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1. Refresh and zoom menu item The program works on the principle of What you see is what you get This means that the screen presentation represents overall what you will see on your printer In the last consequence this would mean that the screen presentation would have to be refreshed after every alteration you make For reasons of efficiency and as this can take several seconds for complex screen contents the screen is not refreshed after every alteration If e g after using the zoom function see below only part of the image is visible you can achie ve a complete view using this menu item Use current zoom of 1 000 A zoom factor between 0 4 and 8 0 can be entered in the input box By then clicking on Use to exit the box the current factor is accepted By clicking on the 0 4 0 6 etc buttons the se lected factor is used directly and the dialog box closed It is much simpler however to get a complete overview using Esc Pressing Esc allows a com plete screen presentation using the zoom factor specified in this menu item The F2 key allows screen refreshing without altering the coordinates and zoom factor Zoom info menu item By clicking two diametrically opposed points you can enlarge a section of the screen in order to view details better An information box provides information on activating the zoom function and on available options Legend font selection menu item With this menu item you can s2. cccccccscecscccscseseseteneeee 33 Font size system presentation Page margins define ceeceseeseesceeeeeeeeeees 33 Font select cccccceesseceesseees Page margins switch on off cccccccccceceecccesceee 34 Function keys ceccceseeseeseeeseeseceseeseeeeeeeeeneeens Page section copy print 36 39 Partial factors define cccccccccceeseeeeeseeeeee 26 G Partial safety factors display in legend 29 Partial safety factors edit ee eeeeeeereeeees 19 General page information add via Partial safety factors select from Mini CAD wise ccccucsnsscenssses cdvecd soscases contuontdbenbes 35 NORM EN 1997 1 oossoo 26 GGUCAD file export ieee cress ereeeeeee 21 Pen preferences edit for graphical elements 35 GGUMiniCAD file export cee eeeeeteeee 21 Permeability define cece ceeeseeceeeeeteeeeee 25 GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 40 of 41 July 2015 Potential course activate visualisation 13 Print graphics heere 20 Pints SOCHION 33 sissies aa a 21 36 39 Print s ve ral filess isere 22 Printer preferences c cee 20 Program display name in legend 29 Program load save preferences eeeeee 36 Program show improvements seeeeeee 37 Program show information cesses 37 Project data add via Mini CAD eee 35 Project identification display 4 Project identification enter eee eeeeeeee R Record descr
3. 7 1 7 1 1 File menu New menu item You can enter a new system using this menu item You will see the following dialog box New data set x m Standard Partial safety factor concept EC 7 Info EC 7 Partial safety factor concept DIN 1054 2005 Global safety factor concept DIN 1054 old m Type of analysis Hydraulic failure after Aulbach Ziegler m Project identification Example MV Use absolute heights Decimal places utilisation factor 3 Cancel In the first group box the radio buttons are used to specify which safety concept to use for analy sis The hydraulic heave analysis after Aulbach Ziegler can be activated below this If you wish you can enter a project identification which will then be used in the General legend see Section 7 4 1 Furthermore you can specify whether analysis is to be performed using absolute heights not possible for Aulbach Ziegler If you activate the Use absolute heights check box the layer height input will be in absolute coordinates e g in m AD Otherwise Top of system corre sponds to 0 0 and all depth input is positive downwards If you have changed to one of the partial safety factor concepts a dialog box will appear after confirming your input in which you can edit the partial safety factors This dialog box can also be accessed via the menu item Edit Partial safety factors see Section 7 2 5 Verifications and
4. Because of the way the system is configured the protected software can only be operated with the corresponding CM stick This creates a fixed link between the software licence and the CM stick copy protection hardware the licence as such is thus represented by the CM stick The correct Runtime Kit for the CodeMeter stick must be installed on your PC Upon start up and during running the GGU UPLIFT program checks that a CM stick is connected If it has been removed the program can no longer be executed For installation of GGU software and the CodeMeter software please refer to the information in the Installation notes for GGU Software International which are supplied with the program GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 4 of 41 July 2015 3 Language selection GGU UPLIFT is a bilingual program The program always starts with the language setting appli cable when it was last ended The language preferences can be changed at any time in the menu using the menu item Spracheinstellung for German or Language preferences for English 4 Starting the program S After starting the program you will see two menus at the top of the window e File e By going to the File menu a previously analysed system can be loaded by means of the Load menu item or a new one created using New The program allows simple input procedures by moving directly to a dialog box after New is clicked this can also be reached by pointing to the
5. The depths of the individual soil layers will be shown in the soil properties legend e Legend coloured The soil colours are displayed in the legend Otherwise they will be numbered e Automatic colours The soils are assigned soils colours automatically by the program If the check box is not selected the soil colours individually defined using the Soil colours button will be adopted e Soil colours You will see a dialog box in which you can define your preferences After clicking the button with the desired number you can assign each soil layer a new number or reorganise using the Soil colours Reorganise command button You can save your colour prefer ences to a file with Soil colours Save and use them for different systems by means of the Soil colours Load command button In the lower group box you can also transfer the colour preferences to the Windows colour management dialog box or vice versa as user defined colour preferences for example You can read a further description by pressing the Info button GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 32 of 41 July 2015 7 4 6 Page size and margins menu item The default page set up is A4 when the program is started You can edit the page format in the following dialog box Page size and margins x Edit page size and margins m Page in general Page height mm 297 oo Page width mm 21 0 00 m Page margins mm Left 25 00 Right 8 00 Top 8 00 Bottom
