GGU-TRENCH: "Line loads" menu item

You will see the following dialog box:

By clicking the "x line loads to edit" button a further dialog box opens in which you can enter the number of line loads (max. 20). If more than eight line loads are entered they can be viewed by navigating through the line load table using "Forw." and "Back".

The values corresponding to the respective line loads are entered into the appropriate fields in the dialog box. These are:

• Size = the size of the line load [kN/m²]

• xleft = the distance of the left line load boundary from the diaphragm wall [m]

• xright = the distance of the right line load boundary from the diaphragm wall [m]

• Depth = the depth at which the line load acts [m], from the top of the diaphragm wall

• Factor Lateral pressure = the amount by which the line load contributes to an increase in the lateral pressure (0.0 => no contribution)

The line loads are sorted according to acting depth by pressing the "Sort" button.

You can also use this function to eliminate a line load from the table.

Simply assign the line load to be eliminated a greater acting depth and then click the "Sort" button. The corresponding line load is now the last line load in the table and is be deleted by reducing the number of line loads.

If line loads possess a factor for the lateral pressure > 0.0, the corresponding value will be displayed in brackets in the system graphics, following the value for the line load.