NovoFormula User`s Manual (Novo Tech Software Ltd.)
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1. How can I change the appearance of the chart such as legend chart type etc You can configure almost everything in the chart by clicking on button from the toolbar This will open the following dialog box 13 NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd M4 Chart Presentation To dl Se de Dal Young s Modulus a m0 2 3 40 a MPa 50 70 aet Bo T Schultze and Depth el Muhe 1967 al 1870 Sand ary Click on the desired element from the list located on the left side of the page more options will be Shown on the right portion Click on OK button to apply your changes 3 5 5 2 Exporting Tables and Graphs Most of the users have already setup their spreadsheets and would rather keep their reports in the same format To do this they need to export the analysis results into other popular formats such as Microsoft Excel To export the results click on button form toolbar A dialog similar to the following screenshot will appear List of all tables and charts of the analysis results will be provided on left and right panels respectively see below 14 NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Please specify the tables and graphs you want to be exported All files will be saved in the following folder Output folder ata Wovo Tech Software Ltd NWovoFormulay1 0 2011 53515 _ Export Tables 14 List of Input Parameters 1 Formulas Distribution P2. Liquid Index Moisture Content Poisson Ratio Void Ratio Specific Gravity Saturated Unit Weight Dry Unit Weight Wet Unit Weight Percent fine grained clay amp silt Percent clay Overconsolidation Ratio Total Overburden Stress Effective Overburden Stress Coefficient of Permeability Effective Particle Diameter 30 Passing Diameter kPa MPa GPa deg kN m3 m s kPa 1 kPa KN m3 KN m3 KN m3 kPa kPa cm sec mm mm Ni Ni Ni Ni Ni Ni Ni E3 Ni Ni Ni Ni Ni N2 N2 N2 N2 N2 N2 Ni Ni N2 N2 N2 E3 N3 N3 NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd D50 Mean Particle Diameter mm N3 D60 60 Passing Diameter mm N3 CBRs Subgrade CBR N2 CBRb Base Course CBR N2 Pc Preconsolidation Stress kPa N2 S Degree of Saturation Ni n Porosity N2 Mv Coefficient of Compressibility E3 Ka Coeff of Active Earth Pressure N3 Kp Coeff of Passive Earth Pressure N3 Ko Coeff of At rest Earth Pressure N3 KD Dilatometer Parameter N2 RMR Rock Mass Rating N1 Tv Time Factor Consolidation N3 Drainage Thickness of the Layer Hdr Consolidation m N2 t Time sec Ni U Degree of Saturation Ni AC Clay Activity N1 Sp Swelling Potential Ni 3 4 Data Entry 3 4 1 Toolbar amp Menu Most of the commonly used commands in NovoFormula are placed in toolbars For other commands use menu bar NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Sof
3. or transfer the Product except as provided in this Agreement Any such unauthorized use Shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this Agreement e Once purchased the Software may not be return to NOVO TECH SOFTWARE The price paid for the Software iS not refundable f The NovoFORMULA license is issued for one computer based on the Hardware ID provided by user Each transfer of license to another computer if approved by NOVO TECH SOFTWARE will be subject to 20 percent charge based on latest NovoFORMULA price 5 TERMS This license is effective until terminated You may terminate it by destroying the program the documentation and copies thereof This license will also terminate if you fail to comply with any terms or conditions of this agreement You agree upon such termination to destroy all copies of the program and of the documentation or return them to the author 6 OTHER RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS All other rights and restrictions not specifically granted in this license are reserved by NOVO TECH SOFTWARE If you have any questions regarding this agreement please write to Support NovoTechSoftware com YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT UNDERSTAND IT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 3 Contents 3 1 Using Help Help button is placed at the top right corner of all WovoFormula pages as shown on this screenshot This button wil
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6. g out of Authorized Users use of or inability to use the NovoFORMULA even if NOVO TECH SOFTWARE has been advised of the possibility of such damages In no event will NOVO TECH SOFTWARE be liable for loss of data or for indirect special incidental consequential including lost profit or other damages based in contract tort or otherwise NOVO TECH SOFTWARE shall have no liability with respect to the content of the NovoFORMULA or any part thereof including but not limited to errors or omissions contained therein libel infringements of rights of publicity privacy trademark rights business interruption personal injury loss of privacy moral rights or the disclosure of confidential information 3 FOR NovoFORMULA TRIAL VERSION a The NovoFORMULA Trial version may be freely distributed with exceptions noted below provided the distribution package IS not modified in ANY WAY b The NovoFORMULA Trial version may not be distributed inside of any other software package without written permission of a ceNOVO TECH SOFTWARE O c The NovoFORMULA Trial version allows the user to publish its work according to the license agreement but nor NOVO TECH SOFTWARE L nor any member of the company can be held liable for the content or accuracy of the publication d You may use the accompanying Product free of charge for a period of 14 days for the sole purpose of evaluating the Product If after this period you wish to continue