6. the hydraulic failure safety results can be displayed in a legend You can alter the shape and appearance of the legend if the Show legend check box is activated Hydraulic failure x MV Show legend Heading x mm 120 000 y mm 5o00 Font size mm 30 Max no of lines s OK Cancel Cancel You can define and edit the position of the legend using the values x and y The size of the legend is controlled by the values for Font size and Max no of lines where necessary sev eral columns are used GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 31 of 41 July 2015 7 4 5 Soil properties legend menu item A legend with the soil properties of the individual layers will be displayed on your output sheet If you have activated the Show legend check box you can alter the type of visualisation using the dialog box of this menu item Soil properties legend x Position soil properties legend with reference to lower left page margin in mm M Show legend x mm 11000 y mm 200 Font size mm 25 With depths V Legend coloured Automatic colours Soil colours Cancel You can define and edit the position of the legend using the values x and y You control the size of the legend using Font size The fastest way to modify the position of the legend is to press the F11 function key and then to pull the legend to the new position with the left mouse button pressed e With depths
7. 8 00 Cancel e Page in general defines the size of the output sheet The A3 format is set as default The program automatically draws thin cutting borders around the page which are required when using a plotter on paper rolls The borders can be switched off using the menu item Graphics preferences Margins and borders see Section 7 5 4 e Page margins defines the position of a frame as a distance to the margins This frame encloses the subsequent diagram The margins can be switched off using the menu item Graphics preferences Margins and borders see Section 7 5 4 In order to achieve 1 1 output on an A4 printer the borders must be switched off and the page height and page margins be adapted to the printable area of the printer 7 4 7 Move objects menu item When you go to this item you can move the various objects and legends with the aid of the mouse Move the mouse over the object to be moved When you are located above a moveable object the mouse pointer appears in the shape of a cross You can now press and hold the left mouse button and drag the object to the required position After going to this menu item only one object at a time can be moved using the mouse In order to move several objects this function can be more quickly activated by pressing F11 or the Ri icon GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 33 of 41 July 2015 7 5 7 5 1 7 5 2 7 5 3 7 5 4 Graphics preferences menu
8. An example for system optimising can be found in Section 6 2 Example 2 Optimising the system GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 28 of 41 July 2015 7 4 Output preferences menu 7 4 1 General legend menu item A legend with general properties will be displayed on your output sheet Using the dialog box of this menu item you can alter the type of visualisation if you have activated the Show legend check box General legend x MV Show legend x mm 35 000 y mm 240 000 Font size mm 3 0 I Show program name and version V Show standard JV With frame m Display file name No file name x Without date and time m Visualisation of partial safety factors V Buoyancy safety V Hydraulic failure Cancel _ You can define and edit the position of the legend using the values x and y You control the size of the legend using Font size the frame can be switched off The fastest way to modify the position of the legend is to press the F11 function key and then to pull the legend to the new position with the left mouse button pressed In the General legend you can if wished display information on the program name and version on the adopted standard and on the current file name path time info Any project identification entered will also be shown in the General legend By activating the check boxes of the lower group box the used partial safety factors can be displayed additiona
9. Batch print menu item If you would like to print several appendices at once select this menu item You will see the following dialog box Batch print 3 eee Printer Cancel Add Delete all Delete File list D Example 2 aft D Example 3 aft Create a list of files for printing using Add and selecting the desired files The number of files is displayed in the dialog box header Using Delete you can mark and delete selected individual files from the list After selecting the Delete all button you can compile a new list Selection of the desired printer and printer preferences is achieved by pressing the Printer button You then start printing by using the Print button In the dialog box which then appears you can select further preferences for printer output such as e g the number of copies These preferences will be applied to all files in the list 7 1 8 Exit menu item After a confirmation prompt you can quit the program 7 1 9 1 2 3 4 menu items The 1 2 3 4 menu items show the last four files worked on By selecting one of these menu items the listed file will be loaded If you have saved files in any other folder than the program folder you can save yourself the occasionally onerous rummaging through various sub folders GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 22 of 41 July 2015 7 2 Edit menu 7 2 1 Project identification menu item You can enter a description of the data set for this
10. By clicking on the tools smart icons for the menu items you can directly reach most of the program functions The meaning of the smart icons appears as a text box if you hover with the mouse pointer over the tools Some of the tool functions cannot be activated from the normal menu items Zoom out If you have previously zoomed in this tool returns to a full screen display Zoom Zoom With the zoom functions you can zoom in or out of parts of the image by clicking the left mouse button Copy print area Use this tool to copy only parts of the graphics in order to paste them e g to a report You will see information on this function and can then mark an area which is copied to the clipboard or can be saved in a file Alternatively you can send the marked area directly to your printer see Tips and tricks Section 8 3 Colour on off If you need to remove the colour from the system presentation to create a black and white printout for example use this on off switch Load graphics preferences menu item You can reload a graphics preferences file into the program which was saved using the Graphics preferences Save graphics preferences menu item Only the corresponding data will be refreshed Save graphics preferences menu item Some of the preferences you made with the menu items of the Graphics preferences menu can be saved to a file If you select GGU UPLIFT alg as file name and save the f
