualised when you exit the preferences dialog box via the "Display" button.