7. hrough several reference books just run NovoFormula and find the Cc values recommended based on several equations available in NovoFormula database Please keep your software up to date by visiting the program s web page Although all efforts have been undertaken to ensure that this software is of the highest possible quality and that the results obtained are correct the authors do not warrant the functions contained in the program will meet your requirements or that the operation of the program will be uninterrupted or error free The authors are not responsible and assume no liability for any results or any use made thereof nor for any damages or litigation that may result from the use of the software for any purpose All results to be verified independently by user 4188 Hoskins Road North Vancouver BC Canada NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 2 License Agreement PLEASE READ THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING OR USING THE SOFTWARE BY DOWNLOADING THE SOFTWARE OR USING THE SOFTWARE YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND OR USE THE SOFTWARE The Product is Copyright A 2008 2012 a cegNOVO TECH SOFTWARE O You may use it and distribute it according to this following License Agreement If you do not agree with these terms please remove the Product from your system By incorporating the Pr
8. ing for NovoFormula provides you with a list of soil properties which can be estimated based on other parameters see 1 in the screenshot above 2 Enter soil parameters K la 1981 Azzour at al 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 Wioth amp Wood 1978 2 056 001 1993 Formule Source Value 34 consobdahio tests a Aden Click here C 0 141G 5 E for formula Licensed to Nowo Tech Software Ltd Depending on the chosen target parameter the table at the bottom left portion of the page will be populated with the list of the required soil parameters If the value of all these parameters are entered then all available correlation for the target soil parameter will be provided to you However in most cases we just have some of these soil properties this will cause part of the correlations be presented As you enter soil parameters see 2 in the screenshot the list of formulas 3 is updated with more equations 3 Review the results NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Once you are done with data entry review the list of correlations See 3 5 1 see 3 on screenshot By clicking on each row additional comments and the actual equation are presented below the table Based on these comments you may want to remove some of the results from the list by un checking the box to the left of each row for example the equation might have been derived for another soil type or geographical locat
9. ion etc Once you remove an equation from the list the average of correlated values will be updated By clicking on Distribution Chart See 3 5 2 button will show a chart containing all correlated values in a chart 3 4 3 Enter known properties In order to obtain the results value of soil parameters should be entered in the table as shown below 9 Geotechnical Formulas Software ver LO 2011 531 File View Tools Help A a a Input Data want to estimate this parameter k Coetticient of Permeability cm sec Ka Coeff of Active Earth Pressure ko Coeff of Atrest Earth Pressure kp Coeff of Passive Earth Pressure My Coefficient of Compressibility OCR Overconsolidation A atio Sp Swelling Potential Su Undrained Shear Strength kPa Tv Time Factor Consolidation 4 4 formulaz Based on these parameters Symbol Parameter Description Value Unit LL Liquid Lirnit a4 IF Plastic Index 11 Es LI Liquid Indes 23 w5 Sve Effective Overburden Stress B 1 40 ae kPa Most of the times part of the input parameters are enough to provide at least one result See 3 5 1 however in order to have the results for all the available equations all the listed soil parameters should be given tot he program As parameters are entered results will be updated 3 4 4 Units System Currently NovoFormula supports Metric units 3 5 Results 3 5 1 List of Correlated Values Once you are done with data entry revie
10. l Novo Tech Software Ltd 3 5 4 Reporting By pressing Print button all correlated results will be summarized in the report The print preview page allows user change the page setup print the report save as PDF zoom on the report etc Toolbar buttons are described in the screenshot below 3 5 5 Exporting Results 3 5 5 1 Graph Presentation Tool We understand that presentation of the analysis results is very important to our users Everywhere in Novo Tech Software programs when you click on a chart a new dialog appears containing the chart and its associated data In the following example the corresponding dataset is shown on right and can be scrolled horizontally and vertically to view all data In addition toolbar buttons provide you with more features To change line styles of the plot T Oh ied a2 B ge To change the scale minimum maximum SPT Blow Counts is a as II A and gridlines of each axis Please click on Cee en Depth im SPTN small arrow on right side of the icon to 03 ce open the dropdown menu m To toggle between normal logarithmic 1 22 2 scale for horizontal axis ie a To change the chart type 2 13 p vdd 95 242 To open the advanced settings page for 274 a the chart ae To save the dataset table as Microsoft E EE 5 Excel file Et E To save the chart as text and graphic AS format rE 24 s 10 print the chart 5 18 25 ee Opens this help page 573 24 aa 25 28 18 rl 2d