11. File new menu item see Section 7 1 1 or Edit Analysis options menu item After confirm ing your inputs six menus then appear at the top of the window e File e Edit e System e Output preferences e Graphics preferences e After clicking one of these menus the so called menu items roll down allowing you access to all program functions The program works on the principle of What you see is what you get This means that the screen presentation represents overall what you will see on your printer In the last consequence this would mean that the screen presentation would have to be refreshed after every alteration you make For reasons of efficiency and as this can take several seconds for complex screen contents the GGU UPLIFT screen is not refreshed after every alteration If you would like to refresh the screen contents press either F2 or Esc The Esc key additionally sets the screen visualisation back to your current zoom which has the default value 1 0 corresponding to an A4 format sheet GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 5 of 41 July 2015 5 Theoretical principles 5 1 La Place differential equation For calculation of buoyancy safety and safety against hydraulic failure knowledge of the potential line is necessary For this the program solves the La Place differential equation for one dimensional groundwater flow 5 2 Buoyancy 5 2 1 Buoyancy safety using global safety factors The buoyanc
12. item Edit Partial safety factors see Section 7 2 5 GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 23 of 41 July 2015 7 2 3 2 Input for analysis of hydraulic heave after Aulbach Ziegler Aulbach Ziegler s method can only be applied to homogeneous ground conditions The following dialog box for entering the system data opens Hydraulic failure after Aulbach Ziegler x Analyse for Longitudinal side gt Design coefficient 1 065 2 Excavation length m 2000 Excavation width m 1000 Aquifer thickness m 1000 Differential water pressure H m 50 Working depth T m s50 Buoyant unit weight kN rrP 11 00 Cancel Help After Aulbach Ziegler analysis of hydraulic heave can be performed for e Plane case e Longitudinal side e Short side or e Corner Select the appropriate option from the combo box GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 24 of 41 July 2015 7 2 4 Soils menu item This menu item is not visible when using the Aulbach Ziegler method because the method can only be applied in homogeneous ground conditions For the classical analysis define your sys tem s soil properties in the following dialog box e base of layer m e unit weight of wet soil y kN m e buoyant unit weight of soil y kN m e permeability k m s Soil properties xi Edit no of soils oeseraion eee a a 1 000E 7 1 000E 5 If you need to enter a ground structure with more or less layers than cu
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14. will then get a graphic output in submission quality GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 14 of 41 July 2015 6 2 Example 2 Optimising the system 6 2 1 Create new data set Ex 2 Within the framework of a damage assessment case you need to assess the buoyancy safety of a basin floor for the Basin empty load case At the bottom of the basin there is a 0 8 m thick clay liner The groundwater level below the liner is at 1 0 m below the top of the liner Input is not to be with absolute heights Select the File New menu item New data set fe asin empty load case L K GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 15 of 41 July 2015 After leaving the box with OK select the Edit Partial safety factors menu item and enter the partial safety factors given in the following dialog box Partial safety factors d x Weight gam G stb Favourable permanent actions 0 95 DS P 0 95 DS T 0 95 7 DS A 0 95 7 DS E 1 00 r Buoyancy PW press gam G dst Unfavourable permanent actions 1 05 DS P 1 05 DS T 1 05 DS A 1 00 7 DS E 1 00 Hydraulic failure gam H Flow force 1 35 Info Favourable subsoil DS P 1 35 7 DS T 1 30 7 DS A 1 20 DS E 1 00 Unfavourable subsoil DS P 1 80 DS T 1 60 DS A 1 35 DS E 1 35 Default values To DIN 1054 2010 To NORM EN 1997 1 Cancel 6 2 2 System data input Ex 2 Select the menu item Edit System parameters a
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16. Calculation of buoyancy safety and safety against hydraulic failure GGU UPLIFT VERSION 6 Last revision July 2015 Copyright Prof Dr Johann Bu Technical implementation and sales Civilserve GmbH Steinfeld Contents Di a E E O AIEA T E T EE TE E EAE T T 4 2 Licence protection and installation sesesoossesoosoosessoesesoossosoessesessossesoossesoessesessossesssssesose 4 3 Language selection scscsssssssscssssscsscsssssssssnscesssscescssssesessneseesscssessossnssessnessessessosseseoes 5 4 Starting the program ccccscccscscssssccsscesscsssesssesesssescecessesscssscssscssscsssssessesesesesssssseesseeee 5 S Theoretical principles ccssiecsesssssscseceescecassssscossesssecdoassonsseevsesssvasdbecsaaeseaesiass assssossosesosssoossonasss 6 5 1 La Place differential equation sss 22 sccc scccccc ceeddelececcvanceacetascaeceess tee ceelectessdedvacvatesueceteeieees 6 Did BUOVANCY wet eax Ge feds oie svesta ss cs ce ndivsces td gots Scet s cosy sccincte odes A AAE AAE EE IAEI 6 5 2 1 Buoyancy safety using global safety factors cccecccesceseceteceseceeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeerees 6 5 2 2 Utilisation factor buoyancy using partial safety factors eee eeeetecseeeeeneeeeeeee 7 DS 3 Hydraulic faite foo osects feck E sa asco EE cts lee cd dose th ete Nolo oo os assis 8 5 3 1 Hydraulic failure safety using global safety factors c ccccesceeseeeteeeteesseeneeeeeees 8 5 3 2 Utilisation factor hy
17. FT User Manual Page 12 of 41 July 2015 Soil properties kN KN Sana 88880900 gooo O 2 63 000 20 00 11 00 B 62 000 19 00 10 00 Confirm with OK The screen presentation will be refreshed accordingly 6 1 5 Analyse system Ex 1 Now select the menu item System Analyse After a short time the calculation results appear The water pressure course is now additionally displayed in the system section If you would rather see the potential course instead select the menu item Output preferences System presentation and activate the As potential switch in the Display group box GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 13 of 41 July 2015 System presentation x MV Show system x mm 35 00 Width 160 00 y mm 65 00 Height 140 00 Font size mm 25 IV With layer thickness JV With soil names m Display Without C As water pressure As potential As gradient Position 22 00 M Colour V Hatch Width 20 00 Hatch separation m 0 10 Carcel After leaving the dialog box with OK the potential course is displayed in your system section 6 1 6 Layout of the output sheet Ex 1 Once the system has been calculated a further legend to the soil properties legend is displayed containing the results for buoyancy safety together with a legend containing the results for safety against hydraulic failure Position and format these legends according to your wi