11. l show the help contents of each page when clicked 3 2 Preferences Use this page to choose the user interface language 2011 Novo Tech Software Ltd All Rights Reserved 3 3 Adding more equations More than 140 equations are implemented in this version of NovoFormula However its database is expandable and can grow by adding new equations User can add new formula by clicking on 4 Tools Add New Formula menu This will show the screenshot on the left below NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd TE Thank you for adding new formula to the geotechnical torn collection sotware Please enter your contact information TIe The following table shows list of all soil parameters defined in NovoF ormula o Soil Parameters eee can add new soil parameters For formatting see the note below Email Del p Ac Howe to Add Mew Formula Symbol Parameter Description Unit Formatting In order to add the new formula please use the same e Coeticientot Curvature Ne j symbols yuze in MHoroFformula For a complete liat of oll se EEE auzua puua a EPE EEEE ganu s symbols see here By pressing Add Formual button the Cu Uniformity Coefficient Sieve M2 following data will be sent to our technical review team Cr Consolidation Compression W3 will contact you Soon F cs Consolidation Ma Cy Coefficient of Consolidation m2 sec Es Author Su Undrained Shear Strength kPa M1 Equa
12. lot 2 List of Formulas ax Save 4s Excel File E Save As Image File Please specify the output folder You can change this folder by clicking on button Then select the items you want to export Exporting Data Tables Tables can be saved as Microsoft Excel or may be directly sent to the printer Exporting Graphs Charts All charts may be saved with image formats such as BMP PNG JPG etc or be printed 15 NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 4 Online 4 1 Novo Tech Software website http www novotechsoftware com 4 2 Our other programs http www novotechsoftware com products 4 3 Updates http www novotechsoftware com updatelogs novoformula txt 4 4 Contact us http www novolab2 com web forms contact ph 16
13. oduct in your work or distributing the Product to others you implicitly agree to these license terms 1 DEFINITIONS 1 1 NovoFORMULA or Software refers to NOVO TECH SOFTWARE amp La s program in each case supplied by a ceNOVO TECH SOFTWARE O herewith and corresponding documentation associated media and online or electronic documentation 1 2 Trial Version O means a free version of the Software for personal use only so identified to be used in one computer only and for a period of 14 days The Trial Version is fully functional with no restrictions compared to the registered version 1 3 Registered Version means a version which has been bought from a ceNOVO TECH SOFTWAREa L 2 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Although all efforts have been undertaken to ensure that this software is of the highest possible quality and that the results obtained are correct the authors do not warrant the functions contained in the program will meet your requirements or that the operation of the program will be uninterrupted or error free The authors are not responsible and assume no liability for any results or any use made thereof nor for any damages or litigation that may result from the use of the software for any purpose All results to be verified independently by user In no event shall NOVO TECH SOFTWARE be liable for any damages including without limitation lost profits business interruption or lost information risin
14. sonable range for the soil parameter In order to view additional information move the mouse over each point on the graph 3 5 2 Distribution Chart A distribution chart summarizes all correlated values obtained from several available equations on the same chart This allows user to get a reasonable understanding of distribution of results For example as it can be seen on this screenshot the Cc values generally vary between 0 1 for 0 2 for the specific input data provided to the program 11 NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Click on the chart for more options z m m k z fm a Fan Ce Consolidation Compression Index Azzouz et al 1976 Cc Consolidation Compression Index 0 03 gt In order to get the source name of geoscientist of each point simply move the mouse over the point 3 5 3 Working with Equations By clicking on each row on the correlated parameters See 3 5 1 its equation will be presented at the bottom right portion of the page If you click on this equation another page see below will appear with more feature such as saving and printing the equation gt Formula Viewer C 0 156 0 411e 0 00058 LL Al khafaj Andersland 1992 72 data points Raw Code Ce 0 756 0 4177 e 0 00058 LL OD Discus You can contact us and share your comments on this equation by clicking on Discuss button 12 NovoFormula User s Manua