18. able further processing with the GGUCAD program Compared to output as a DXF file this has the advantage that no loss of colour quality occurs during export e Clipboard The graphics are copied to the WINDOWS clipboard From there they can be imported into other WINDOWS programs for further processing e g into a word processor In order to import into any other WINDOWS program you must generally use the Edit Paste function of the respective application e Metafile allows output of the graphics to a file in order to be further processed with third party software Output is in the standardised EMF format Enhanced Metafile format Use of the Metafile format guarantees the best possible quality when transferring graphics If you select the Copy print area tool from the toolbar you can copy parts of the graphics to the clipboard or save them to an EMF file Alternatively you can send the marked area directly to your printer see Tips and tricks Section 8 3 Using the Mini CAD program module you can also import EMF files generated us ing other GGU applications into your graphics e MiniCAD allows export of the graphics to a file in order to enable importing to different GGU appli cations with the Mini CAD module e GGUMiniCAD allows export of the graphics to a file in order to enable processing in the GGUMiniCAD program e Cancel Printing is cancelled GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 21 of 41 July 2015 7 1 7
19. ation 65 00 m AD e Water level at top of system GWr 65 50 m AD e Water level at bottom of system GW 67 00 m AD Permeability m s GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 10 of 41 July 2015 6 1 2 Create new data set Ex 1 Starting the program afresh you will be directly shown the dialog box of the menu item File New You can enter a project identification which will then be displayed in the General legend on the screen New data set Bx gt Standard Partial safety factor concept EC 7 Info EC 7 C Partial safety factor concept DIN 1054 2005 Global safety factor concept DIN 1054 old Type of analysis Hydraulic failure after Aulbach Ziealer m Project identification Manual example 1 MV Use absolute heights Decimal places utilisation factor 3 Cancel If you activate the Use absolute heights check box the layer height input will be in absolute coordinates e g in m AD Otherwise Top of system corresponds to 0 0 m and all depth input is positive downwards After clicking the OK button the system is represented in section on the screen and the general and soil properties legends displayed showing default values The example can also be analysed using the Partial safety factor concept EC 7 the input and results are the same GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 11 of 41 July 2015 6 1 3 System data input Ex 1 Go to the E
20. dit System parameters menu item and enter the data from the following dialog box System parameters xj m Standard Partial safety factor concept EC 7 Info EC 7 GW Base of system C Partial safety factor concept DIN 1054 2005 C Global safety factor concept DIN 1054 old System parameters GW Top of system Top of system m 65 000 GW top of system m 65 500 GW base of system m 67 000 Top of system Cancel _ Base of layer 1 After clicking OK you will be asked whether the soil layers are to be adjusted to the new top of the system Adaptation would mean that the depth of a soil layer entered as a positive value would be converted from for example 7 5 m to an absolute height of 7 5 m AD If then you only con vert your system to m AD do not perform the adjustment Respond to the query with No 6 1 4 Edit soils Ex 1 Select the menu item Edit Soils You will see an input dialog box containing the program default values namely a silt soil layer with the corresponding soil properties Soil properties Edit no of soils D e eC e A se S A Silt 63 600 19 00 10 00 1 000E 7 The example system has three soils So first press the Edit no of soils button and enter 3 as the new number of soils Confirm with OK Then edit the values for the three soils according to the table in Section 6 1 1 Description of the system Ex 1 GGU UPLI
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22. e 27 of 41 July 2015 7 3 2 Optimise menu item Occasionally it is desirable to determine the system dimensions which result in a certain just sufficient buoyancy safety or sufficient safety against hydraulic failure This menu item can be helpful here Optimise system x Vary top of system Vary bottom of system I Groundwater constant for vary top of system m Buoyancy IV Optimise buoyancy safety m Hydaulic failure MV Optimise hydraulic failure safety m Variation range from m 0 000 to m 3 000 delta m 0 001 000 Cancel In the upper part of the dialog box you specify whether the top of the system or the bottom is to be varied If you activate the Vary top of system switch you can additionally specify whether the groundwater level is to be kept constant during variation or whether it is to be kept at a constant distance to the top of the system In the Buoyancy and Hydraulic failure group boxes you can define the safety to be optimised by activating the appropriate check boxes If you have selected global safety factors as the analysis method the safety factor input boxes are shown here These boxes are not shown if you have selected partial safety factors as the analysis method because in this case the editable partial safety factors Edit menu are used automatically In the Variation range group box you define the range and the increments for optimisation
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24. essesose 19 heli TEE a t n E E EE S E E EE ER 19 Fale News Menu itema draa ee a Mee be ae a e a eaaet 19 T2 oad ment teni nerror dioei ess E Eae E E EA EE 19 Teles Saver Menu tem EEE E E A A EE ETE A 20 TAA ASave as Menu teMessni ie es ae E E eee aad a 20 TAs Printer preferences menu item 1 ccc chests wieyeds ede eee net Acton E E 20 7 1 6 Printand export menu item as ssnceinn cietie ii i E 20 Tl 7 Batch print menu items sentrene ete ne eR E wks an R 22 TL S Ext menu MeMo ano aa a o a 22 RE M2 JA Menu Mem Si e E RRE TE EAEN E EG KR 22 T2 TEAM AIMEMU neee a a e a o E A A E A E RE N a 23 7 2 1 Project identification menu item esseesesessseeeessrseessesersreseesessreressesresresreseeseene 23 7 2 2 Analysis options menu item ssessssseeessseeeesresersrsstesessteressesrrsresttstsseenessesressee 23 7 2 3 System parameters menu item se ssssseessseesserersesseeressteressesresrestrsteseeeesseseessese 23 7 2 3 1 Input for classical analysis cccccsceesseesceesceesceeeeeseceaeceecaeeeaeeeaeeeaeenseeerenes 23 7 2 3 2 Input for analysis of hydraulic heave after Aulbach Ziegler eee 24 GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 2 of 41 July 2015 Pla Soils MENU WOM 24 Se esece aa despot RL ASE weet Adee eho week 25 7 2 5 Partial safety factors menuitem 2 0 eeeeesceesceeeceeecesecesecesecseecseeeseeeaseneeeereeerees 26 T3 SYSE NMEN aroei eE E E E E EE NE R 27 Fek Analyse menu