15. tion Dir Relative Density ES Mi Es Modulus of Elasticity of Soil kPa M1 Web ref http Er Resilient Modulus of Soil MPa M1 Comments Ed Modulus of Deformation of GPa M1 Fi Friction Angle deg Mi Ke Modulus of Subgrade kMin3 M1 Ws Shear Wave Velocity ms M Formatting Examples Ne 1 23 Add Formula Fo 1 36 93 fis Festore E Clos In order to add an equation NovoFOrmula s standard parameters should be used For example the equation yw yq 1 w defines the relation between bulk and dry density using moisture content This equation is stored as gwet in NovoFormula s database A list of soil parameters defined in NovoFormula can be accessed via View gt List of Soil Parameters menu also listed below Symbol Description Unit Format Cc_ Coefficient of Curvature Sieve Test N2 Cu_ Uniformity Coefficient Sieve Test N2 Cc Consolidation Compression Index N3 Cs Consolidation Recompression Index N3 Cv Coefficient of Consolidation m2 sec E3 Su Undrained Shear Strength kPa N1 Dr Relative Density N1 Es Er Ed Phi Ks Vs Gmax LL PL IP LI Gs gsat gdry gwet Fc OCR Svt Sve D10 D30 NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Modulus of Elasticity of Soil Resilient Modulus of Soil Modulus of Deformation of Rock Friction Angle Modulus of Subgrade Reaction Shear Wave Velocity Shear Modulus Constraint Modulus Liquid Limit Plastic Limit Plastic Index
16. tware Ltd is Geotechnical Formulas File view Tools Help SBi Input D ata 3 4 2 Getting Started 2g ar List of In order to start a new analysis press New button from the top toolbar See 3 4 1 or choose File New menu The main steps of correlation analysis are described below 1 Choose the target soil parameter Inout Data Ac Cay Acti Co_ Costiiicierst of Curvature Sieve Test Cs Consohdshan Recompression Index OL Untam Coethcent Seve Tea Cv Costiciant of Corrtobdation im2 sec Ed Modubss of Defomnation af Rock GPal Er Resbent Modulus of Sod MPa Es Modus of Elasticity of Sod kPa EB formulas Based on these pareneter Symidol Parameter Description vave Uat LL Liinid Li 34 PL Plastic Lindt 22 IP Plastic inches 12 v Wotsture Cortert 185 e Voki Fatio 07 Gs Spectc Gravity e goat Saturated Und Weare kNim3 gdiy Dry Und eitt kNin3 F Percert fire erred doy amp 633 DA f Paresiy m gt 3 Review Let of tomas for Ce gt Concofidaion Compression index gt Taa j Results Azrour at al Hough 1957 AZO et al AZUL of al zzo al Azzouz amp al Azzouz ot al Mape 1990 Re RIS SS SSeS Se i fe Average y ali Nordon Herero 2 Enter the known soil properties Foe SPT and CPT comalstions pisace pas ouit other podati 120 Geotechnical Formulas in Database 1 Choose the target soil parameter What soil parameter you are look
17. using this Product you are required to purchase it In other case you are required to remove this Product in its entirety from all computers on which it IS installed e You shall not use copy rent lease sell modify decompile disassemble otherwise reverse 3 NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd engineer or transfer the Product except as provided in this Agreement Any such unauthorized use Shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this Agreement 4 FOR NovoFORMULA REGISTERED VERSION a You may install and use the Software on a single computer OR install and store the Software on a storage device such as a network server used only to install the Software on your other computers over an internal network provided you have a license for each separate computer on which the Software is installed and run A license for the Software may not be shared installed or used concurrently on different computers b The NovoFORMULA Registered version allows the registered user to publish its work according to the license agreement but nor NOVO TECH SOFTWARE amp L nor any member of the company can be held liable for the content or accuracy of the publication c The NovoFORMULA Registered version guaranties to the registered user free updates for a whole version cycle and for 12 twelve months d You shall not use copy rent lease sell modify decompile disassemble otherwise reverse engineer
18. w the list of correlations see screenshot below By clicking on each row additional comments and the actual equation are presented below the table Based on these comments you may want to remove some of the results from the list by un checking the box 10 NovoFormula User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd to the left of each row for example the equation might have been derived for another soil type or geographical location etc Once you remove an equation from the list the Average value of the correlations will be updated er xX List of formulas for Ce Consolidation Compression Index Formula Source Nishida 1956 Nishida 1956 Nishida 1956 Koppula 1986 Al khafaji amp Andersland 1992 Mok Chin Lin amp Woo 1989 Mok Chin Lin amp Woo 1989 Skempton 1944 Macc et al 1975 Yoon et al 2004 Yoon et al z004 Fi LULI L F Average value 1 91E 001 ia Distribution Chart SOUICE Comments ee Terzaght Peck 1967 Clays of moderate sensitivity S0 to 3022 error How to export the table into Microsoft Excel Click on the File Export menu Then choose the file name and path in the dialog and the table chart will be saved as an Excel file Visualization of correlated values To better visualize the results of correlations click on Distribution Chart See 3 5 2 button A new page will show a scatter chart for the results which helps user comparing the correlated values and picking the most rea
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