25. ew menu item You will see information on program improvements and bug fixes in comparison to older ver sions Language preferences menu item This menu item allows you to switch the menus and the graphics from German to English and vice versa To work in German deactivate the two check boxes Dialoge Men s bersetzen translate dialogues menus und Graphiktexte bersetzen translate graphics Alternatively you can work bilingually e g with German dialog boxes but with graphic output in English The program always starts with the language setting applicable when it was last ended GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 37 of 41 July 2015 8 Tips and tricks 8 1 8 2 Keyboard and mouse You can scroll the screen with the keyboard using the cursor keys and the Page up and Page down keys By clicking and pulling with the mouse with Ctrl pressed you activate the zoom function i e the selected section will fill the screen Furthermore you can use the mouse wheel to zoom in out or scrolling the screen presentation The following mouse wheel functions are available Mouse wheel up move screen image up Mouse wheel down move screen image down Ctrl mouse wheel up enlarge screen image zoom in Ctrl mouse wheel down shrink screen image zoom out Shift mouse wheel up move screen image right Shift mouse wheel down move screen image left If you click the right mouse button anywhere on t
26. he screen a context menu containing the princi pal menu items opens Analysis options System parameters Soils Safety factors Analyse Print and export By double clicking the left mouse button on legends or Mini CAD objects you will immediately move to the editor for the selected object and can then edit it Function keys Some of the function keys are assigned program functions The allocations are noted after the corresponding menu items The individual function key allocations are Esc refreshes the screen contents and sets the screen back to the given format A4 This is useful if for example you have used the zoom function to display parts of the screen and would like to quickly return to a complete overview F1 opens the manual file F2 refreshes the screen without altering the current magnification F5 opens the menu item System Analyse F6 opens the menu item System Optimise F11 activates the menu item Output preferences Move objects GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 38 of 41 July 2015 8 3 Copy print area icon A dialog box opens when the Copy print area icon in the menu toolbar is clicked de scribing the options available for this function For example using this icon it is possible to either copy areas of the screen graphics and paste them into the report or send them directly to a printer In the dialog box first select where the copied area should be transferred to Clipb
27. ile on the same level as the program the data will be automatically loaded the next time the program is started and need not be entered again If you do not go to File New upon starting the program but open a previously saved file instead the preferences used at the time of saving are shown If subsequent changes in the general preferences are to be used for existing files these preferences must be imported us ing the menu item Graphics preferences Load graphics preferences GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 36 of 41 July 2015 7 6 7 6 1 7 6 2 7 6 3 7 6 4 7 6 5 7 6 6 menu Copyright menu item You will see a copyright message and information on the program version number The System button shows information on your computer configuration and the folders used by GGU UPLIFT Help menu item The GGU UPLIFT manual is opened as a PDF document The help function can also be accessed using the F1 function key GGU on the web menu item Using this menu item you can access the GGU Software website www ggu software com Keep in touch with new program versions and the regular download offers If you would like to be automatically notified about program innovations please register for the Newsletter in our Knowledge Base Go to the following website http kbase civilserve com GGU support menu item This menu item takes to the GGU Software Support area at www ggu software com What s n
28. ine colours ccccccccececesscecessseceesseees 32 Zoom function aci yate nenea AnA 34 36 38 Standard display in legend cceeeeeeeeeees 29 pe Status bar main program activate ee 35 System properties display in legend 29 GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 41 of 41 July 2015
29. inst hydraulic failure In addition the hydraulic heave safety can be analysed using the Aulbach Ziegler method Aulbach Benjamin Ziegler Martin Simplified design of excavation support and shafts for safety against hydraulic heave Einfache Bemessung von Baugruben und Schdchten im Hinblick auf die Sicherheit gegen hydraulischen Grundbruch In Geomechnics and Tunnelling 6 2013 No 4 p 362 374 ISSN 1865 7362 Data input is in accordance with conventional WINDOWS operations and can therefore be learned almost entirely without the use of a manual Graphic output supports the true type fonts supplied with WINDOWS so that excellent layout is guaranteed Colour output and any graphics e g files in formats BMP JPG PSP TIF etc are supported DXF files can also be imported by means of the integrated Mini CAD module see the Mini CAD manual The program has been thoroughly tested No faults have been found Nevertheless liability for completeness and correctness of the program and the manual and for any damage resulting from incompleteness or incorrectness cannot be accepted 2 Licence protection and installation In order to guarantee a high degree of quality a hardware based copy protection system is used for the GGU UPLIFT program The GGU software protected by the CodeMeter copy protection system is only available in conjunction with the CodeMeter stick copy protection component hardware for connection to the PC CM stick
30. iption enter cccceeeeeeeeeeteeee 23 S System show information ccceceeseeeeeeeeee 37 T Toolbar edit for menu items cee eeeeeeeee 35 Translation activate ccccccecssecsseesseceseeeeees 37 True type font esnan nai diel heaton 34 Utilisation factor buoyancy Utilisation factor display in legend Utilisation factor hydraulic heave eee Vv Variation range specify for optimisation 28 Version number display in a message box 37 Version number display in legend 0 29 Safety concept Select 00 0 cceeccesecsseeteereeeeeeees 19 Safety factor display in legend eee 31 Ww Scroll the screen ceeeeeeneees 38 Smart icons for menu MEMS e00es e004 36 Water pressure course activate visualisation 13 Soil colour number activate display 32 Water pressure define fill colour 008 35 Soil layers adjust to absolute heights 12 Weight of soil define 0 0 ccc eceeteeseeteteereeeees 25 Soil layers define Sun eeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeenten 12 What you see is what you get ccsssssseeeeees 34 Soil names activate visualisation 06 30 Soil properties display in legend 8 32 Soil properties enter ccceceeeeseeeeeteeeeeeees 25 Z Soil P roperties enter after Anlbach Ziegler 24 Zoom factor define for full screen display 34 Soil def
31. lly in the legend GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 29 of 41 July 2015 7 4 2 System presentation menu item If the Show system check box is activated in the following dialog box you will see a graphics of your groundwater system and the analysis results represented within it In the upper field you define your preferences for the system in general and in the lower group box you can influence the appearance of your calculation results If you have activated the Aulbach Ziegler method only the uppermost settings are available System presentation x M Show system x mm 35 00 Width 160 00 y mm 65 00 Height 140 00 Font size mm 2 0 JV With layer thickness V With soil names m Display without As water pressure As potential C As gradient Position 22 00 M Colour V Hatch Width 20 00 Hatch separation m 0 10 Carcel Representation uses the x and y coordinates defined together with Width and Height You also define the Font size for labelling The fastest way to modify the position of the system graphics is to press the F11 function key and then to pull the legend to the new position with the left mouse button pressed e With layer thickness The layer thicknesses are represented using dimension lines e With soil names The defined soils are represented with their respective names e Display Without As water pressure As potential A
32. nd enter the water levels System parameters 7 xi Partial safety factor concept EC 7 Info EC 7 GW Base of system C Partial safety factor concept DIN 1054 2005 m Standard C Global safety factor concept DIN 1054 old r System parameters GW Top of system Top of system m 0 0 GW top of system m l 0 000 GW base of system m l 1 000 Top of system Cancel Base of layer 1 GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 16 of 41 July 2015 6 2 3 Edit soils Ex 2 Select the menu item Edit Soils and enter the soil properties Soil properties S a e e e D 0 a Pje w a o e 6 2 4 Analyse and optimize system Ex 2 If you now point at the menu item System Analyse you will get the following result GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 17 of 41 July 2015 The required verification was not possible with the selected system configuration Now go to the menu item System Optimise and enter the following variation range Optimise system s 000 a00 aooo Confirm with OK You will get this result Thus in order to achieve an optimum utilisation factor a 1 29 m thick clay liner is required If you answer Use with Yes the system thickness determined here will be used as the new base in Edit Soils The results shown in the legends is automatically adjusted GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 18 of 41 July 2015 7 Description of menu items
33. ng global safety factors The hydraulic heave safety for each layer below the excavation base is determined via a compari son of the soil weights to the flow forces at the respective layer bases z G 1y S e ny hydraulic failure safety of the layer N e G i buoyant self weight of layer i e Sy flow force of layer N e layer 1 i 1 is the uppermost layer The minimum value of all ny is the hydraulic failure safety of the system 5 3 2 Utilisation factor hydraulic failure using partial safety factors Using the partial safety factor concept the following must be verified N wv Sela PIR us e S characteristic flow force on the percolated soil mass e yy partial factor for the flow force in favourable or unfavourable subsoil in the HYD EC 7 limit state e G characteristic dead load of the buoyant percolated soil mass Ysb partial factor for stabilising permanent actions in the HYD EC 7 limit state e layer i 1 is the uppermost layer The so called utilisation factor u can also be calculated from this relationship Ss Vu N ti prey Y 9 stb Hy e wun utilisation factor of layer N Utilisation factors lt 1 0 mean that sufficient safety is given GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 8 of 41 July 2015 5 3 3 Analysis of hydraulic heave after Aulbach Ziegler In 2013 Aulbach performed extensive investigations and derived a relationship for hom
34. nge printer button ME 8 l Page sizes Output device civilbsdcO1 Lexmark T630 Output device mm 286 y 201 Image mm 420 0 y 297 0 Printer Printer prefs change printer Landscape Output preferences Zoom factor 1 000 Fit to page Page overlap x mm 0 000 Page overlap y mm 0 000 Output of 4 pages 2 wide Print pages E to a No of copies E o Cancel GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 20 of 41 July 2015 In the upper part of the dialog box the maximum dimensions which the printer can accept are given Below this the dimensions of the image to be printed are given If the image is larger than the output format of the printer the image will be printed to several pages in the above example 4 In order to facilitate better re connection of the images the possibility of entering an overlap for each page in x and y direction is given Alternatively you also have the possibility of selecting a smaller zoom factor ensuring output to one page Fit to page button Following this you can enlarge to the original format on a copying machine to ensure true scaling Furthermore you may enter the number of copies to be printed e DXF file allows output of the graphics to a XF file DXF is a common file format for transferring graphics between a variety of applications e GGUCAD file allows output of the graphics to a file in order to en
35. oard File or Printer The cursor is displayed as a cross after leaving the dialog box and keeping the left mouse button pressed the required area may be enclosed If the marked area does not suit your requirements abort the subsequent boxes and restart the function by clicking the icon again If Clipboard was selected move to the MS Word document for example after marking the area and paste the copied graphics using Edit Paste If File was selected the following dialog box opens once the area has been defined Info i iss File D Programe GGU Software GGU UPLIFT SImage0 emf generated Rename Delete The default location of the file is the folder from which the program is started and if several files are created the file is given the file name Image0 emf with sequential numbering If the Rename button in the dialog box is clicked a file selector box opens and the copied area can be saved under a different name in a user defined folder Saving can be aborted by pressing the De lete button If the Printer button was pressed in the first dialog box a dialog box for defining the printer settings opens after marking the area Following this a dialog box for defining the image output settings opens After confirming the settings the defined area is output to the selected printer GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 39 of 41 July 2015 9 Index Absolute heights US ccccecseeceseeeeeeee 11
36. ogeneous ground conditions Aulbach Benjamin Hydraulischer Grundbruch Zur erforderlichen Einbin detiefe bei Baugruben in nichtbindigem Baugrund dissertation RWTH Aachen 2013 URN urn nbn de hbz 82 opus 46909 The hydraulic heave safety can thus be directly determined The relationship for the three dimensional case is shown below abstract from Aulbach amp Ziegler 2013 B es ee u ose 0395 1 e 1 02 as6 156u Be 0 32 A 1 244 0 32 A e I v2 i Y ref E Ni Yi 0 902 1 078 Mer Equation 6 in Aulbach amp Ziegler 2013 Fehler Textmarke nicht definiert applies for the plane case B eee ae a as U 0 541 0 395 1 4 1 77 i Si I 77032 A 1 244 0 32 A The result of the analysis is the necessary embedment depth Aulbach Benjamin Ziegler Martin Simplified design of excavation support and shafts for safety against hydraulic heave Einfache Bemessung von Baugruben und Schdchten im Hinblick auf die Sicherheit gegen hydraulischen Grundbruch In Geomechnics and Tunnelling 6 2013 No 4 p 362 374 ISSN 1865 7362 GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 9 of 41 July 2015 6 Worked examples 6 1 Example 1 Analysis using partial factors 6 1 1 Description of the system Ex 1 The following system is to be calculated GW 67 00 GWo 65 50 63 65 63 00 The following data are given e Base of excav
37. ormats BMP JPG PSP TIF etc A pop up menu opens the icons and functions used are described in more detail in the Mini CAD manual provided Objects created with the Mini CAD tool are based on the page format in mm This makes you independent of the coordinate system and keeps you in the same position on the page You should select the Mini CAD toolbar if you wish to place general information on the drawing company logo report numbers plan numbers stamp etc Once you have saved the header information to disk see Mini CAD user manual you can load it into completely different systems with differ ent system coordinates The saved header information will appear in exactly the same position on the page which greatly simplifies the creation of general page information Toolbar preferences menu item After starting the program a horizontal toolbar appears below the program menu bar If you would rather work with a popup window with several columns you can specify your preferences using this menu item The smart icons can also be switched off At the bottom of the program window you find a status bar with further information You can also activate or switch off the status bar here The preferences will be saved in the GGU UPLIFT alg file see menu item Graphics preferences Save graphics preferences and will be active at the next time the program is started GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 35 of 41 July 2015 7 5 8 7 5 9
38. rrently present you can define the required number of layers using the Edit no of soils button see Example 1 Edit soils Section 6 1 4 GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 25 of 41 July 2015 7 2 5 Partial safety factors menu item If you have selected the partial safety factor concept you can edit the partial safety factors using this dialog box Partial safety factors x Weight gam G stb Favourable permanent actions 0 95 DS P 0 95 DS T 0 95 DS A 0 95 DS E 1 00 r Buoyancy PW press gam G_dst Unfavourable permanent actions 1 05 DS P 1 05 DS T 1 05 DS A 1 00 7 DS E 1 00 Hydraulic failure gam H Flow force 1 35 Info Favourable subsoil DS P 1 35 DS T 1 30 7 DS A 1 20 DS E 1 00 Unfavourable subsoil DS P 1 80 DS T 1 60 DS A 1 35 DS E 1 35 To DIN 1054 2010 To NORM EN 1997 1 Default values If you press the Info button you will see further information on the subsoil situation favour able unfavourable In the Default values group box the partial factors for the various load cases and subsoil conditions given in the DIN 1054 2010 and in the EC 7 can be selected by means of the dialog box reached by clicking the To DIN 1054 2010 button The load case designations were altered for the EC 7 partial safety factor concept e Load Case 1 is now DS P Persistent Design Situation e Load Case 2 is now DS T Transient De
39. s gradient The results of the groundwater analysis are presented according to the option buttons se lected in the display group box e Position Width You enter the position and width of the result presentation in percentage values this allows the results to always be presented in the same position within the system and with the same percentage width even if the total width of the system representation is altered e Colour Hatch The results can be presented either in colour or hatched the colour used is that defined in menu item Graphics preferences Pen colour and width for Water pressure see Section 7 5 5 The hatch separation is defined in the text box below this GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 30 of 41 July 2015 7 4 3 Buoyancy safety legend menu item When the system has been calculated the buoyancy safety results can be displayed in a legend You can alter the shape and appearance of the legend if the Show legend check box is acti vated Buoyancy safety x MV Show legend Heading Buoyancy safety 00 x mm 40000 y mm 5o00 Font size mm 30 Max no of lines s OK Cancel Cancel You can define and edit the position of the legend using the values x and y The size of the legend is controlled by the values for Font size and Max no of lines where necessary sev eral columns are used 7 4 4 Hydraulic failure safety legend menu item When the system has been calculated
40. safety factors can be modified at any time using the above mentioned menu item Load menu item You can load a file with system data which was created and saved at a previous session and then edit the system GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 19 of 41 July 2015 7 1 3 Save menu item You can save data entered or edited during program use to a file in order to have them available at a later date or to archive them The data is saved without prompting with the name of the current file 7 1 4 Save as menu item You can save data entered during program use to an existing file or to a new file i e using a new file name For reasons of clarity it makes sense to use aft as file suffix as this is the suffix used in the file requester box for the menu item File Load If you choose not to enter an extension when saving aft will be used automatically 7 1 5 Printer preferences menu item You can edit printer preferences e g swap between portrait and landscape or change the printer in accordance with WINDOWS conventions 7 1 6 Print and export menu item You can select your output format in a dialog box You have the following possibilities e Printer allows graphic output of the current screen contents to the WINDOWS standard printer or to any other printer selected using the menu item File Printer preferences But you may also select a different printer in the following dialog box by pressing the Printer prefs cha
41. shes menu items Output preferences General legend System presentation etc and send the results to your printer menu item File Print and export Enter a company letterhead To do this activate the Mini CAD system by pointing to Graphics preferences Mini CAD toolbar and load the example file GGU UPLIFT e kpf using the La Load icon in the Mini CAD pop up menu If desired save the file to your hard drive menu item File Save as If you would like to have a different sheet format to A4 default select the menu item Output preferences Page size and margins If you do not want the outside borders to be displayed click the Graphics preferences Margins and borders menu item and remove the tick in the With borders check box At any editing stage of your problem including if the system has not been calculated you can have the current screen contents sent to the printer Select the menu item Print and export from the File menu A dialog box appears in which you select the Printer button If necessary alter the printer alignment in the dialog box from Portrait to Landscape by clicking on the appropriate button If you are using a printer that cannot take a complete A4 page then click on the Fit in button This will calculate a reduction factor zoom factor ensuring complete page output to the printer Otherwise several pages will be printed After this select the OK button in order to start printer output You
42. sign Situation e Load Case 3 is now DS A Accidental Design Situation In addition there is a seismic design situation DS E In the DS E design situation all partial factors 1 0 It is also possible to select the partial safety factors compliant with Austrian standards using the To ONORM EN 1997 1 button GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 26 of 41 July 2015 7 3 System menu 7 3 1 Analyse menu item With this menu item you can begin calculating the system First a plausibility check of the input data will be carried out If necessary you will see an error message with an appropriate note on corrections Then a dialog box with the analysis results appears shown below for a classical analysis Result xi Utilisation factor p Buoyancy 0 915 Verified Utilisation factor p Hydaulic failure 0 914 Verified When using the Aulbach Ziegler method you will see the following result box for example Confirm x Analysis of Longitudinal side Factor A 1 000 Factor U 1 320 Design coefficient 1 065 Excavation length m 20 00 Excavation width m 10 00 Aquifer thickness S m 10 00 Differential water pressure H m 5 000 Buoyant unit weight kN m 11 000 Safety level 1 421 1 35 0 95 Required depth T m 2 874 Working depth T m 5 000 Verified u 0 575 The resulting utilisation factor u is given by division of required T working T GGU UPLIFT User Manual Pag
43. system The project identification will then be used in the General legend see section 7 4 1 7 2 2 Analysis options menu item Using this menu item you can edit the default preferences of the current system e g change the safety factor concept used during analysis The dialog box corresponds to the box in the menu item File New see descriptions in Section 7 1 1 7 2 3 System parameters menu item 7 2 3 1 Input for classical analysis Using this menu item you define the system geometry by entering the groundwater level at the top and bottom of the system System parameters x Partial safety factor concept EC 7 Info EC 7 GWN Bane ofsysiem Partial safety factor concept DIN 1054 2005 m Standard Global safety factor concept DIN 1054 old m System parameters GW Top of system Top of system m 0 0 GW top of system m 0 000 GW base of system m 1 000 Top of system Cancel Base of layer 1 If the Use absolute heights check box has been activated see Section 7 1 1 you must also enter the height of the top of the system If the Use absolute heights check box has not been activated the top of the system al ways 0 0 m and height input is positive downwards If you change to one of the partial safety factor concepts by activating the corresponding switch you will see a dialog box for partial factor input this can be opened any time using the menu
44. ve safety after Aulbach Ziegler 9 Hydraulic heave safety analysis using global safety factors ce eeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeee 8 Hydraulic heave safety analysis using partial safety factors 0 eects cneeeeeneeeeee 8 I Installations a ee 4 K Knowledge Base access ccsccssesseeeeeeteereees 37 L La Place differential equation cceceeeeeees 6 Language preferences ec eceeeeereeeeeeeeee 5 37 Legend move with MOUSE s seseseseeseseeesrsese e 33 Licence protection sssrin nanna 4 Load cases adopt in accordance with DIN 1054 2005 EC 7 eeeeecsseseeeeeereeeeseeeeeenes 26 M Manual open as PDF file eee erences 37 Metafile export 4 Ah udiue a Es Mini CAD file export ssesesssseseseseererereererseses Mini CAD use Mouse click functions Mouse wheel functions F O File display name in legend eee eee 29 Objects move With MOUSE eceeeeeeereeeees 33 File 10ad Save cscccesccesscesssescecssecesscesseessees 19 ONORM EN 1997 1 Flow force characteristic ccceecceseeseeseeeees 8 select partial safety factors cece 26 Flow force for hydraulic heave safety 8 Optimisation specify variation range 28 Font size buoyancy safety legend Font size general legend 0 eee eeeeeeeeee P Font size hydraulic failure safety legend 31 Font size soil properties legend Page format define
45. witch to a different true type font All available true type fonts are displayed in the dialog box Margins and borders menu item The program automatically draws thin cutting edges around the page which are required when using a plotter on paper rolls Page margins see menu item Output preferences Page size and margins Section 7 4 6 defines the position of a frame as a distance to the cutting border This frame encloses the subsequent diagram You can switch off the lines by deactivating the With margins and With borders check boxes GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 34 of 41 July 2015 7 5 5 7 5 6 7 5 7 Pen colour and width menu item In order to enhance the clarity of the graphics you can edit the pen settings for various graphic elements Edit Pens 8 6 lxl Colour Width mm Standard o2 O Groundwater o2 o Frame i0 Water Water press Cares You can edit the pen widths for the elements shown in the dialog box by clicking on the button with the element designation you can also edit the pen or fill colours On monochrome printers e g laser printers colours are shown in a corresponding grey scale Graphic elements employing very light colours may be difficult to see In such cases it makes sense to edit the colour preferences Mini CAD toolbar menu item Using this menu item you can add free text to the graphics and add lines circles polygons and images e g files in f
46. y safety for each soil layer is determined via a comparison of the soil weights to the water pressures at the respective layer bases Friction forces are not considered G Ty p N e ny buoyancy safety of layer N e G self weight of layer i e Py water pressure at base of layer N e layer i 1 is the uppermost layer The minimum value of all ny is the buoyancy safety of the system GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 6 of 41 July 2015 5 2 2 Utilisation factor buoyancy using partial safety factors Using the partial safety factor concept the following must be verified N Ai AY ag DR cf Vg stb e A the characteristic hydrostatic buoyant force acting on the lower surface of the complete structure the soil layer in question or the excavation structure Yeast partial factor for destabilising permanent actions in the UPL EC 7 limit state e Gxs lower characteristic value of stabilising permanent actions Ysb partial factor for stabilising permanent actions in the UPL EC 7 limit state e layer i 1 is the uppermost layer The so called utilisation factor u can also be calculated from this relationship A Y gast N ni i G sib Keb Hy e wun utilisation factor of layer N Utilisation factors lt 1 0 mean that sufficient safety is given GGU UPLIFT User Manual Page 7 of 41 July 2015 5 3 Hydraulic failure 5 3 1 Hydraulic failure safety usi
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